I think i want to be remembered is what i will do tomorrow. What i did is boring to me. I think im too classic. Welcome to how it really happened. Im hill harper. Even if youre not a fashionista, youve probably heard of Gianni Versace. Not only because of his work as one of the worlds most beloved fashion designers, but also because of his shocking death. Versace was cut down in his prime in broad daylight in a trendy miami neighborhood teeming with tourists. What you may not know is that Gianni Versace was just one victim of a troubled young man whose murderous rampage had People Living in fear from coast to coast in the spring and summer of 1997. Heres how it really happened. Gianni versace was it. Velezmitchell i mean, he was the perfect meld of celebrity and fashion. He came on the scene like a meteor, like a nova. The clothes were very sexy, very revealing. He brought sex back to fashion. And he was associated with the biggest names in the news. Ball he was friends with princess diana, who was the ultimate trophy celebrity of the 1990s. He was friends with madonna, who really turned to versace to remake her look at a certain point. Velezmitchell everyone from cher, elton john, calvin klein. Ball he was friends with sylvester stallone, with cindy crawford. He hung out with them. He put them in the front rows of his fashion shows. He dressed them. He really was the Celebrity Designer of the 1990s. Gianni versace came from the poorest area of italy. In the early 70s, about 1972, he moved north, he moved to milan, which was really just emerging as a fashion capital. From there, he embarked in the world and started to open more boutiques, and his brand just really grew exponentially from there. He came to miami in 1991 to open a second boutique, and he fell in love with the city. He bought this extraordinary place. It was right on south beach. Woman they call it the crown jewel of miami beach, casa casuarina. A 23,000 square feet palace with 10 bedrooms, 11 baths, including one custom made suite for madonna. Velezmitchell it was truly spectacular, and the notable thing, its right there on the main drag in south beach. Solomon versace decided to live right in the middle of ocean drive. He was at the epicenter of everything. He felt secure enough in this community, he would walk up and down ocean drive on a regular basis, without escorts, without body guards. We mentioned that a couple of times about not having security, bodyguards or anything like that. But gianni wanted to be with the people. His family was not pleased at all. Velezmitchell donatella and other relatives were telling gianni, watch out. Youre too exposed. Youre too out in the open. Anybody can target you. But he wasnt afraid. Velezmitchell poor Gianni Versace probably has no idea that theres this mad man on a Cross Country killing spree, and they are on a Collision Course and nobody has any idea where this guy is. Cossack were looking at the mysterious murder of Chicago Real Estate mogul, lee miglin. Cronin lee miglin was a very, very rich man in chicago. He and his partner had a Real Estate Management team. Lee was a very prominent chicagoan. People knew marilyn and lee miglin for many years on oak street. Man with lee miglins encouragement, marilyn was inspired to found her own successful cosmetic company. She had just come back from doing one of her Home Shopping events in canada, and was surprised when lee wasnt at the airport to pick her up because he always picked her up personally. So she ended up going in a cab and going home. Martin first of all, their front gate isnt locked. That strikes her as a little odd. Apparently it always it. The front Window Curtains are pulled closed, which was also unusual. But when she got into the apartment, it was apparent that somebody other than her husband had been there. Zwecker she knew something was wrong. Reporter police found the Murdered Miglin in a pool of blood. We are treating this case as a homicide, and the investigation is under way. Fortunately, it was the police, and not marilyn, that discovered the body. It was torture, plain and simple. His head was fully wrapped in masking tape. His head was almost completely severed with a garden saw. Just for good measure, he then throws two cement bags on top of his victims body and he breaks every rib in his body. It was like something out of a horror movie. And then the killer stays in the house, shaves, takes a bath, eats a ham sandwich, leaves all these clues behind. There was some dirty dishes, which was unlike her husband, and there was also some Beard Stubble from an electric razor in a bathroom which is unlike her husband apparently. That level of comfort does not exist in random burglaries where they want to get in and get out immediately. There was a very close neighbor of the miglins who Saw Lee Miglin out in the alley the night before he was murdered with a young man. Heres the Million Dollar question about the miglin murder. Jordan did they know each other . Was there any kind of prior relationship . I mean, this man had no enemies. Graves the miglin family and the police have always said that this was a Random Act Of Violence. Zwecker yeah, the line Random Act Of Violence became sort of the buzzword for the entire connection involving lee miglin. If that was a Random Act Of Violence, im george clooney. And my apologies to george clooney. There was nothing random about that. It became what we call in Law Enforcement, a heater case. Because the Governors Office calls, the Mayors Office