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
she she ran her mouth too much. she she ran out of control. she started running her mouth. about your business. if she d kept her mouth shut yeah. on the tape jim describes how he hired someone to kill pam and set up several scenarios to make that happen. but he says it was one missed opportunity after another there was four different other opportunities where i had it so it was perfectly clean. such as? yeah. such as walking out of a july 4th party down in malibu at a friend s house. they [bleep] yeah. it was a rural area. i even had the times, the dates, the location p all he had to do was get in the car and the jacket. and everybody at the party would say oh, yeah, she went home. jim s attorney says that
opportunity after another there was four different other opportunities where i had it so it was perfectly clean. such as? yeah. such as walking out of a july 4th party down in malibu at a friend s house. they [bleep] yeah. it was a rural area. i even had the times, the dates, the location p all he had to do was get in the car and the jacket. and everybody at the party would say oh, yeah, she went home. jim s attorney says that conversation is all just play acting jim would contend he was conned into playing along with this cellmate in order to avoid appearing weak or vulnerable and that he was simply trying to make a favorable impression on this tough guy in this tough
it so it was perfectly clean. such as? yeah. such as walking out of a july 4th party down in malibu at a friend s house. they [ bleep ] yeah. it was a rural area. i even had the times, the dates, everything. the location p all he had to do was get in the car and the jacket. and everybody at the party would say oh, yeah, she went home. jim s attorney says that conversation is all just play acting. jim would contend he was conned into playing along with this cellmate in order to avoid appearing weak or vulnerable and that he was simply trying to make a favorable impression on this tough guy in this tough environment where he had to appear tough in order to survive. but on the tape jim told his cellmate how he wished he could have done the deed himself.