not about someone you love. alan jackson: she was completely defenseless. she reached out her arms and simply said help me. desiree fayed: my heart dropped. i want to know why? why? craig melvin: it s a baffling case of murder, millions, and a mystifying piece of tape. natalie morales in this is dateline. about a couple who made it big in a way you almost never hear about these days. they made a fortune in but as the saying goes, money did not buy them happiness. in fact, it just might have been a motive for a murder. now, pay close attention to the security camera video that starts our report because you just may see the key to this mystery. here s josh take a look at this security video, and tell me what you see. a woman walks alone to her car in a parking garage in century city, is she in danger? same building different angle. a man focuses on his cellphone. oblivious to those around him. who is he calling? you are, in fact, watching scenes from a marriage, the final sce
defenseless. she reached out and somerset, help me. my heart dropped. i want to know why. why? it is a baffling case of murder. a mystifying piece of tape. at the center? husband and wife. self made millionaires. he was very caring and loving. she had a personality that such a win. together, they meet the cold business. that, someone else made a killing two. it was to make sure she was dead. his wife, ambushed by a shadowy man in black, with someone after their fortune? i called her to run her. was the answer on this table? was his wife been killed at that exact moment? a kind of greeting gold. where detectives hunting for a killer strike gold? something i don t think could be involved in this. welcome to dateline. down on their luck california couple bound up making a fortune in gold. golden not by them happiness. in fact, it just might have been a motive for murder. here is josh mankiewicz. take a look at this security video, and tell me what you see
he couldn t control the arthritis in his joints. it forced him to give up going to the office. was he in the hospital or bedridden or he was bedridden, yes. for how long? for a couple of years. really. so he barely got out of bed for a couple of years? yes. i felt that as he became bedridden he wasn t as social with us anymore. he kind of stayed in his bedroom. he basically i feel like he kind of left us as a family. we didn t really see much of him at that point. it kind of angered me seeing the kind of person he was turning into. the year was 2006. desiree says as jim became harder to get along with it started to push away pam s attempts to be more involved with the company while her husband was ill. i heard them bickering about the business on a daily basis. specifically? nothing specific but just little things here and there that needed to be changed. their disagreements grew daily and festered. to the point where the couple separated. jim started spending
he was bedridden, yes. for how long? for a couple of years. really. so he barely got out of bed for a couple of years? yes. i felt that as he became bedridden he wasn t as social with us anymore. he kind of stayed in his bedroom. he basically i feel like he kind of left us as a family. we didn t really see much of him at that point. it kind of angered me seeing the kind of person he was turning into. the year was 2006. desiree says as jim became harder to get along with it started to push away pam s attempts to be more involved with the company while her husband was ill. i heard them bickering about the business on a daily basis. specifically? nothing specific but just little things here and there that needed to be changed. their disagreements grew daily and festered. to the point where the couple separated. jim started spending more and more time at the ranch home in moorpark. and while the fayed marriage was crumbling, federal prosecutors were taking a look at t
the year was 2006. desiree says as jim became harder to get along with it started to push away pam s attempts to be more involved with the company while her husband was i heard them bickering about the business on a daily basis. specifically? nothing specific but just little things here and there that needed to be changed. their disagreements grew daily and festered. to the point where the couple separated. jim started spending more and more time at the ranch home in moorpark. and while the fayed marriage was crumbling, federal prosecutors were taking a look at the booming online gold trading business. they were looking for evidence of fraud, of tax evasion, and of the transferring of money without the proper government license. pam s friend carol did not want to see pam caught in a federal net. i called her to warn her. i told her she needed to get the money transmitter s licenses. and you have to start that