pam fayed was dead. stabbed to death in a century city parking garage. lapd detective salaam abdul-rahman has seen enough cases to know that, in his line of work, murder and marriage go together like a horse and carriage. the ongoing fayed divorce, therefore, got his attention. acrimonious, nasty, bitter. mr. fayed was really upset with his wife, mrs. fayed. and so that marriage would bear much more scrutiny. investigators set about talking to friends and family to solve the mystery of pam s death. they needed to start with the story of her life. pamela had a spirit that was infectious. carol neve was pam s best friend. she was always happy. she had a personality that just sucked you in and kept you there. carol met pam 22 years ago.
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 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 ts, let s dot our is.
prosecutors say the price tag for pam fayed s killing was $25,000. he was bankrolling it. no question. he commissioned this crime. and that s where the investigation began to lead us. that s where the evidence began to lead us. we knew clearly that he had an alibi for the actual stabbing. he is not the stabber. he is not the actual killer. you also knew he had probably a bigger motive than anybody else. there were always in my mind dual motives for james fayed to contract the murder of his wife. one was the divorce. but one was to silence who he thought was going to be a witness against him. pamela fayed. did he just give this hit man that he hired the money and say go kill my wife? james fayed is a control freak. if he s anything, he wants to be in control at all times. which is why he didn t want his wife, pamela, having anything to do with transfer licenses. the same m.o. is what drove this contract killing.
there. carol met pam 22 years ago. we were neighbors and we did become best friends, to the tune of every day we talked. every single day. that was long before jim came into the picture, of course. good morning, baby desiree. first christmas. pam was a single mom. she and carol babysat for each other s kids, walked their babies together, went shopping, shared recipes and hung out during the holidays. pamela was very much family to me. pam was the most caring, loving, giving person you would ever meet. life was about other people. tina holland is another friend. she and pam met when their youngest children started attending the same school. they planned family vacations together and trips to disneyland. one year pamela bought her daughter jeanette and tina s sons costumes just for the sake of creating happy memories.
find any clues which would lead to her murderer and a motive. here again is josh mankiewicz. pam fayed was dead. stabbed to death in a century city parking garage. lapd detective salaam abdul-rahman has seen enough cases to know that, in his line of work, murder and marriage go together like a horse and carriage. the ongoing fayed divorce, therefore, got his attention. acrimonious, nasty, bitter. mr. fayed was really upset with his wife, mrs. fayed. so that marriage would bear much more scrutiny. investigators set about talking to friends and family to solve the mystery of pam s death. they needed to start with the story of her life. pamela had a spirit that was infectious. carol neve was pam s best friend. she was always happy. she had a personality that just sucked you in and kept you