calls, even the Cardinals Office calls, hows this going . A couple of days after the miglin murder, a crucial clue turned up, a red jeep parked around the corner from lee miglins home. Chicago police realize from tips that this jeep has Parking Tickets on it. Its nearby. Its suspicious. People said it had been parked there and that nobody had claimed it. And so they ran the plate, and thats when they tracked it back to a Murder Vehicle in minnesota. The Chicago PoliceDepartment Today announced a warrant for the arrest of Andrew Cunanan in connection with the miglin murder. King everyone was asking, who is Andrew Cunanan . Fleissner this is a really bad person. Versace miami is cool. Miami is a place where you can be yourself. Its simple, beautiful, the weathers fantastic. Im very serene there. Ball in july, 1997, Gianni Versace was in paris. He was planning and organizing his last couture show. So when he finished his show, he was really looking forward to having a couple of weeks of rest in miami. He liked to be outside. He liked to be in crowds. The interaction was nothing more than a wave and a hello. He just had a very good time. He had no clue, no idea that a psycho is tracking him down and about to kill him. Reporter a nationwide manhunt is on for a california man, wanted for murder in minnesota, and now suspected in the slaying of a Chicago Real Estate mogul. King everyone was asking, who is Andrew Cunanan . If you think about all the people that youve met in your life, that youve shaken hands with and talked to, and youve been like, this is a really bad person. It doesnt happen very often. Maybe two times in your life, maybe three . I definitely felt that from andrew right from the beginning. The one thing that everyone seems to agree with about Andrew Cunanan is that he was an incredibly accomplished phony and a fake and a narcissist. Velezmitchell he wanted everything that comes to people who work hard without working hard. The best cars, the best homes, the greatest parties, the fabulous dinners at the best restaurants, but he didnt want to do a day of work. Fleissner he always had money. We wondered, you know, how does he have money . Why does he have money . First we were like, maybe hes independently wealthy. Maybe he was selling drugs. Maybe hes a kept man. White his mother is the one that actually originally said that he was a high class homosexual prostitute. I never knew him as a gigolo. He was very articulate, very knowledgeable in fine wines, clothes. Velezmitchell here with a guy who was very smart and very educated. Thats why he was able to get these wealthy sugar daddies, because he read books, he researched his sugar daddies, what their interests were, and then he would become an expert in that subject. Like, something out of a film noir. I never heard the word gigolo, just that he was jet setting around and had an elaborate lifestyle. King did you wonder how he got the money to have that lifestyle . Johnson yes, i often, you know, questioned it. Andrew cunanan always had his eye on the big prize, a wealthy patron or benefactor. Now, there are rumors that he actually met Gianni Versace back in 1991. We interviewed two people in San Francisco that say that cunanan and versace were seen together at a club. Gruenwald apparently versace was in San Francisco designing costumes for the San Francisco opera, and cunanan told me that when he met versace, he said, yeah, right, youre versace, and im coco chanel, nice to meet you. He is probably thinking, Gianni Versace really likes me. Hes paying attention to me. Hes going to be my next great patron. And of course, this is all a fantasy in his mind. He grew up in a relatively modest, even poor family. An italian mother, a filipino father, who had a terribly dysfunctional marriage. He was the youngest of four children, and absolutely everyone agrees spoiled. Cunanan a spoiled kid never hears the word no too often. I used to think to myself, well, one day hes going to have to deal with hearing the word no. You know, but he was so intelligent that i think if he would have applied himself, he could have done anything that he wanted. Allegedly he scored a 145 on his iq test, and that was enough to get him into a very prestigious prep school. Reporter cunanan attended the Bishops School in la jolla. Jordan where he could commute to school, hobnob and rub shoulders with the rich and famous kids, learn from them, study their ways, be able to speak their language, and then go home where no one was possibly going to ever see the little house that he lived in. Thats key, because then he saw how the other half lived. And he said, uhhuh, ive seen both sides of the tracks, and i know which side of the tracks i want to live on. The rich side. Except he wasnt from a rich family. He began lying. Klaidman there does seem to be a lot of evidence that Andrew Cunanan was someone who felt tremendous insecurities, and had some kind of a compunction to tell tall tales about himself. Whitmore andrew had told me that he held dual citizenship in israel and the united states, and had served in the israeli army. White he told us that he was from the philippines and his family had money from a Sugar Business or Sugar Refinery there. Horne he told me that his father was a bigtime businessman and had set him up with a business making prefabricated sets for hollywood. He told me he went to yale and that he was an heir to the scripps newspaper fortune. Cunanan he always had a taste for the finer things in life. So maybe he fabricated these