Morning in miami beach their lives collided. Andrew just walked up right behind him and shot him in the head. I heard the the shot and something said to me, something happened. Reporter after two decades, new details never before revealed. New stories never before told. He remembers Andrew Cunanan saying, none of you really know the truth. Reporter what triggered his crosscountry murder spree . There was so much hatred. Why wasnt he stopped sooner . One hapless mistake after another. Are we any closer to solving the mystery of Andrew Cunanan . He looked at me and he said, stacy, you have no idea what im capable of. Reporter im lester holt and this is dateline. Heres Keith Morrison with the death of Gianni Versace. Reporter once there was a true genius who conquered the worldwide fame. And once there was a man who earned fame another way. This is the story of how brilliance met bitter envy. Of how, and maybe why, the bright light that was Gianni Versace, was snuffed by a failure named Andrew Cunanan. He was fixated by celebrity. He was determined to be remembered. Reporter and what cunanan killed was indeed true magic. No one understood that magic or the power of fame, the pull of celebrity. Quite like Gianni Versace. It was the hottest ticket in town. He was a major, major star. Reporter and all the stars wanted to go and be there. Yes. All of them dying to see versaces latest sure. Suits and shoulder pads and baggy pants of the 80s, and set out to celebrate the body. Reporter suddenly everything went sexy . Everything went sexy, and it had colors and it was loud. It was different reporter legendary model Beverly Johnson watched from the runway, as versace exploded on the world. You know, even the name had that kind of appeal. Versace reporter versace, his big brother santo and little sister donatella were born in the very toe of the boot of italy. Growing up, literally, among the the ruins of the ancient roman empire. His parents were modest, hard working people. Versace learned at the knee of his dressmaker mother, learned that every stitch mattered, that quality was paramount. He was 25 when he set out for the capital of italian couture, milan. This was the versace house. Rep antonio damico, versaces partner in life and in business. So here is, see the medusa there. Yeah, yeah on the door. Reporter he told us the story behind versaces logo, the medusa, and how gianni spotted it, right on the front door of his new house. It was already there. Reporter and that was the idea for the logo . It was the idea to keep the medusa as a logo. Reporter what did medusa say to you . Medusa, you know, its a seduction. Something that you look at her, and you cannot take of the your eyes. Reporter yeah. You cant look away. So thats why seduction is, like, the and that was the fashion of versace, seduction. Reporter in myth, whoever looks on the face of medusa turns to stone. In reality, the fashions behind that logo were impossible not to look at. Ballet impresarios, movie directors, rock stars came running. Elton john became a friend. And remember miami vice . In its final season the stars wore versace. I mean some of these photographs of famous people in those clothes are are iconic. They theyre world famous still. Like Princess Diana in that blue sheath. She didnt want to wear like a english old style, so she asked gianni to make dresses for her. Reporter his Fashion Shows made history. Like the one in 1991 with cindy crawford, naomi campbell, Linda Evangelista and Christy Turlington all on the same runway. Unforgettable, said the noted fashion journalist Hal Rubenstein. The music was amazing. The color was amazing. The men and women were breathtaking. This was him. This this is how he wanted you to see life. Life always came with fireworks. Gianni versace was not for the faint of heart. Because when you put that on from the time you walk your door, all eyes are on you. Reporter well, there were some famous ones too, right . Oh, yeah. The safety pins. Reporter elizabeth hurley. 1994. At her boyfriend hugh grants movie premiere. She wasnt really a star back then, but she was after she wore the versace safety pin dress. Safety pin dress pizzazz. It was a celebration of the womans body, and and really being proud of your sexuality. Reporter and versace wasnt just a brilliant designer. An openly gay man, he became a champion for a community badly in need of one by embracing his sexuality and showing others they could, too. Its even more amazing to realize what he did when you realize why and when he did it. And especially in america having come through the 80s when aids was so devastating, we became terrified of sex. Reporter but not versace. His designs made a statement, be bold. Be he did. I loved his fearlessness. Hes not apologizing to anyone. Its a force to be reckoned with. Reporter he talked to katie couric about his fashion philosophy when he visited the today show in 1996. It is very important for people to look themselves, to express themselves, thats the only heart in fashion, to be yourself. And i think we designers have to help people to be glamorous, happy and alive. Reporter by 1997 he was getting ready to take his company to a new level. This was an auspicious time in versaces life. Reporter maureen orth covered the versace case for vanity fair. He wanted to be the very first italian designer to get on the new york stock exchange. And he was getting his whole business ready for an ipo. Reporter taking his company public. He was on top of a mountain. Everything was right. Everything was going right. Reporter so, having met the moneymen in new york, Gianni Versace retreated to his luxurious mansion in miami beach. Blissfully unaware that the name versace would soon again be splashed across headlines, put there by a killer intent on stealing the fame of a genius. And who, even now, was eluding police as he drove inexorably toward his destiny. Wealthier men who could help keep him in a life that he aspired to. A life that would take one strange turn after another. He looked at me and he said, stacy, you have no idea what im capable of. And to top that off, every sixth mccafe beverage is free with our app. Only at mcdonalds. Hthats why new downyl can saprotect and refresh conditions fibers to lock out odors. So clothing odors dont do the talking for you. Lock out odors with new downy protect and refresh. It can seem like triggers pop up everywhere. Luckily theres powerful, 24hour, nondrowsy claritin. It provides relief of symptoms that can be triggered by over 200 different allergens. Live claritin clear. The following ad for your viewing convenience. I finally switched to geico. Oh yeah . 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Reporter maureen orth, a dateline consultant, wrote the book on cunanan vulgar favors. He was the product of an extremely dysfunctional family, a very unhappy marriage. A filipino father who was incredibly materialistic and pretentious, and a sicilian mother who was sort of beaten down by the father, who had her own Mental Health issues. Reporter andrew adored his father, mostly ignored his mother, and focused on getting what he wanted for himself. According to his close friend, stacy lopez. He always had a big want list, you know . Oh, i want that, i would like that. Fancy car . Yes. And i think going to a school like bishops , you know, some kids drove to school in a lamborghini. Reporter thelu Bishops School in ritzy la jolla. Andrews father pinched pennies to send him here. To get in, andrew wrote this admissions essay, illustrating just how much he wanted it too, despite the misspellings. I had long looked forward to my tour and interview at bishop envisions classrooms and teachers the like mr. Chips and miss jean brody. I was not disappointed. He knew, even then, that flattery will get you somewhere. Reporter roman jiminez, a freelance journalist, was editor of update, a san diego gay and lesbian newspaper. He had brains. And he had looks. And he had charm. I remember when he came to school, you know, he just had such a big personality. Even at that stage, huh . Oh, yes. Oh, yes. I thought he was very brave because back in the early 80s, generally people were not openly gay, and he was. Reporter out and proud but never at home. Due to religious reasons, he felt his family would not be as accepting. He hid his homosexuality from his family forever. Reporter but andrew and stacy accepted each other, unconditionally, as his