We were like sisters. We had shared so much. I told me they had found her body, and i just collapsed. She is dead, because she was my friend. First, melissa disappeared. Thats the milliondollar question. I knew then that she had never made it into her house. Signs of a struggle, and a strange orange missed. They didnt know what it was. Then, her boss went missing, to. Who was he afraid of . Mightve been afraid that he was next. He left behind a bigger mess. We three kings be stealing the gold. A missing fortune. Ballpark, 1 1 2 million dollars. We have no clues, no leads. Some wondered, was there a link . Two crimes, one for money, one, supposedly for love, and behind both, a lingering mystery. It is just so ugly, and so wrong, and i cannot fix it. Welcome to dateline. Hotshot florida attorney, Melissa Lewis was living large in ft. Lauderdale. But then, her seemingly charmed life ended in tragedy when a body was discovered in a drainage canal. She had been murdered. But who would want
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afternoon, the jury sent out a note, verdict. as the verdict was read, deborah sat with melissa s family, consoling her niece. tony viagas is guilty in the first degree. reporter: tony s face was blank. before sentencing, melissa s aunt addressed the court and said directly to tony we forgive you because we must. and release you into god s hands for all eternity. reporter: sentencing was immediate. spend the rest of your life in a florida state prison. reporter: as tony was led out of the courtroom, melissa s family went to her family and hugged. my heart broke for them. it s a legacy for their family. reporter: melissa s own legacy, is the garden of reflection. before her murder, she had raised money to build it. now, her name is inscribed there, too. the victim, as prosecutors told it, in the end had nothing to do