dateline. i had a huge crush on him. he had this amazing voice. very gregarious. charismatic. the passion for people he had came through. he was the guy the whole town came up to. morning deejay steven bee. so funny. he had such a great love of music. he s lovable. everyone loves steven b. soon, it was fatally clear not everybody did. they came up on a body floating in the water. shot him one time in the back of the head. it s like this can t be happening. what did happen? the hunt is on. a gleaming yacht. i thought, why did you get on that boat? a scheming businessman, and a missing fortune. you re a multi-millionaire and you don t have any money. from high seas adventure to heart-stopping murder. i don t think i ll ever get another case quite like this. hello. and welcome to dateline. steven b. williams was a man with a golden voice. a former deejay who found fame, fortune, and a wealth of friends. then suddenly, radio silence. steve
people came through. he was the guy the whole town woke up to, morning dj steven b. he was so funny and he had such a great love of music. he s loveable. i mean, everybody loves steven b. but soon, it was fully clear that not everybody did. they came upon a body floating in the water. shot him one time in the back of the head. i felt like i was in some made-for-tv movie. it s like this can t be happening. what did happen? the hunt is on. a gleaming yacht. i thought, why did you get on that boat? a scheming businessman, and a missing fortune. you re a multi-millionaire and you don t have any money. from high seas adventure to heart-stopping murder. i don t think i ll ever get another case quite like this. hello. and welcome to dateline. steven b. williams was a man with a golden voice. a former dj who found fame, fortune, and a wealth of friends. then suddenly, radio silence. steven b had disappeared. detectives would follow a trail of
then the prosecutor took the jury through the gps and cell phone records and explained how that evidence put steven and harvey together on the far side of catalina island. after which, steven vanished and harvey told conflicting stories about where he supposedly went. i think the most damning evidence in this regard was the fact that despite having a history of calling mr. williams on the telephone over the years that they knew each other, he never called his phone one time after the day the victim went missing. but that didn t mean harvey killed steven, the defense said. steven b. was so depressed about losing his career and his father, about getting older, that he killed himself. and the medical examiner testified it was possible steven could have shot himself. what was your opinion of the idea that he might have committed suicide? i think it was incredulous. i don t think he would have done it. still, it was another explanation and the jury would have to consider it. so
killed steven, the defense said. steven b. was so depressed about losing his career and his father, about getting older, that he killed himself. and the medical examiner testified it was possible steven could have shot himself. what was your opinion of the idea that he might have committed suicide? i think it was incredulous. i don t think he would have done it. still, it was another explanation and the jury would have to consider it. so now the courtroom waited and whispered. would harvey take the stand? i told the investigators that i thought he was going to testify. and they didn t think so. they thought i was crazy. what made you think he would? well, he s a con man and he likes to talk. and con men think they can talk themselves out of any situation. he was right. sure enough, harvey was confident, self-assured. had answers for almost everything. he didn t steal steven s money, he said. he came up with a story that no one had heard before his testimony. which was
another explanation and the jury would have to consider it. so now the courtroom waited and whispered. would harvey take the stand? i told the investigators that i thought he was going to testify. and they didn t think so. they thought i was crazy. what made you think he would? well, he s a con man and he likes to talk. and con men think they can talk themselves out of any situation. reporter: he was right. sure enough, harvey was confident, self-assured. had answers for almost everything. he didn t steal steven s money, he said. he came up with a story that no one had heard before his testimony. reporter: which was that steven actually owed him his entire inheritance to pay back a whole different loan. naturally. but mr. morrow thought he could sell it. with a straight face. reporter: would jurors believe him?