inscription in her yearbook attests. Can you read that . Sure. Its too bad im gay, or id be madly in love with you. Love always, andrew. Reporter andrew started dating at bishops but not boys his own age. Andrew spent time with wealthier men who could help keep him in a life that he aspired to. He was a boy toy. Sure. Reporter a boy toy who liked to show off the gifts he received. He had come to the dance in this red leather jump suit and oh, boy. I remember going, wow, andrew. He says, yes, my boyfriend antony bought it for me. Reporter stacy liked to tease andrew about his dating choices. Sugar daddy now . And he was like, oh wouldnt you like to know. Reporter at bishops, andrew cruised along academically. Most of us had to study. But you never saw him in the library studying. Coasted through . Exactly. Reporter so, was it a prophesy when, on graduation in 1987, he was voted most likely to be remembered. He just had a very dynamic personality and was very funny. And everybody loved him. Reporter after bishops, andrew tried college. But the boy who coasted through high school found uc san diego altogether too demanding and costly, so he bailed. There were problems at home, too. Andrews father, a stockbroker, was accused in a civil lawsuit of embezzling 100,000. And he fled the country, left his family, never came back. Without telling them, he sold their house out from under them. He took the money, and he went to the philippines and completely abandoned them. Reporter andrew was now on his own, and he turned to the older men he knew could support him. He cruised hillcrest, san diegos gay area, and fell deeper into his world of sugar daddies who took care of his financial needs. I think andrew grew up thinking that maybe the world owed him a living, and he didnt really have to work for things. Reporter for the older men in his life, and others, andrew invented a new identity for himself, Andrew Desilva, and made up stories about a gilded past, about accomplishments that never were. And impressed those men by appearing well read and cultured, told them he loved art. And opera. So andrew was moving in more elite circles now and traveling. He went to the San Francisco opera house in 1990. And a chance meeting afterwards would change his life and change history. That meeting was with Gian Francisco designing costumes, as this sketch shows, for the opera capriccio. There was a party where versace was gonna appear. And andrews friend scored some tickets. And so, during the party, he claimed, and other people claimed, that andrew met versace. Reporter mind you, antonio remember him, versaces partner . He was at the party and claimed that meeting never happened. But andrews excitement was off the charts. He couldnt contain himself with some friends. He jumped on the foot of their bed, and said, i met versace. I met versace. I met versace. He was so thrilled that he had done it. Reporter he admired everything the superstar designer had achieved. Fame, fortune and freedom as a confident gay man. But there was one difference, as big as a runway is long. Andrew cunanan wasnt willing to work a and that meant disappointment, and trouble, might lay ahead. I remember he looked at me and he said, stacy, you have no idea what im capable of. Coming up, as versace rises, cunanan finds a spotlight of his own. Andrew would come here almost every night. He would hold court here. Hed pretend to the whole world that he was a rich kid living off a trust fund. When dateline continues. And at kay jewelers, he designs thm for you, too. You know the saying, they dont make em like they used to . I still do. Kay, the numberone Jewelry Store for. Yes every kiss begins with kay no matter who was in there last. Protection. New lysol power fresh 6 goes to work flush after flush for a justcleaned feeling that lasts up to 4 weeks. Lysol. What it takes to protect. We take some unexpected extra steps to raise healthy chickens with no antibiotics ever. 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But in 1991, Andrew Cunanan was living in obscurity and scratching around for his next meal ticket. Andrew didnt like to work really hard. But he liked nice things. I fully expected him to be in a relationship with somebody older that was catering to his needs. Reporter sure enough, in 1994, cunanan scored. He was still posing as Andrew Desilva when he met a wealthy older man who seemed, for a time, happy to pay the bills. Hes kept by this really rich guy, norman blachford, who gives him an infiniti to drive around. Reporter now, andrew was living in a beachfront condo in pricey la jolla. This new relationship put cunanan in rarified company. Of the sort he liked. A lot. A very secretive, very affluent gay fraternity called gamma mu. They would have these very lavish meals and brunches and dances. Reporter and when he wasnt brunching and dancing with the older guys. He liked hanging out with the beautiful young crowd in the hillcrest neighborhood, san diegos gay place to see and be seen. This bar right here flicks. Reporter maureen orth learned a lot about Andrew Cunanan when she came here. Andrew would come here almost every night, he would put people together here he would hold court here. Reporter he was the life of the party. And every night was a party. And he would just sort of sit and watch and see if there are any new cute guys in town and he would be the first guy to know who they were and, like, start presenting them around. Like a nonworking man about town . Yeah. No. A career of any kind . No, i think he he pretend to the whole world he was this rich kid living off a trust fund, and he didnt need to work. Reporter and for some reason, people bought his story. Jeff trail, for instance, an upstanding guy who became andrews friend. Jeff trail was the allamerican boy, a graduate of the naval academy. Politically conservative, he hated drugs, he didnt drink. Reporter one of jeffs closet friends was Jon Wainwright. People liked jeff. He just had a lot going on for him. Jeff was very tentative about coming out. He never came out to his family. Reporter the friendship worked for a time. And while jeff shied away from drugs, andrew didnt. Desperate to be noticed, he would do almost anything, legal or not. So he became the drug dealer, he became the procurer, he became the guy who connected people together. And he was the one who always money, of course. But in 1995, as normans kept man, andrew met a handsome young architect named david madson. And fell in love. I think that david was a kind of a dogooder, lovely human being. Everybody remembers him from his small town. Reporter but david, according to maureen orth, did have a weakness for material things, which andrew was only too happy to cater to. He gave him fancy cartier watch and fancy suits and david always accepted his gifts. Reporter and andrew was on top of the world, finally living the good life he felt entitled to. This was the best it would ever get. Didnt they call him the mayor of hillcrest . That was one of the titles that and, you know, he reveled in it, you know, cause it was the center of attention. Reporter but and this is no surprise Andrew Cunanans happiness was built on a fragile foundation. For months, he juggled his benefactor norman and his lover david. Until, in the fall of 1996, the man with the money got wise. Andrew wanted a mercedes and he tells norman that, unless he can have a mercedes, hes going to walk out. And norman says, okay, go ahead. And norman let him walk, which stunned him. So that took away a big piece of his income. And that mattered to andrew . That it absolutely mattered because, you know, thats who he was. Reporter normans rejection began a kind of implosion. John wainwright saw it. Andrew started to let himself go. He was looking unkempt, which was so unlike andrew. Reporter and then, like a line of dominoes, his social world came tumbling down. The love of his life, david madson broke up with him. His friend jeff trail moved on. Told friends theyd had falling out and the mayor of hillcrest began a rapid decline. When the allowance went away, there were lots of reports that surfaced about him during this time being more heavily involved in the drug trade. Reporter harder stuff now, like crystal meth. At some point, as he became more and more unhappy, i think he also became more dependent. And of course, crystal meth brings you up, but crystal meth also takes you down. Reporter and as maureen orth