I knew he was a ladies man. Im not stupid. No sign of a breakin either. Somebody would have had to have a key or be let in by eric. So it must have been someone he trusted. Or maybe someone who didnt trust him. Inside the safe was a. 380 handgun. Thats the same kind of gun that killed eric. Same kind of gun. Everybody loved him. So who killed him . We knew in our hearts that this murder was going to be solved. We believed that justice was going to be served for eric. Im lester holt, and this is dateline. Heres Josh Mankiewicz with while he was sleeping. Reporter he was the life of every party. At 34, eric somuah was charming, magnetic, successful. In 2012, he was living the kind of life that young men liked to brag about to one another. Call it the good life, the lush life, the fast life. Its a World Without too many rules. One in which you get close in a hurry to a lot of people you dont know too well. And it was perfect for eric. Living just outside the nations capital, eric somuah w
Relationship, giving the detective a theory to consider. Older woman, younger man. Maybe see somebody else. Right. Reporter and that breeds leads to. Jealousy leads to murder. Reporter while he continued to investigate denise, ruvin building that there was a woman there hed been dating for just thats why we wanted to talk to katrina. Reporter katrina ben came down to Police Headquarters for an interview. Shes visibly upset here. Just earlier that day, detective ruvin and his partner had told her that eric was dead. I just want to start again by saying just thank you. You dont have to be here. Thank you, thank you, thank you for doing this. I dont care. Oh my god. I want to know, too. Yes. Reporter they wanted whatever leads she could give them. But they began with the basics. How did you meet eric . I met eric outside, like two weekses after id been there. Reporter outside their building. And he asked me if i was a nurse. Because he was starting some kind of Agency Nursing agency like
As time. I was here, but i wasnt really here. It was very, very difficult. Reporter people tell you grief diminishes over time. But days after eric somuahs death, his closeknit family could only dream about whether that moment would ever arrive. When i received the paper the next day and i opened it to the obituary section and i saw this just lost it. Reporter sadly, i meet a lot of people in your situation. There are families that really want to know what happened, and then there are other people who are like, not going to bring him back and i dont want to spend another minute thinking about the murderer. You guys clearly in that first group. You wanted an answer, didnt you . Oh, yeah, we wanted to know who would do this because we just could not understand who would want to kill eric. Reporter the family had pointed detective Dimitry Ruvin at erics girlfriend, denise. We interviewed denise multiple times. Reporter ruvins interest in denise picked up when he learned from the family th
Samoas funeral. She repeatedly denied she had anything do with the murder. She td police she didnt even own a gun. Then c the big break, a good samarit f this dismantled gun on beltway and gives it to the cops. It turns out to be the murder weapon. A aer a painstaking invesgapo trace the gun to this pawnshop in columbi mississippi, where records indicate it was sold to katrina ben. What a dramatic scene in that courthouod as members of the samoa family walked up and told the a t pain told the judge about the loss. More ont coming up at 6 00. Wendy, bto you. Pat collins. Now to the two carjackings in the heart of georgetown. Both in broad daylight yesterd news w 4 Jackie Bensen is live ju off wisconsin avenue. Jacks . Rep well, i can tell you th ve unusual for this neighborhood, two carjack the suspect was armed in broad daylight here in the residential heart of georgeto we c t you the first one happenedp at 31st and p northst thma dr was able to drive away and not be carjacked. But t s
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