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
structure. in the minutes after the attack, this red suzuki pulls up to the garage exit, the wrong exit. a man holding what seems to be a black hooded sweatshirt gets out of the back seat to check the exit gate before jumping back in. we ran the vehicle license check and found that one of the vehicles leaving the garage was associated with mr. fayed and goldfinger. mr. fayed s business. yes. detectives traced that red suzuki suv to an avis rental car the car was leased by goldfinger. jim fayed s company. one of jim s nephews had recently relocated to california and had driven the car for about a month until just a few days before the murder. after that, the car was in the care of the fayeds ranch hand, a man named josé moya. investigators say it was moya who was behind the wheel, but on the tape there seemed to be three people in the vehicle. who were they? a month later josé moya was arrested and
what potentially were the penalties for mr. and mrs. fayed in that federal case? potentially they could have had their assets seized. that was huge. if they have their assets seized fayed wouldn t be able to conduct business. after a long investigation, federal agents took jim into custody days after pam was killed. he was charged with operating a money transfer business without a license, and he pleaded not guilty. at the same time, detective abdul rahman continued his investigation into pam s murder, starting not just with the videotape of jim fayed at the time of the murder but also with some security video of the parking garage exit. what we did was that we narrowed it down to the time around when mrs. fayed was killed and the vehicles that were leaving the parking structure. in the minutes after the attack, this red suzuki pulls up to the garage exit, the wrong exit. a man holding what seems to be a black hooded