discovered, andrew developed a taste for violent sex. The s m part of this was very disturbing to me. Because i spoke to fbi profilers who told me that, for certain people, if they dont have Real Relationships of any kind in their life and then they depend on this to excite them. Yeah . Then the fantasies have to escalate. And he was just living off a diet of porn magazines, s m porn videos, they were always around him, all the time. And getting more and more intense all the time . And getting more and more intense. Reporter by early 1997 both jeff trail and david madson had moved away. Both, coincidentally, to minneapolis. Reporter and a rootless and unwanted Andrew Cunanan had gotten fat and puffy. And he had told me that he was very depressed. And hes like, im fat, and i dont look good, and nobodys going to want me. Reporter and when he picked up a fashion magazine now, he read about all the things he didnt have, would never have. He could read about elton johns glittering 50th Birthday Party in london, for instance. Where Gianni Versace was a guest. That is when, in his own small world in san diego, cunanan planned a party of his own. A last supper with his few remaining friends. Told them he was moving to San Francisco. But that first he was going to minneapolis to settle some business, as he put it. Reporter but its clear now that Andrew Cunanan wasnt planning any move to san fran what his friends couldnt have known, was he had a bought a one way ticket to minneapolis. Whatever happened there, he had no intention of coming back. I spoke to the waiter from the restaurant. And at the end of the meal, he remembers Andrew Cunanan leaning back in his chair and looking at his friends and saying, all of you think you know the real andrew. But none of you really know the truth. Coming up a mystery in minneapolis. There was a rug that was rolled up and you could see that there was a body inside. Deprese of multiple symptoms. Thats why theres trintellix, a Prescription Medication for depression. Trintellix may help you take a step forward in improving your depression. Tell your healthcare professional right away if your depression worsens, or you have unusual changes in mood, behavior or thoughts of suicide. 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Reporter and why would he do that . I think he knew andrew was on this downward downwards spiral as well. So just trying to be a friend, being supportive. Reporter jeff left andrew in his apartment while he and his boyfriend went away for the weekend. On sunday, andrew moved to his exlover david madsons fourth floor loft in the citys eclectic warehouse district. And persuaded jeff to drop by for a visit. Sometime in the next hour or so, a neighbor reported hearing somebody yel here, and heard banging. Reporter the neighbor peered into the hallway, saw nothing, and the building went quiet again. But next morning, neither jeff trail nor david madson showed up at work. Jeffs boyfriend called the police and the police were just said, oh, give me a break. You know, we dont Pay Attention unless people are missing for at least 72 hours. Reporter by tuesday, worried friends persuaded the building manager to unlock exlover davids apartment. Davids dog darted out as the opened door revealed something horrifying. In the main room there was a rug that was rolled up and you could see that there was a body inside. Chief of the minneapolis homicide unit blood splattering on the wall and on the floor. Hed been bludgeoned with we found out later a hammer. Reporter police assumed david madson was the victim. After all, it was his apartment. But when crime techs unrolled the rug they found jefai the attack was brutal and personal. 27 blows to the head and face and chest. David and his red Jeep Cherokee were missing. Friends of both madson and trail told Police Someone named andrew was visiting from san diego but he too had vanished. So if madson wasnt the victim, thought the police, maybe he and this andrew killed jeff. Evidence at the scene pointed police to a possible motive. Duct tape, some handcuffs, you know, stuff that that people involved in in sex would use. It could have been a love triangle of sorts. Reporter witnesses even reported to police they saw david and andrew together after the time of the murder. Neighbors saw them walking the dog, it means david was with andrew and did not appear to be trying to escape. Police believe, at this time, david and Andrew Cunanan are together are together willingly and are on the run. Reporter minneapolis newspaper reporters jim walsh and chris graves started digging and quickly heard a different story from davids friends who didnt buy the love triangle motive. Everybody who knows david says it cant be true. Its not in his dna. Its not who he is. Reporter the reporters talked to those who said they, too, saw david and andrew with the dog. But it looked liked david had been crying. David was described moody, a bit withdrawn and sort of grumpy, i think, is the word that people used. It just didnt seem right. Reporter friends who knew davids dog walking routine insisted there was no way he was home at the time of jeffs murder. Madson walks the dog before the 10 00 news every night and so the presumption is that jeff comes to the house, has to be buzzed in, walks up, the door gets opened, theres a confrontation at the door because, remember, we know the neighbors hear, get out, get out. Reporter then, sometime after the murder went the theory david and the dog returned to the apartment. What we presume happens, david, not thinking anything, walks in and andrew had rolled up jeffrey trail in the rug and pulled him behind the couch. Reporter police searched davids bedroom and found andrews duffel bag. Inside was an empty gun holster and. 40 caliber bullets, but no gun. Did that mean david and andrew were now armed . Investigators certainly suspected david and andrew killed jeff trail yet they issued no bulletin for davids missing jeep no be on the lookout for either one of those men. It was the beginning of what maureen orth would later call the lat its just one hapless mistake after another. Reporter and four days after they found jeffs trails bludgeoned body were going up to east rush lake, it would take 30 to 40 minutes to drive from minneapolis. Reporter saturday, may 3rd, chicago county deputy Chris Hendrickson was called to work on his day off. Fishing season was starting and two men scouting a prime spot found a dead man instead. He was well dressed. He wasnt dirty. Didnt appear to be in a fight. He had a defensive wound in his hand, and then a gunshot wound to his head. Reporter the Police Confirmed the victim by the lake was david madson. And i said, whoa, wait a minute. What this just changes everything. Reporter a. 40 caliber gun killed madson and shell casings matched the ammunition found in cunanans duffle bag in davids apartment. By this time, the police knew the missing gun from the holster belonged to jeff trail. That andrew had stolen it from trails apartment. An alert was now posted for madsons red jeep. And for the man they now feared was a double murderer. Thats when i believe Andrew Cunanan really became their prime and only suspect. And by that time, hes far away. Reporter and it was already too late for victim number three. Coming up a killer who makes himself right at home. Whomever was in the home had helped themselves to ham, some ice cream. They had gone upstairs and shaved. When dateline continues. Well, almost. Best buy. Expert service. Unbeatable price. So this quick ranch pastat a full house. Primavera is the perfect dish. Sprinkle in a packet of Hidden Valley ranch, add some veggies, and youve got a meal thats sure to please. Its time to ranch out with the original, Hidden Valley ranch. Allergy symptoms doctors recommend taking claritin every day distracting you . Of your allergy season for continuous relief. Claritin provides powerful, nondrowsy, 24hour relief. For fewer interruptions from the Amazing Things you do every day. Live claritin clear. Every day. 