i m craig melvin. and i m natalie morales. and this is dateline. i just collapsed. she s dead because she was my friend. first melissa disappeared. where s melissa? that s the million dollar question. i knew right then she absolutely never made it into her house. left behind in her garage signs of a struggle and a strange orange mist, then her boss went missing too. who is he afraid of am. he might have been afraid he s next. he left behind a bigger mess. we three kings be stealing the gold. a missing fortune. ballpark a billion, billion and a half dollars. a missing woman. we have know clue, no leads. some wonder was there a link? this had a twist to it. two crimes, one for money, one supposedly for love, and behind both, a lingering mystery. it s just so ugly and so wrong, and i can t fix it. welcome to dateline. hotshot florida attorney melissa lewis was living large in fort lauderdale dale, but then her seemingly charged life ended
for twenty years, he d worked for florida east coast railways hauling freight. you know, he basically drove a train for a living. reporter: police checked him out on their computer. has he any priors? none. no priors. reporter: detectives went to talk to tony and recorded the conversation. how well did you do you know this your debra s debra s friend? melissa. i know her from her. i ve seen her a few times. you guys ever have any problems, maybe? something like that? never. never. i don t think i ever spoke to her more than two words. do you know if she s had anything to do with what you re going through right now with debra and the divorce? i don t know. and i really don t don t care. i mean i just that wouldn t bother you if she did? oh no. the thing is that i just want to get away from my wife. i just wanna be at peace. reporter: then they asked him the question. did you have anything to do with with melissa s death? no. reporter: but wh
the detectives, you re looking at the wrong guy. yeah. reporter: did tony know melissa? he had met her a few times, you know, over the years, but we weren t social. reporter: debra told police she and tony had been married for 17 years and had four children. they had separated more than a year earlier. tony had then moved into a house in miami gardens with a friend. for twenty years, he d worked for florida east coast railways hauling freight. you know, he basically drove a train for a living. reporter: police checked him out on their computer. has he any priors? none. no priors. reporter: detectives went to talk to tony and recorded the conversation. how well did you do you know this your debra s debra s friend? melissa. i know her from her. i ve seen her a few times. you guys ever have any problems, maybe? something like that? never. never. i don t think i ever spoke to
reporter: debra was dumbstruck. tony? melissa? he would have no reason to do this to melissa. she s never done anything to him. reporter: so you re telling the detectives, you re looking at the wrong guy. yeah. reporter: did tony know melissa? he had met her a few times, you know, over the years, but we weren t social. reporter: debra told police she and tony had been married for 17 years and had four children. they had separated more than a year earlier. tony had then moved into a house in miami gardens with a friend. for twenty years, he d worked for florida east coast railways hauling freight. you know, he basically drove a train for a living. reporter: police checked him out on their computer. has he any priors? none. no priors. reporter: detectives went to talk to tony and recorded the conversation. how well did you do you know this your debra s debra s friend? melissa. i know her from her. i ve seen her a few times. you guys ever have any pro
conversation. how well did you do you know this your debra s debra s friend? melissa. i know her from her. i ve seen her a few times. you guys ever have any problems, maybe? something like that? never. never. i don t think i ever spoke to her more than two words. do you know if she s had anything to do with what you re going through right now with debra and the divorce? i don t know. and i really don t don t care. i mean i just that wouldn t bother you if she did? oh no. the thing is that i just want to get away from my wife. i just wanna be at peace. reporter: then they asked him the question. did you have anything to do with with melissa s death? no. reporter: but what tony