stories so that he could fit in better. Everyone describes andrew as being obviously gay. For his family, even though it was as clear as day to every around them, they wouldnt believe it. King are you saying he was not gay . By the way, its no sin to be gay. No. Youre saying he was not. He was not. I knew the kid. I knew him. I knew his dates when he was in high school. Junior, senior prom, i had to caution him on several occasions. And in no uncertain terms, dont get that girl pregnant, youre going to be in trouble. I was surprised because andrew never admitted it openly, and i wanted him to know that i loved him regardless if he was an it or a she or a he or what. I gave birth to him. Jordan in his High School Year book, not only was he voted most likely to be remembered, but he chose under his own photo, a famous quote from louie xiv. Apres moi, le deluge. Velezmitchell after me, the storm. He was really predicting that he would go down in history, that he would achieve something. He really was a person of two faces. He was unraveling on drugs. He was deeper and deeper into this very rough pornography. Velezmitchell Andrew Cunanan is coming apart at the seams. And theyre all coming . Those who are still with us, yes. Grandpa whats this . Your wings. Light em up gentlemen, its a beautiful. Day to fly. You know, you have to really break a barrier every day. Fashion to me, born and die every day. Its really tragic when you look at it that there seem to be parallel paths. Gianni versace, rising in the world, achieving more and more, becoming a celebrity in his own right, and this Andrew Cunanan, at the same time almost living a parallel life, but its all fantasy. Fleissner jeff was a midwest guy. Super warm, friendly, outgoing, and a very genuine person. So he was like a brother to us. There were a few people that he hung out with regularly that were good friends of his, and one of them was Andrew Cunanan. Whitmore they were inseparable. I mean, when they were in the king not lovers but friends, or both . As far as i know, they never went out with each other sexually. But they were Close Friends . Very Close Friends. Orth jeff trail had come to san diego as a Young Annapolis graduate in the navy, and he was just coming out as a homosexual. And andrew was the bon vivant in all the clubs, and he introduced jeff and set him up and took him around. Fleissner andrew wasnt ever mean to jeff. He tried to be controlling of jeff. If jeff was in the room, andrew wanted his full attention the whole time that he was around. Look at me, look at me, look what im doing. He was just a braggart. He was, you know, just a total he was a total asshole. Whitmore he wanted to be everybodys friend. He would come up, and hed buy 6, 10 drinks, for people, you know, a lot of times for people he didnt even know. With his sort of more Down To Earth buddies, hes buying drinks and playing the big shot. Then hes got a whole different persona for the sugar daddies. Hes this high society, affected guy whos quoting this, that, and the other from books hes read. For a while, he was supported by a very wealthy man in la jolla who took him around to europe with him, et cetera. So this sugar daddy gives Andrew Cunanan all that he wants. You know, gives him a luxury car to drive. A 2,500 monthly allowance. He really was a person of two faces. He simply had a life by day and a life by night. Then, in 1995, something very unexpected happened in Andrew Cunanans life. He fell in love. Velezmitchell david madsen was this goodlooking, clean cut guy, just a poster boy. Orth andrew met him, he picked him up actually when david was on a Business Trip in San Francisco. Hovland andrew probably saw the same thing that everybody did in david. David had a charisma about him. Davids eyes were beautiful blue. He had an aura about him, a big personality. His laugh was contagious. [ chuckles ] people just loved being around david. Velezmitchell david madsen was intrigued by Andrew Cunanan. Andrew cunanan was mysterious and was living this glamorous life, but david could never quite figure out what was going on. Benning he told me about Andrew Cunanan keeps calling him and pursuing him, and that he wanted nothing to do with him. He says, i think hes into something shady, dianne. Orth he was known as this sort of happy go lucky, sort of gay social director of the Gay Community in san diego. But there were darker sides to him. He is alleged to be a drug dealer. Hes alleged to have also been into crack himself, and s m pornography and s m sadistic sex. Velezmitchell for a while, things were going great with andrew, but there was a point in 1996 where everything started going to hell in a hand basket. Andrew was, you know, trying to establish this relationship with david and sort of all falls apart. He wasnt paying his bills. He had tons of debt on credit cards. He was in major depression. He wasnt himself. He let his weight get out of control. Fleissner the last time i saw him, it was a barbecue. Everyones in tshirts, flipflops, and shorts, and andrew walks in his three piece suit. I hadnt seen him for a couple months, and i just said, andrew, oh, my god, you look so fat. What happened to you . Velezmitchell his con jobs werent working anymore. His sugar daddy was getting tired of his demands for more, more, more. So sugar daddy said byebye. At the same time, the love of his life, the man he really wanted to be with was getting sick and tired of the lies and the mystery. So david madsen also said, hmm, not so much. Navarro a