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She and lee were a perfect couple, a perfect team. They worked together very, very well. Reporter and then one sunday morning, when marilyn flew home from an appearance on Home Shopping network, lee wasnt at the airport as planned. At their townhouse on chicagos fashionable gold coast, worry to turned to alarm. No sign of lee. And then down the alley behind his house, a neighbor found lee miglin, dead in his garage. Marilyn called paul beitler. I was frozen. I i i couldnt believe what i was hearing. It didnt dawn on me to ask what happened or how he was murdered, or when. Only that i had just lost the most important person next to my family in my life. Reporter beitler rushed to the miglin home and headlong into chaos. It was like a threering circus. In the front yard were all the news media with the lights blaring. Reporter investigators could see that this was not a typical robberyhomicide. Lees lexus was gone. As were clothes and more than 2,000. The killer had left evidence. Looked like hed spent the night. Whomever was in the home had helped themselves to some food in the refrigerator, some ham, some ice cre that they had gone upstairs and shaved. Apparently the bristles from his beard were on the floor. Reporter but the most disturbing evidence . There are some aspects of the homicide that indicates that there was some torture that occurred. Reporter more than some. Much more. He practically slit his whole throat with a bow saw, he put him in a kind of an s m mask with just two holes for the nostrils after he had been repeatedly stabbed, he had been battered. There was so much hatred and so much anger in that murder. Reporter suddenly widowed, Marilyn Miglin made a public plea for information leading to the killer. What do you say about a man you loved passionately for 38 years . A man who exemplified courage and honor and dignity . Reporter thousands packed Holy Name Cathedral to pay respects to the widely admired member of the chicago establishment. But days were going by and the investigation was going nowhere. Until police stumbled on a red jeep parked literally around the corner from the miglin townhouse. You have a red Jeep Cherokee thats got three tickets on it and nobody bothers to check the v. I. N. Number or anything until the fourth ticket after four days or five days . Reporter when the number came back a match to david madsons missing jeep, reporters chris graves and jim walsh, whod been covering the murders in minnesota, began reporting on the chicago case, too. The question right away was, whats the connection between cunanan and lee miglin who was an extremely wealthy older man . Reporter beitler tried to stop the media speculation. Wed really like to make this known, the family has been, the family does not know cunanan. Theres been no connection with the family whatsoever. Reporter then, beitler discovered a few Chicago Police were leaking tips to the media. What did they say . They drew an inference that lee was known to be involved in the Gay Community in chicago. Reporter beitler, a major contributor to then mayor Richard Daleys campaigns, called the Police Superintendent to shut that down, too. I said, this is a character assassination thats going on right now. If you have evidence that you can bring forward that shows that what your detectives are offering to the media is true, then lets see it. It didnt take much on the part of the various people within the Police Department to realize that there was no upside to this investigation. That if they got out in front of this thing too far and they made mistakes, this could be a career changer. Reporter it appeared the investigation withered, says maureen orth. You know, the Chicago Police were so intent on not finding out what happened. They were so intent on not finding out . What . They were intent on not finding out what happened. Lee miglin was, quote, a very happily married, very upstanding member of the community. All the most important, inflew mention people were calling it a random crime. Therefore, the police arent too stupid. They realized it was supposed to be a random crime. Reporter in a statement to date line this week, the Chicago Police department, said, in part, we stand behind the work of Department Investigators who base their conclusion on verifiable facts and evidence. Yet, in 1997, minneapolis reporter jim walsh flew to san diego and thought he found a connection between lee miglin and Andrew Cunanan. I interviewed a bookstore owner who said that Andrew Cunanan was friends with duke miglin, lee miglins son. Duke was a smalltime actor in holld always talked about duke miglin, talked about him all the time, that he knew him well. They played tennis together. Reporter but less than 24 hours later, the bookstore owner denied that hed ever heard about duke miglin directly from cunanan. Back in chicago, duke miglin addressed the rumors with his fathers staff. And he was very forthright. And he said, look, i will tell you the truth. The truth is, no, i dont know cunanan. I havent been engaged with cunanan. Reporter but by then, Andrew Cunanan had escaped, another dead man in his wake. Flush with lee miglins cash, at the wheel of miglins lexus, which was his first miscalculation. That fancy lexus was equipped with a cell phone that could be traced. Coming up police tip their hand. Authorities had confirmed to the chicago media that the fbi was tracking andrew in lee miglins car. That immediately went out all over the airwaves. And cunanan was listening. He realized he had to get out of that car and find a place where he could get a vehicle. Xarelto®. To help keep me protected. Xarelto® is a latestgeneration blood thinner. Thats proven to treat and reduce the risk of dvt and pe blood clots from happening again. 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Reporter cunanan was driving east in the fancy lexus hed stolen from miglin but had no idea that the cars builtin phone was pinging off cell towers. Or that by friday, may 9th, hed picked up a tail, the fbi. Cell phone surveillance was primitive back then and lacked pinpoint targeting. But agents were closing in. But that was when something really bad happened. The chicago authorities had confirmed to the chicago media that the fbi was tracking andrew in lee miglins car. That immediately went out all over the airwaves. In philadelphia, police say a cellular phone was activated from the stolen lexus taken from murder victim lee miglin. Andrew obviously heard it. He couldnt miss it at that stage. He couldnt. Reporter in her book, maureen orth called the police leak tipping off cunanan, quote, probably the most serious blunder of the entire manhunt. He then tried to destroy the antenna of the car. He tried to rip out the phone. But the phone box was in the trunk of the car, which he didnt know. But in any case, he realized he had to get out of vehicle. A place where he could fly under the radar. Way off the beaten path. Where no one would know he was coming with a gun. He drove through miles of marshlands before finding this unlikely spot, a civil war burial ground, Finns Point National Cemetery in pennsville, new jersey. If i gave you directions or told you to put it in your gps, you probably would not be able to find it. Reporter Allen Cummings is the Pennsville Police chief. In 1997, he was a 32yearold patrolman. Ive never heard of Andrew Cunanan before that date. Reporter neither had this man, William Reese, 45 years old, the caretaker at the cemetery. He was a kind and gentle man, said his wife rebecca. She spoke with us in 1997. He was a kind and gentle man, said his wife rebecca. She spoke with us in 1997. He was the kind of husband who would keep a list the entire year of things you said you wanted so at christmastime h when my mom and i had off from school, we would always go see my dad at his work place, like surprise him with picnics. I loved being in the cemetery because i was with my father. Reporter troy reese was adopted by william and rebecca when he was 6. They raised him with love and special newt tur nurturing. Hed been born with fetal alcohol syndrome. Troy said william taught him to never give up. Every time i fell on my bike he would encourage me to get up, keep trying, never quit. Bruise after bruise until i got it finally right. Reporter that friday, 12yearold troy was waiting for his father to pick him up from school, but he didnt show up. And then my mom said, lets go look for your dad. Reporter at the cemetery, rebecca noticed her husbands red chevy pickup truck was gone. In its place, a black lexus, with illinois plates, parked in front of the garage. I could see a look in her eyes that a kid never wants to see, because she knew something was wrong. Reporter they walked to williams office. The door was wide open. We went upstairs, searched