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
wrapped around her heads. it still is open, the door is open. most people who rob a store don t kill anybody. my whole world just died right there. for months, the murder stayed cold. didn t have witnesses, didn t have video, didn t have the any. we had everything going against us. we go down and talk to the detective, we would not 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, 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 a gun. and i said, please don t kill me. i m going to get out of their. alive. hello, and welcome to dateline. i m natalie morales. amber belken was a force to reckon with. a pet young woman whose big dreams and drive made her seem unstoppable. then she was found murdered. was amber the victim of a
when you have a guy like that who is not really the same type of attitude or mentality that the rest of us were, it causes some problems. does she trust him? you know, i don t know. i think it in some instances, no. even embers per said they knew she was dissatisfied with brandon. because she had written him up. she had prepared a negative work review. she was going to turn it in that. it s just his last chance, mom. she said, i can t allow him to continue to make these mistakes. so, motive? opportunity? behavior that didn t seem innocent? i mean, he had the classic motive. he didn t want her to write him off. didn t want to get fired. this seemed like a personal crime. could ve been? most people that going to rob a store logo with the intention of killing anybody. they just go in there, with a robbery, and leave. putting a plastic bag on her
brandon repeated the story he told from the start. he was nowhere near the store that morning. just got up, let my dog out, watched sports center. then at 9:45 i left, because i had to go to my fiancée s parents move. the big island that goes in the kitchen. he didn t get to the store, he said, until after 2 pm. for the afternoon shift. and when he got there, he insisted it was still closed. so, he panicked. was he supposed to open that warning? so, i m about to put my stuff you know, to check the computer. he looks around and sees the dvds on the floor, the cashiers jar open. he sees all of this and thought, so he starts going around to open the store. he thought you know, he s not looking for amber are not looking for anybody. brandon told attractive roberts he had no idea amber
was in the store. no idea amber intended to submit a negative worker review about him that very day. didn t notice her car in the parking lot, he said. didn t think the obvious mess in the store and they had been robbed. you saw the disagree? if the an employee saw the disagree. a normal person you think in would say something is a. something is wrong here. yeah. so, roberts got a search warrant for brandon s house, car. maybe they find some of the stolen dvds and game councils there. they did not. but there has to be something. for weeks the detective looked for evidence on brandon biel. randy and the mom called me 24/7, every day, two or three times a day. brandon, brandon, brandon. detectives questioned his fiancée. her parents. they scoured his phone records. we did everything we could to try to get some kind of evidence on brandon. and there was none there.