realizing that it s amber. how could that be? her life was just beginning. amber meet friends for life. there was just no trying with our friendship. it just was. but that life didn t last long. amber is on the floor, face down, and she has a plastic bag 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 go
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
oh my. i said man, this is the best birthday present ever. but then he got a call from his sergeant. he says ray bob, i want you to keep your mouth shut. don t say anything. i just want you to do what i m telling you to do. he said, i need you to get the arrest warrant washed. wow. geovany would not be arrested after all. just not enough evidence. the prosecutor had made it clear he didn t want to try him and fill in court. but the detective still had a warning for geovany s danny. so, they went to his house, unannounced. he opens the door and i said, got a warrant for you. didn t say a search warrant or arrest warrant. and he slinks. he turned back to his wife and said, i m going with him. and he was defeated. he put his head down. head down, shoulder sent down. he put his hands behind his back. like he was getting ready to be handcuffed? like his game ready to be handcuffed. get ready to go to jail. that s certainly telling. oh yeah. geovany gave up a dna
alibi and phone records placed him miles from the crime scene. police initially played out a hunch that the culprit must have had a game store connection. now, a call from an anonymous tipster was about to breathe new life into that theory. once again here is keith morrison with everything she knew . that brandon biel did not kill his boss amber belken was, very clear. which meant that the detective ray bob roberts had a big problem. we had everything going against us. didn t have witnesses, no video, no danny, didn t have fingerprints. nothing. he went public then, had to. we held a big news conference with the parents, them and at. pleading for help. crime stoppers put up a lot of money. nothing. i was hoping, you know, money talks. 100 grand reward. a hundred grand reward is a lot. but nothing.
this after a federal judge in fort worth, struck down the state law barring people under 21 for carrying handguns. now back to dateline! back t o dateline welcome back to dateline. i m natalie morales. brandon biel believed he was gonna be charged with the murder of game store manager amber belken. but detectives verified his alibi and phone records placed him miles from the crime scene. police initially played out a hunch that the culprit must have had a game store connection. now, a call from an anonymous tipster was about to breathe new life into that theory. once again here is keith morrison with everything she knew . that brandon biel did not kill his boss amber belken was, very clear. which meant that the detective ray bob roberts had a big problem. we had everything going against us. didn t have witnesses, no video, no danny, didn t have fingerprints. nothing.