for him. Then we went to the middle floor, searched for him. Reporter the only place they didnt look was the basement. From what my mom told me there was a holy spirit guiding her away from the basement. She contacted the local police, and we sent an officer down there to look for him. Reporter and there he was, William Reese. Shot once in the back of the head. When my mom was crying, i knew something bad happened to my dad. She told me, your dads never coming home but hes in a better place, in heaven. Reporter troy asked to watch his mothers interview, from back in 97. He had never seen it. And at that point i think my entire world began to crumble. Reporter this would not be troys only loss. His mother died of pancreatic cancer in 2005, forcing him to fend for himself at age 19. I just wish we could have a happy family like we once had when i was a kid. Reporter the Different Police agencies, lacking coordination, had been slow to understand how dangerous and apparently desperate Andrew Cunanan was. But they realized it now. The fbi has now joined local Law Enforcement agencies in san diego, minneapolis, chicago and new jersey in the search for cunanan. Reporter they could piece it all together because cunanan left so much evidence at the cemetery. In the basement, a shell casing from the same 40caliber gun that killed david madson. Outside, lee miglins lexus. And, inside the car, his credit cards and a bloody screwdriver evidently used in his brutal stabbing. The pennsville pd was now part of that manhunt. But chief Allen Cummings wonders today, as he did then, whether William Reeses murder could have been prevented. We had found out that the Philadelphia Police was aware of him being in the area. But our Police Department was not advised of him possibly being in our vicinity. What if the information was put out to our community . Maybe we couldve prevented this horrible tragedy. One of the things about this investigation is that there were so many Different Police entities. And for a long time, they didnt cooperate sufficiently. Reporter and because of that, by friday night, cunanan had escaped another murder scene, and sped away in reeses red chevy pickup truck with jersey plates. Which could be probably fairly easily identified. Yes, but he stopped in South Carolina in a walmart parking lot. He stole somebodys license plate to switch out reeses license plate. Reporter clever . No. Mostly lucky. The stolen carolina plate was and now the red pickup truck was in the clear and Andrew Cunanan was in the wind. Coming up a killer who likes to party. He was lying low during the day. He was out at night. Up to his old tricks. 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And police, slow to realize who he was, had no idea where he was. So they sounded the alarm. And after William Reese was shot to death, just for his car, the National Media jumped all over the story. Time and newsweek both focused on the unlikely killer, a gay gigolo from san diego. Reporter and Network Television noticed, too. Police say theres a serial killer loose in the country tonight, and Law Enforcement officials are racing against time. Reporter with murders in three states, the fbi was now overseeing the cunanan case. And no one seemed safe after the random murder of victim number 4. New york city, two hours from pennsville, new jersey, was on high alert, particularly in the Gay Community. Cunanan could be in new york or on the way to new york. He seems to be targeting gay men. Reporter but he was nowhere near manhattan. In fact, he was 1,300 miles away heading for another popular island. On the night of may 11th, cunanan quietly slipped into miami beach in that stolen pickup truck with its switchedout plates. South beach, to the crowds, the noise, the music, the lookie loos staring at each other. Strange place to come for a man who had to know he was the subject of a massive manhunt. Andrew cunanan decided to hide in plain sight. Reporter under an assumed name, he shelled out 29. 99 plus tax, the daily rate, to stay at the Normandy Plaza Hotel five miles north of the versace mansion. It may as well have been five million miles away, as far as Luxury Living goes. The plaza. What was the reputation of the place . It was a dump. Police say reporter correspondent Kerry Sanders covered the story for nbc news. Youd drive by and maybe even lock the door and roll the window up when you drove by. It was just it was a nasty place. Reporter which is why its now out of business and boarded up. Back then, it was a good place to hide out, especially for an unconventional tourist choosing to a shadows. He was lying low during the day, he was out at night. He was an easy guy to blend in. He was half filipino, half italian. He could have passed for any number of ethnicities. Reporter once he lived large on a rich mans allowance in an oceanside condo, and picked up tabs for pricey dinners. Now hes living off of maybe one submarine sandwich a day. Reporter and, once again, he was doing drugs and turning tricks. Getting some old guys that probably had some money and he was robbing, doing petty robbery. He brought one guy in, and he was wearing a cartier bracelet and when he left, he was no longer wearing it. Reporter by midjune, cunanan had been in miami beach for a month, and had settled into his seedy routine at the normandy. He wasnt moving but, for some reason, he did he drove that red pickup truck to this garage, just two blocks from the versace mansion. Versace wasnt home. He was preparing with his supermodels to show his fallwinter collection in paris. Cunanan, in his own way, was also making a big name for himself. The fbi had just put him on its ten most wanted list, publicizing it on some relatively new computer technology. He was one of the very first people they ever put on the internet as a fugitive. Reporter the fbi had actually received a few tips that cunanan might be in florida, but they did not communicate that to the Miami Beach Police. Well, the fbi is notorious for sharing information one way, and thats from you to them. Reporter Richard Barreto was the Miami Beach Police chief 20 years ago. They could have probably done a little better job in sharing information. Reporter then, a possible break, though it had nothing to do with the fbi. Theres a desperate serial killer on the run. Reporter americas most wanted did a story on cunanan, and a counter man at the sub it. I looked up and saw his face and i automatic automatically recognized him from americas most wanted. Reporter he dialed 911. Hes inside the store now. And they told me to try to delay his order. Reporter Miami Beach Police responded within minutes. But it was too late. If it was cunanan, hed already taken his tuna sub and soda, and left. There was no doubt, however, that it was cunanan who walked into the cash on the beach pawn shop. Running low on money, he decided to pawn a gold coin. Reporter the shop owner, who didnt recognize him, paid him 190. Cunanan actually signed his own name, and the owner submitted the paperwork to the miami pd, as required by law. Then Andrew Cunanan returned to the normandy plaza, where the closest he got to his past life as bon vivant and cultural wannabe was in fantasy. He was surrounded by vogue and vanity fair and all these up scale magazines. And he had art books and books of history and architecture. And all the things he all aspired to and that he pretended in his own fantasy world he was part of. Reporter no way of knowing what was in that mind of his. But we do know that the latest vanity fair had just come out. It had a splashy story and pictorial that featured the richest and gaudiest house in all of south beach, owned by a man cunanan bragged about meeting in better days. Gianni versace. And the superstar designer was coming home. Coming up Gianni Versaces love of miami beach. It was mutual. His eyes were always wide and, remember, he was staring at everybody so he was making eye contact. How are you not going to say hello . But someone had a different greeting in mind. Ght i was manag my moderate to severe crohns disease. But then i realized there was. So, i finally broke the silence with my doctor about what i was experiencing. He said humira is for people like me who have tried other medications but still experience the symptoms of moderate to severe crohns disease. 