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
time was home to a high powered law firm, the boldest, brassiest bunch of politically connected lawyer players in south florida. it had a sweeping panoramic view all the way out to the ocean. to a juggernaut by the mid-2000s. he probably thinks i m king of inworld. and the firm is where melissa lewis, an earnest by the book attorney found great success for herself and her clients. she by all accounts was a work alcoholic that loved what she did. melissa loved those boozy office parties just as much as the other lawyers. she found herself a nice slice of the american pie. and that s the thing about 38-year-old melissa lewis. even as she raised her voice and
president trump, buzzing the crowd in a helicopter, would energize his base for what was coming next. that same weekend, donovan crowell, the out of work alcoholic, attended a training camp in north carolina, according to prosecutors. though crowell s lawyer denies it. crowell had been recruited into the oath keepers, a paramilitary group that opposes the federal government. jessica watkins, who owned thi rural bar in ohio, was the group s local leader. bartender julie harvey says she saw the group meet every week. they were going to d.c. for the original million maga march. i was working, and i walked out on the patio and i saw them sawing the pool queues in half, putting on the zip straps. the way jessica explained it, it was just preparedness in case they were in harm s way.
zero. i dedicate my time. how do we know that. they re not donors. 17176. 1776. reporter: the stop the sale movement would mermg into one day of protest september 12th in washington, d.c. president trump buzzing the crowd in a helicopter would energize liz base for what was coming next. that same weekend, donovan crowell, the out of work alcoholic attended a training camp in north carolina according to prosecutors, though crowell s lawyer denies it. crowell had been recruited into the oath keepers, a paramilitary group that opposes the federal government. jessica watkins who opened this bar in ohio, was the group s local leader. bar tender julie harvey says she saw the group meet every week. they were going to d.c. for