Wrapped in duct tape. He didnt say anything. Ill kill you. So what was the motive . Was it money or maybe revenge . There was a thick file of possible suspects. He could definitely have a laundry list of people who would want to kill him. But was his killer an enemy or a friend . Those could be fighting words for someone. Pretty strong words. I could see where somebody could get quite upset. And the mystery that haunts a small, southern town. Is a killer still walking free . I was say tick tock the clock is ticking. Youre coming . Were coming. And we aint giving up. Im lester holt and this is dateline. Here is andrea cannon. Reporter york South Carolina a town steeped in American History and southern manners. Its charm as deeply embedded as the pride of people who live here. Its a nice southern town. Its very quiet. Reporter its not the sort of place you would expect evil to come knocking. My life has changed forever. Reporter and these are not the sort of people you would expect to be
Wrapped in duct tape. He didnt say anything. Ill kill you. So what was the motive . Was it money or maybe revenge . There was a thick file of possible suspects. He could definitely have a laundry list of people who would want to kill him. But was his killer an enemy or a friend . Those could be fighting words for someone. Pretty strong words. I could see where somebody could get quite upset. And the mystery that haunts a small, southern town. Is a killer still walking free . I was say tick tock the clock is ticking. Youre coming . Were coming. And we aint giving up. Im lester holt and this is dateline. Here is andrea cannon. Reporter york South Carolina a town steeped in American History and southern manners. Its charm as deeply embedded as the pride of people who live here. Its a nice southern town. Its very quiet. Reporter its not the sort of place you would expect evil to come knocking. My life has changed forever. Reporter and these are not the sort of people you would expect to be
Friendly. Reporter and the woman who called police to the scene was Julia Phillips melvins longtime girlfriend. She was worried that melvin was dead. She said she didnt know what had happened to him. Reporter investigators of the scene told julia the devastating news melvin had been murdered. Reporter is that a little jolt Melvin Roberts was the victim . Yeah. Because melvin is not the type of a person to be a victim of anything. Reporter melvin was the longest practices lawyer in South Carolina. He defended both the rich and poor for 55 years. He almost sounds like a bit of a smalltown celebrity whether he liked it or not. The thing about melvin was he was into everything. Reporter he was so influential, the street where he lived was named after him, roberts avenue. A true renaissance man devoted to his family. He was everything to me. He was my best friend. He was my mentor. Reporter melvin had two sons david and ronny. He was instrumental in making me into who i am. Reporter the thr
Bell Phillips has created The Tree House at Elephant Park in London, featuring an elevated viewing gallery nestled among the boughs of a mature plane tree.