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Reporter after paris, versace and his partner antonio stopped in new york to make final plans to take his company public. On july 10th they joined their friend Hal Rubenstein for a dinner in manhattan. Gianni loved to go out to eat. He said that he would go eat anything. But frankly he would only eat at places that basically had some version of pasta. So he would eat chinese food, because they had lo mein. Reporter andhe time to relax. He was coming down to south beach where he often loved to just kick back after having an intense time. He loved it. It was his playground. Reporter versaces love affair with south beach the vibrant gay mecca on the island of miami beach began five years earlier when the town was enjoying a dazzling revival. Thats when he got to know Hal Rubenstein. Gianni was on his way to cuba. And, his plane, his charter got delayed about ten hours. And so he told the driver to take him someplace that isnt boring. So he took him to the news cafe. He sat there for about five or ten minutes and was astounded by what he saw. Reporter what did he see . Beauty everywhere. Beauty everywhere. It was the music. It was the rollerblading. It was the bodies. It was the beauty. Reporter antonio was with him. And gianni was kind of like, h, this place is genius. Gianni took one look at this, and basically in about five minutes cancelled his trip to reporter to cuba . To cuba. And he said, i want somebody to show me around. Show me around. Show me around. Reporter hal was then a New York Times reporter and south beach denizen. A friend asked him to give versace a tour. So what did he say when he got came here . Oh, he was deliriously happy. He just got he got to see people. He got to see people interacting, he loved to watch people flirting and coming on to each other. Theres a certain kind of exhibitionism. Reporter uhhuh. Yeah. I think that that is exhibited in miami. The fact that everybodys eating outside, that everybodys like i said, everybodys watching everybody else. Reporter versace decided to make it permanent. He set his sights on a tired old mediterranean villa on ocean drive. It would need a gut renovation of course. You know, it was beautiful. But inside we have to change things. We add, you know, the pool. We add a second paf reporter they made it spectacular in a versace kind of way. He chose every fabric, every bit of furniture, every stone and tile, insisted on getting it perfect, his way perfectly over the top. And from here he reigned as the crown prince of the new south beach. The today show came to call in 1994. Yeah, i think its like a global village. Everyone is from cuba, from new york, from italy and german and that is modern to me, the mixture of people. You dont care if you are black or white, you care just of your heart or of your mind. Its cool. I like it. Reporter and the town loved him right back. People recognize him and say, hello, mr. Versace. How are you . Oh, good, good. Thank you, ciao. He had a very distinctive look. And hes just one of these people who sort of carried himself a certain way. Giannis face was always big, and open. And his eyes were always wide. You a upz dk and he was remember, he was staring at everybody. So he was making eye contact. So how are you not gonna say hello . Reporter of course. Did you worry about him . He was a big star. Well, i never worrying about that. But his brother worried. Santo talked to gianni about hiring some protection. Reporter so that conversation happened . Yeah, yeah. Reporter his brother wanted him to have a bodyguard . Yes, but he didnt want to. Reporter and so there they were in july of 1997, fresh from a whirlwind trip to europe and manhattan, and home in south beach. A rare chance to relax with dinner and a movie. We went to see a movie in coconut grove. And then we start to watch tv and then he was kinda, you know, falling asleep on on the couch. Because, you know, after 9 00, it was always like that. But then, he had been pushing you never know what tomorrow will bring. Coming up two shots heard around the world. I heard the shot. Something said to me when dateline continues. Lethargy and lack of appetite. See your vet for more information on flea and tick protection you and your dog will love. Nexgard. The vets 1 choice. At ikea, we believe that your dream bedroom, from a personalized closet, to a wellorganized chest of drawers, to a cozy bed, can be yours for less. Save up to 20 at the ikea bedroom event. We take some unexpected extra steps to raise healthy chickens with no antibiotics ever. Like putting oregano in their water. It has natural antioxidants and we dont have to use antibiotics in their diet. Perdue. Over 200 products no antibiotics ever. 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Reporter that same morning, said maureen orth, Andrew Cunanan most likely awoke in the pickup truck hed stolen from his most recent victim, the truck hed parked in a public garage two blocks from the mansion. But now, as the sun heated the air on ocean drive, he stood across from the mansion. Watching, waiting. Andrew was wearing a pair of khaki shorts and a baseball cap and a tshirt. Reporter just before 8 45 am, gianni walked home. Three blocks. He climbed his coral steps towards his medusa logo front gate, fidgeted with his keys. Had no idea andrew just very boldly crossed the street, walked up right behind him and shot him in the head. Reporter two bullets, execution style. And andrew turned, and walked i heard the shot. My heart just stopped to beat. Something said to me, something happened. Anyway, so i ran out and i saw gianni lay down on the stairs in blood. 911 emergency. Yes, emergency. 1116 ocean drive. Reporter from inside the mansion, versaces chef called 911. Its Gianni Versace. He was entering his house. We just heard gunshots. Hes on the steps of the house. There was a woman who had just walked her daughter to school, she saw it completely and andrew just nonchalantly walked fast down the street. Suspect was running northbound with a gun. What were you doing . I was in charge of the bike squad here on miami beach at the time, when the call went out. Reporter howard zeifman was sergeant then. He still serves as a reserve officer. So what was the situation when you got here . He i saw that they were working a gentleman on the steps. I dent know that at the time like right here . Right here. Could be anybody walking by. Because this was a famous mansion, people stopped by all the time and took pictures. One of the officers said, hey, its versace. Reporter at 9 21, Gianni Versace was pronounced dead at the local trauma center. He was 50, murdered in broad daylight. The miami beach Police Department is just blocks from the mansion. It was the hour of shift overlap, the night officers still around. Chief richard baretto. We had a whole lot more policeman th on the street than we would have an hour later. And i asked people as they were walking by, you know, did you see anybody running from here . Did you see any people moving from the area . Reporter one witness saw a man duck into the 13th street garage, two blocks away. We need a marked unit to a garage. Reporter zeifman and other officers rushed over. What did you find here on the third level . Truck parked there. Outofstate plates. Reporter but what looked suspicious was outside the truck. There was clothes laying on the ground. Reporter zeifman thought that the killer probably changed his clothes to avoid being identified. How would he have gotten out of here . You can go down the elevator, go down the stairs. People walking out, you just blend in with them. Didnt catch him, but at least you locked down the island. Locked down the island as quick as we could. Reporter the homicide chief was called in. He was taking charge of what would be the biggest case of his career. I went straight to the scene. Reporter it was now just past noon. Blood was still on the steps. But so was a dead bird. And that caused rumors to fly. What is that, a signature of a mafia hit or something . It was back in the day. Turns out we autopsied the pigeon and it was just a fragment of the round, one of the rounds that hit mr. Versace ricocheted so the and hit the pigeon. It was the first and last time we autopsied a bird. Reporter it was that kind of a story. I quickly realized that this because of the amount of media. Buona sera. Gianni versace media from around the world is covering the story of murder, mystery and high fashion. Reporter versaces murder was, of course, part of a much