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
realizing that it s amber. how could that be? her life was just beginning. amber meet friends for life. there was just no trying with our friendship. it just was. but that life didn t last long. amber is on the floor, face down, and she has a plastic bag wrapped around her heads. it still is open, the door is open. most people who rob a store don t kill anybody. my whole world just died right there. for months, the murder stayed cold. didn t have witnesses, didn t have video, didn t have the any. we had everything going against us. we go down and talk to the detective, we would not let it go. then a break. another victim. he would duct tape me, duct tape my mouth. and she knew a secret. could 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 a gun. and i said, please don t kill me. i m go
really sorry. i am so sorry mr. and mrs. belken. amber didn t deserve to die. i m so sorry. what did he say? nothing. but, the belken s did get an apology from someone else. geovany s now ex-wife, veronica. hi. they met for the very first time when we shot this story. i ve blamed myself for not saying something sooner, for waiting too long. i always felt like they had some anger towards me. but, blame her? no. they knew she was a victim too. in fact, geovany pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting veronica. they re really nice. they were grateful that i said something. that i did the right thing. we don t have any ill feelings.
after detective roberts got that search warrant for geovany s dna. we were asleep. it was early in the morning and then we hear a pounding at the door. boom, boom, boom. that will cut up. that woke me up. he got up first and went to go check. that then he returned and told her, it s the police. i think they think i killed someone. i said did you. what s it like to hear that? i was shocked and mortified. he says, it s because i did kill someone. what? he said, i killed someone. that s what he said. who, why, i m assuming this maybe had an altercation with someone. maybe a friend or some guy down the street. i don t know. but geovany only said we re going to move to laredo. just go. that very day? the next day. yes. a very rapid move. unprepared. it was just fast. veronica was beside herself.
everything she knew . late june. almost a year and a half after the murder of amber belken. detective ray bob roberts roared down the highway to laredo. he s just gonna call from the police there. geovany s wife wanted to talk. her name was veronica. and what a story she told. i made a dumb choice. i was really young. i got pregnant really young. she tried to resist him he said. was attracted. but he was so insistent. once she was pregnant our family would insist that we get married. i listened to everyone except my own feelings. once they were married, she said, he demanded sex whenever he wanted it. whenever he touched me, i would feel sick and i would tell him to stop. there were times when he would