i m craig melvin. and i m natalie morales. and this is dateline. i just collapsed. she s dead because she was my friend. first melissa disappeared. where s melissa? that s the million dollar question. i knew right then she absolutely never made it into her house. left behind in her garage signs of a struggle and a strange orange mist, then her boss went missing too. who is he afraid of am. he might have been afraid he s next. he left behind a bigger mess. we three kings be stealing the gold. a missing fortune. ballpark a billion, billion and a half dollars. a missing woman. we have know clue, no leads. some wonder was there a link? this had a twist to it. two crimes, one for money, one supposedly for love, and behind both, a lingering mystery. it s just so ugly and so wrong, and i can t fix it. welcome to dateline. hotshot florida attorney melissa lewis was living large in fort lauderdale dale, but then her seemingly charged life ended
absolutely never made it in her house. left behind her garage, signs of a struggle and a strange orange mist. we did not know what it was. then her boss went missing to! who is he afraid of? he was might be afraid that he was next. someone would put a bullet in my head. he left behind a bigger mess. we kings be stealing the gold. a missing fortune. ballpark, a billion and a billion and a half dollars. a missing daughter. we have no clues, no leads. some wondered, was there a length? this had a twist to. it two crimes, supposedly for love. and behind both? a lingering mystery. it s just so ugly and so wrong. that i can t fix it. welcome to dateline! hot shot florida attorney melissa lewis was really large in fort lauderdale. but then, her seemingly charmed life ended in tragedy. her body was discovered in a drainage canal. she had been murdered. but who would want her dead? with few clues, fewer suspects, and a scandal with the law firm. inves
We were like sisters. We had shared so much. I told me they had found her body, and i just collapsed. She is dead, because she was my friend. First, melissa disappeared. Thats the milliondollar question. I knew then that she had never made it into her house. Signs of a struggle, and a strange orange missed. They didnt know what it was. Then, her boss went missing, to. Who was he afraid of . Mightve been afraid that he was next. He left behind a bigger mess. We three kings be stealing the gold. A missing fortune. Ballpark, 1 1 2 million dollars. We have no clues, no leads. Some wondered, was there a link . Two crimes, one for money, one, supposedly for love, and behind both, a lingering mystery. It is just so ugly, and so wrong, and i cannot fix it. Welcome to dateline. Hotshot florida attorney, Melissa Lewis was living large in ft. Lauderdale. But then, her seemingly charmed life ended in tragedy when a body was discovered in a drainage canal. She had been murdered. But who would want
is this woman, melissa, killed because she knew too much? after we think we had this solid, buttoned-up case, we do have the whole scott rothstein ponzi scheme comes into play? reporter: the fbi combed through the detectives files looking into a melissa-rothstein-ponzi link. they spent a week going through every inch of that case to find out if there was a connection to scott rothstein. reporter: with all these messy complications, tony s defense attorney, bruce fleisher, thought about two words, reasonable doubt. a lot of people thought that because of the rothstein ponzi scheme, that he had something to do with the murder of melissa lewis. reporter: and debra villegas was back in the hot seat herself, being grilled by homicide detectives who bluntly asked her about scott, the ponzi scheme and melissa s murder. she had her lawyer with her this time. was melissa aware of anything that scott was involved with? and i m i m gonna use a term the ponzi scheme. no. repo
through debris and of that case, to find out if there was a connection to scott rothstein. with all of these messy complications, tony s defense attorney thought about two words. reasonable doubt. a lot of people thought that because of the rothstein ponzi scheme, that he had something to do with the murder of melissa lewis. and debra vhs was back in the hot seat herself. being crowned by homicide detectives, who bluntly asked her about scott the ponzi scheme, and mostly murder, she had her lower with her this time. that was melissa aware of anything that scott was involved in using the term ponzi scheme? no. and then the questioning about more direct? are any discussions having melissa kills? absolutely not. are you aware of any discussion or conspiracy higher for the murder of her? no, i wanted to letter melissa, i wouldn t let him move back into my house. and that s the biggest regret that i have in all of this.