bigger case. But navarro, like the rest of his department, knew nothing about it, until an fbi algent approaches me and says to me, can we talk about this case . I said, sure, what have you got . And he goes, i think we may know someone that may have done this. Reporter the fbi man, cunanans chief tracker, had eyeballed the shell casings at the scene and told navarro they might match cunanans other murders. What was it like to hear that story from the fbi agent . I got goose bumps. Because now this was bigger than just Gianni Versace getting murdered. And then he mentioned the last homicide of mr. William reese and the red pickup. Reporter navarro knew his guys in the garage were all over a red pickup truck with South Carolina plates that looked suspicious. So i called my detective that was running that scene at the garage on the radio. And i asked him to read the v. I. N. Number on the vehicle. Reporter for navarro, it was like winning the lottery. And we made a match. We knew that was mr. Reeses car. Reporter that night, chief barreto held a press conference to tell the global media that Andrew Cunanan was the killer and Gianni Versace was victim number five. Cunanan is known to be a male prostitute who services affluent clientele. Cunanan is welleducated, welldressed, and is very articulate. Reporter so, at the end of day one, chief investigator navarro knew he had his hands full with a slippery killer whod gotten away four times before. Youre trying to think like he thinks. A catandmouse game. You know, our job is to catch him and his job is to elude us. Reporter cunanan was still at large, armed, desperate and more dangerous than ever. Coming up the versace family quickly leaves town. He was cremated immediately and they left with his ashes and that was it. Did cunanan also make a quick getaway . The director felt that cunanan wasnt on miami beach, that he had slipped away. Discover card. Im not a customer, but im calling about that credit scorecard. Give it. 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Never had that much pressure on me. Ever. Literally working around the clock, sleeping two hours, three hours. Reporter how do you keep going . I was young back then. Reporter so much they didnt know. Would he kill again . Was this a vendetta against people whod upset him . Was he targeting gay men . Was versace, the most prominent gay man in town, one of a list . The versace family wanted no part of finding out. Versaces family obviously was devastated. How could they not be . However, they wanted to get him out of there. They got all kinds of privileged treatment, all kinds of protocols were broken and he was cremated immediately, and they left with his ashes and that was it. The family skipped a miami beach memorial service. Which investigators attended, hoping perhaps, cunanan would show up to revel in his kill. He didnt. The Police Dragnet is intense in south florida. Reporter the 230 investigators now assigned to the case chased more than a thousand leads in the 18 square miles of miami beach. Knowing, given the intensive coverage, that cunanan had to be watching their every move. Thats why we had to use runners and cell phones and landlines instead of our radios. Reporter in other words, you were trying to keep the media from finding out, because the media would be telling him directly. Correct. But when you do that, its kind of a doubleedged sword. When you dont give the media what theyre looking for, they try to go i chris graves did. She followed the cunanan trail first to chicago, then miami. And here discovered a missed clue. So im in south beach. And there was a strip mall in the near vicinity. And i just start going door, to door, to door, to door to ask people if they knew Andrew Cunanan. Reporter at cash on the beach pawnshop, graves hit the jackpot. This woman came up and said, yeah, we we know him. I said, what . What . It was the shop where cunanan had pawned that gold coin, signed his real name on the pawn slip, gave the normandy plaza address and provided his fingerprint. The guy didnt look like a serial killer. Reporter and remember, as required by law, the pawn shop sent police the transaction. Murder. Lo and behold, the south beach police had a copy of that pawn slip days before Gianni Versace was dead. Reporter so, could they have prevented the murder . Up in chicago, paul beitler read graves story and do you remember finding out about this coin being found . Oh, i couldnt believe it. I knew immediately what those gold coins were. In fact, they were probably the coins that i had actually handed to lee miglin. Reporter so that coin tied cunanan to lee miglins murder, and revealed where he was hiding in miami beach, that is, if police had been looking. But before the murder, they werent. Even though cunanan was on the fbis most wanted list. Took a beating over the pawnshop. Rightfully so. Reporter because the one officer whose job was to check pawn slips, didnt get to it. He was assigned elsewhere that week. It was sitting on his desk for almost a week. Reporter yeah. What did that detective feel happened . He felt terrible. But like you said, its that old murphys law again. And a very antiquated system that we had back then. Reporter but the pawnshop discovery did point detective navarro to that rundown hotel, the normandy plaza. Lets talk to everybody. Lets interview all the employees. Show pictures of andrew. Nobodys ever seen this guy. Reporter and then, the next day, a memory suddenly improved. Who does he most closely resemble . When the manager of the hotel all of a sudden remembered Andrew Cunanan reporter okay. And remembered that hes under this name kurt demars from paris, france. Reporter by then cunanan was long gone, skipped out on his rent, another miss in a growing list of misses across four states. What was that like knowing that he you cant see him. Hes not around. Hes gone now, but very frustrating. It seemed like we were always on reporter then it got worse. The fbi pulled all of their special agents out except for four. Why . The director felt that cunanan wasnt on mooiami beach that he had slipped away. At the time i was pissed because we still had leads coming in. Hundreds, you know. Then, eight days into the search, just when it seemed police would never catch a break we get a call on the radio from dispatch shots fired at this location, at this houseboat, and i thought to my self, what a Perfect Place to hide. Coming up closing in on a killer. Come on, lets go. He was like a trapped rat. When dateline continues. If youre a stuntman, you cheat death. Its what you do. If you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. Its what you do. Numero uno no matter who was in there last. Protection. 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I hear a shot, boom reporter in an instant, hundreds of Miami Beach Police, the fbi, out of town investigators, an army of reporters were converging on the pier. Its gone now. The houseboat was knocked down years ago. Only a few rotting posts and a square of concrete mark the spot. But that day, that moment. What color is it . Its the blue one so when we first got here, uniform patrol had a perimeter set around the houseboat. We called marine partrol to cover the water perimeter. To make sure whoever was in there wouldnt get away. And then we called the swat team in. Where were the cameras of the world . We took over that parking lot right next to the firestation. So thats where we set up the media staging area. So all the filming was being done from across the street. It was too dangerous to be here. Sure. Yeah. There were a few over there on the other side of the water . There were some on the other side of the water that snuck in. Snuck in . What do you mean snuck in . Snuck in. Reporter we actually knew what he meant. Some of us from nbc, including me, found a perch across the waterway where we got a direct view of the houseboat. Scene around the houseboat, nbc correspondent Kerry Sanders found another way to get closer. A roadblock, police werent letting anybody in. And i looked over to my left and i saw a construction worker who was on his bicycle. And he was riding home on the sidewalk. And i ran over to him and i go, can you give me a ride on your handlebars . And i hopped up on his handlebars. Gave him 20. And he rode me down on the bicycle about four or five blocks to get to where this was all going on. Reporter a siege atmosphere settled in. How