Her life was just beginning. Andrea canning amber made friends for life. There was just no trying with our friendship. It just was. Eaamber made friends for lif there was no trying with her friendship. It just was. That h life didnt last long im on the floor, face down, and she has a plastic bag wrapped around her head. Most people that rob a store dont kill anybody. My whole world just died right there. For months, the murder stayed cold. Didnt have witnesses, didnt have video. We go down and talk to the detective. We wouldnt let it go. Then, a break. Another victim. He would duct tape me. Duct tape my mouth. She knew his secret, would 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 the gun. I said please dont kill me. I wanted to get out of there alive. Hello and welcome to dateline. Amber belkin was loa force to reckon with
murder. that s crazy, sir. was it crazy? no way to prove it, really. then a couple of days later detective roberts brought the tipster, joe, back in. this time joe poured it all out, said giovanni told him straight out he had killed someone. i was in shock. i was scared too, i was thinking like, you know, i freaked out, what s he going to do to me. now, that was huge. if joe was telling the truth. but just one guy s accusation, no idea how credible it might be, wasn t much to go on. still, it was all they had. so i drafted an arrest warrant and i drafted a search warrant. bring it to the magistrate, she reads it, says it s about time. this is in the news, it s a high profile case for san antonio, rich white girl dies at work, people went crazy. it shouldn t matter. but people went crazy, they want
warrant and i draft out a search warrant. bring it to the magistrate. she reads it, says, it s about time. because this was in the news twarksnews, it was a high-profile case for san antonio. rich white girl, dies at work. people went crazy. shouldn t matter but they want justice. i go get the search warrant signed. it is my birthday. man, it 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 that arrest warrant quashed. 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 fail in court. but the detective still had a warrant for geovany s dna. so they went to his house, unannounced. he opens the door. i said, i got a warrant for you.