Her life was just beginning. Andrea canning amber made friends for life. There was just no trying with our friendship. It just was. Eaamber made friends for lif there was no trying with her friendship. It just was. That h life didnt last long im on the floor, face down, and she has a plastic bag wrapped around her head. Most people that rob a store dont kill anybody. My whole world just died right there. For months, the murder stayed cold. Didnt have witnesses, didnt have video. We go down and talk to the detective. We wouldnt let it go. Then, a break. Another victim. He would duct tape me. Duct tape my mouth. She knew his secret, would she risk revealing it . Something is going to happen tonight. A killer ready to run, face to face with the one person who might be able to stop him. He just reached over the Glove Compartment and he pulled out the gun. I said please dont kill me. I wanted to get out of there alive. Hello and welcome to dateline. Amber belkin was loa force to reckon with
Dont kill anybody. My whole world just died right there. For months the murder stayed cold. Didnt have witnesses, didnt have video, didnt have dna. We have everything going against us. We would go down and talk to the detective. We wouldnt let it go. Then a break, another victim. He would duct tape me, duct tape my mouth. And she knew a secret. Could she risk revealing it . Somethings going to happen tonight. A killer ready to run, face to face with the one person who might be able to stop him. He just reached over the glove compartment and he pulled out the gun. And i said, please dont kill me. I wanted to get out of there alive. It was a monday morning in january, 2007, 9 08 a. M. A young woman in san antonio texted her boyfriend. I love you. Thats all it said. I love you. Nothing more. Downtown, the alamo had just opened its doors. A few tourists began boarding little booats to gaze. And several miles away the manager of a Video Game Store began his daily ritual. His name was marian
Right there. For months the murder stayed cold. Didnt have witness, didnt have video, didnt have dna. We had everything going against us. We would go down and talk to the detective. We wouldnt let it go. Then a break, another victim. He would duct tape me, duct tape my mouth. And she knew a secret. Could she risk revealing it . Something is going to happen tonight. A killer ready to run, facetoface with the one person who might be able to stop him. He just reached over the glove compartment and he pulled out the gun, and i said, please dont kill me. I wanted to get out of there alive. Hello and welcome to dateline. Im natalie morales. Amber bell kin wken was a force reckon with, a petite young woman whose big dreams and drive made her seem unstoppable. Then she was found murder. Was amber the victim of a robbery gone bad or was this brutal crime personal . Three people knew the truth. Two of them would risk their lives to reveal it. Heres Keith Morrison with everything she knew. It was
once seen can never be unseen. amber belkin sprawled in death in the back office of the video games store. her head wrapped in a plastic bag. mariano dialed 9-1-1. his mind a horrified confusion. he stared at amber s assistant manager, brandon. i was upset. and then i m looking at brandon like, i don t understand how this happened. you know, i don t want to blame anybody but your first thought is, who was around. who can you look and see? maybe he had something to do with it? it s got to be a pretty shocking thing to discover. i mean, it is hard to describe. you just have 1 million emotions running through. you don t know what to do. the police came. took one look and called raymond ray bob roberts.
and very much in charge. she was a firecracker. that s the easiest way to put it. this man is in texas politics nowadays, but back then he worked in amber belkin s store. she would let you know what you wanted. i think she was one of the kindest souls i ever met. depends on what side you met her on and how much you made her mad. she could be tough? she loved her job. she did. monica and ashley were amber s best friends. was she cut out to be a manager? oh, yeah. she was fierce. [laughs] but she still was friendly. she loved all her employees. and she loved all of her customers. she was only 25. she was a store manager. so it was a very good sense of she is doing it. she s making something of her life. she had goals, she had ambitions, she wanted to go back to school. she wanted all of it. not that she set out to work in a game store. she wanted to be a