did you try to reach him to get word to him . So we had hostage negotiators on scene from the fbi and from the local Sheriffs Office and they attempted to make contact via a landline telephone. But he didnt answer it. So we tried a bullhorn and no response. Reporter everybody waited, the world watching. At one point, some officers moved in quietly, busted a window, and tossed a listening and we were getting absolutely nothing from inside the houseboat. So we were pretty confident he was either gone or he was dead. Gone . How would he be gone . Hes slipped away from us before more than once. Reporter they gave it 30 minutes. And then it seemed clear that if someone was inside that boat they were not going to come out. There was a s. W. A. T. Team standing by armed with teargas. Ready to come out now, come on, lets go when they went in what was it like . They cleared the houseboat. And when they went to the second floor bedroom they discovered a white male with a selfinflicted gunshot wound. Reporter was it him . Maybe. Maybe not. Detective navarro had fans brought in to disperse the teargas. And then he and the fbi man went approximate with a camera. The space looked more like an apartment than a boat. We went upstairs without touching anything. And we have, you know, booties on and gloves and went up there and looked at him. Reporter and they knew. After staring at pictures of that face for so many days, it was certainly Andrew Cunanan. We were very excited that it was over. We actually highfived each other. We were happy that nobody else was going to die. The Police Camera captured cunanans last refuge, his exit scene. What did he have in there with him . Books and magazines and stuff. He was out of food. He was out of money. Actually, that houseboat kind of gave me the sense he was like a trapped rat. In the living room, a spread of glossy magazines with their high fashion ads and reminders of a life he could never have. There was some pecans and stuff that were empty, the whole bowl was eaten, like there was no food left in the house. There was a tv on the boat. Police believe he had been watching and so knew that he was finally a famous man. And so at that stage of desperation when he knew he couldnt go anywhere, couldnt get food i think thats why he killed himself. I think what happened was, in cunanans mind, when he hears the caretaker walk in and say something, whatever, he thought that was the police. I think he kills himself then. And when he did, he took his secrets with him. He left no note, no explanation for why he had killed jeff trail and david madson, lee miglin, William Reese, Gianni Versace. But 20 years later, weve learned more about Andrew Cunanan and the consequences, the aftershocks of his terrible acts. Coming up looking for answers. Saying goodbye. He took somebody away at the height of their career, the height of their happiness, devastated a close family. When dateline continues. A camera fast enough to catch this, and intelligent enough to understand what it sees. It connects you to home, and takes you anywhere you can imagine, which makes it infinitely amazing. What bad back . 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How insiders step forward. A dateline investigation. While the worlds attention was focused on a fugitive to this exquisite old theater in mila in if Gianni Versace brought celebrities to the runway, celebrities paid their respects in kind. The world is coming. Like a state funeral. He took somebody at the height of their career, at the height of their happiness, devastated a family, a close family. We watched on television as donatella and santo made their entrance, fashion stars like Georgio Armani and Princess Diana sitting with a tearful elton john. Even then, what would happen to versace . So many others, model Beverly Johnson had her doubts. It was over. And when donatella was going to take over, we were like, oh, wow. Good luck with that. And then we realized how ubertalented she was it was a testament of the genius that that family had. Reporter in miami, moscow, new york, tokyo or countless cities in between, are reminders of the boy from southern italy who built a fashion empire. Antonio damico is carrying on with his own designs, working on a new sportswear line. His first collection focuses on golfwear. He lives a quiet life outside of milan surrounded by reminders of the man he loved. Do you find yourself thinking about that . The what what you saw on the steps that day . Does it come back to you often . It was a nightmare for years. Of timing. Time, as they said, heals you but doesnt go away. Reporter the other men who lost their lives are equally mourned. The people who loved jeff trail and david madson understand that these two men simply befriended the wrong guy. Reporter and lee miglin. Friends and family will not fully recover. Ever. And even now, his death remains a mystery. Was it a random killing . Or was there some connection that made miglin a target . Its an unfinished chapter for paul beitler. And the only two people who can solve that riddle arent on the earth anymore. Are you done . I mean, if you found a string to pull, would you pull it . Id pull it. I havent given up. And if theres somebody out there that can solve this problem and this riddle and has more information, love to hear it. Now you live with it. Yeah. What does he mean to you in memory . Only good. Only good. He was a giant of a human being. Reporter William Resse left behind a loving son, who has never come to grips with the senselessness and awful luck that brought about his fathers death, all for a pickup truck. This incident does haunt me every day because theres no reason why this serial killer had to choose my dads cemetery and kill my father. Reporter troy isnt just sad. Hes angry. Andrew Phillip Cunanan took the coward way out by killing himself. Reporter george navarro, who now runs his own Security Consulting business, is also frustrated that cunanan took the easy way out. So was it an upsetting thing to hear . Upsetting because i had a lot ofue a lot of things that were left unanswered that, even today, 20 years later, id like to know the answer to, why he did it, you know, what the connection was with the victims and that sort of thing. Reporter the ordeal, five murders, three months, inexplicable violence, did teach Law Enforcement a tough lesson. One of those strong underlying themes of this whole story is just really the lack of participation, the lack of collaboration and corroboration among Law Enforcement authorities in so many different areas of the country. Communication is so much better now. Things do change. But one thing hasnt. The worlds fixation with the famous and the puzzle, what drove a guy like Andrew Cunanan . What made him a killer . Answers. To this day, she thinks about her friend andrew and feels only confusion and pain. And its not something that i talk about often. I mean, who do you talk to about Something Like this. Yes, i loved a serial killer. I mean, it sounds so awful but he was a big part of my adolescence and he was my friend. Did you find yourself mourning his passing or i found myself mourning the friend that i knew and i had a very hard time accepting what he had done. Have you spent any time wondering what he was about . No. I dont care. Ill be honest, im going to cut you short on that one. I dont care. And put it this way, hes a footnote in history. Just one more person with a gun. So screw you. You get nothing. Hall rubenstein would rather talk about his friend gianni, what he taught him about life. If youre going to still be here, dont sit here with one foot in the back door waiting to stop. No, no, you grab life as long as you get the chance and you grab it to yourself and you make the most out of it. Thats all for this edition of dateline. Well see you again next friday at 9 00, 8 00 central. Of course, ill see you each weeknight on nbc nightly news. Im lester holt. For all of us at nbc news, good night. Well its a perfect nespresso hold on a second. Orge. Mmm. [mel torme sings comin home baby] hey there. Want a lift . Where are we going . No dont tell me. Let me guess. Have a nice ride. How far would you go for coffee thats a cup above . I brought you nespresso. Nespresso. What else . The search not suspended. Police will work through the night to find an escaped inmate. Tonight new pictures they want you to see
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