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
have been adamantly opposed to a move that would have essentially opened goldfinger s books to scrutiny by the federal government. pam decided she was not going to allow jim to roll the dice on their business. the business that had let pam live the life she had always wanted. pamela was a girl scout. she wanted to do it right. pamela knew that they were making plenty of money. they as a family, the fayed family, were flush. they didn t need to worry about nickels and dimes here and there. she was also aware, i believe, that at some point the federal government was going to start looking very closely at them. they couldn t continue building this business on this international scale without someone taking a look. and so pamela s idea was, let s do it right. let s cross our t s, let s dot our i s let s get the money licensing. her husband said absolutely not.
fraud, of tax evasion, and of the transferring of money without the proper government license. pam s friend carol did not want to see pam caught in a federal net. i called her to warn her. i told her she needed to get the money transmitter s licenses. and you have to start that process. once you start that process, the feds can t touch you. carol says pam agreed. all she ever wanted was for a legitimate company. that s all. she just wanted to be on the up and up. she was going to tell jim, even though they were separated. pam urged jim to apply for the licenses. he appears to have been adamantly opposed to a move that would have essentially opened goldfinger s books to scrutiny by the federal government. pam decided she was not going to allow jim to roll the dice on their business. the business that had let pam live
process. once you start that process, the feds can t touch you. carol says pam agreed. all she ever wanted was for a legitimate company. that s all. she just wanted to be on the up and up. she was going to tell jim, even though they were separated. pam urged jim to apply for the he appears to have been adamantly opposed to a move that would have essentially opened goldfinger s books to scrutiny by the federal pam decided she was not going to allow jim to roll the dice on their business. the business that had let pam live the life she had always wanted. pamela was a girl scout. she wanted to do it right. pamela knew that they were making plenty of they as a family, the fayed family, were flush. they didn t need to worry about nickels and dimes here and there. she was also aware, i believe, that at some point the federal government was going to start looking very closely at