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
Employees responsible for the spill. It wasnt 14 truckloads but 12 truckloads spilled into the creek. Game wardens say the cement isnt toxic to people but its not good for the wildlife obviously. Live in oakland, im da lin, kpix 5. That creek feeds into lake merritt. Game wardens say the drought prevented the cement from being washed into the lake. The water level at the creek is very low right now. Sfo is doing damage control after it was ranked the Worst Airport in the country for security problems, 37 breaches in sfo in the past 10 years. Four of those involve the fence. Six incidents came from the waters of the San Francisco bay including boats and windsurfers coming near buoys. 16 cases where Homeless People from a nearby shelter. Airport spokesman doug yagel says the high number doesnt tell the story. I say we share the most information on perimeter issues of any airport. Call it a perimeter incident, a breach. We view its as a violation of our access control. We investigate it.
Safe distance away from the airport perimeter. Reporter on the Northern Edge of sfo sits safe harbor and 99 beds. The ceo says the suggestion his clients are the problem is false. In the 15 years we have operated safe harbor we have had only one incident of our residents going into the airport property. So its not true. I actually think somebody probably misstated the facts. But they do know very well that its not due to us. Reporter of the 37 breaches, 2 people had access to planes. One at a Corporate Jet facility on airport property, the other the son of a pilot who wandered into a secure zone. I would tell you that the goal is always zero. Reporter now, at the moment, sfo is averaging about 3 to 4 Security Breaches per year as you heard, their goal is zero. Now, oddly enough a few minutes ago i had a San Francisco Police Officer walk up to me here and say, hey, you know the real problem is safe harbor, right . So its an ongoing situation nobody is quite sure who is at fault. Live at
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 for somebody would get quite upset. And the mystery that haunts a small southern town is a killer still walking free . I always say tick, tock, clocks tickin. Youre coming . Were coming. And we aint giving up. Im lester holt and this is dateline. Heres andrea canning. York, south carolina. A town steeped in American History and southern manners, its charm as deeply embedded as the pride of the people who live here. Its a nice southern town. Its very quiet. Its not the sort of place youd expect evil to come knocking. My life just changed, forever. And these are not the sort of people youd expect to be victims of a vicious crime. Hes a prominent man in a small town. Shes a good christian woman, sweet sou
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