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
absolutely never made it in her house. left behind her garage, signs of a struggle and a strange orange mist. we did not know what it was. then her boss went missing to! who is he afraid of? he was might be afraid that he was next. someone would put a bullet in my head. he left behind a bigger mess. we kings be stealing the gold. a missing fortune. ballpark, a billion and a billion and a half dollars. a missing daughter. we have no clues, no leads. some wondered, was there a length? this had a twist to. it two crimes, supposedly for love. and behind both? a lingering mystery. it s just so ugly and so wrong. that i can t fix it. welcome to dateline! hot shot florida attorney melissa lewis was really large in fort lauderdale. but then, her seemingly charmed life ended in tragedy. her body was discovered in a drainage canal. she had been murdered. but who would want her dead? with few clues, fewer suspects, and a scandal with the law firm. inves
that s what he was trying to do, was protect his family. that s all he ever wanted to do. even when the man was dying, that s what he was doing. on a quiet family night at home, shattered by intruders. a devoted father and husband, dead. she just kept saying, they killed him. someone murdered her husband, but left her alive. that left police suspicious. was it possible she was involved in her ■çhusband s murder? chances are, it was the spouse and not a random act. but why would she kill a man that she obviously loved? this was a family affair, all right. but it was another family that was keeping secrets. have you ever seen anything like that before? no. one father who tried to save his son, and another father that used his son to save himself. he was a monster. hello, and welcome to dateline. joe morrissey was a respected scientist who loved his work. that s where he met kay, who shared his passion, and would eventually become his second ■ç wife.
he said, if i don t get this taken care of, these people will put a beullet in my head. what was he afraid of? that he was next. no leads. couldn t connect the dots that she was in the garage with her friend? absolutely not. two shocking crimes. one for money, one for love. was there a connection? this had a twist to it. it s just so utterly so ugly and so wrong. she s dead because she was my friend. if you ask someone in town where the buzziest part of town is, they ll probably steer you to los alos boulevard. in the district is a penthouse office suite that once upon a time was home to a high-powered law firm. the boldest, brassiest bunch of politically connected lawyers in florida. the rothstein law firm. had a gorgeous, panoramic view out to the ocean. from a few guys with law degrees to a juggernaut by the mid 2000s, with more than 70 attorneys led by scott rothstein. mike mayo was a columnist for the ft. lauderdale sun sentinel. he probably
gonna put a bullet in my head. he left behind a bigger mess. we three kings be stealing the gold. a missing fortune. ballpark? $1-1.5 billion. a missing woman. we have no clues, no leads. some wondered, 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 ugly and so wrong. and i can t fix it. i m lester holt and this is dateline. here s dennis murphy. reporter: if you ask someone in town where the buzziest part of ft. lauderdale lies, they ll probably steer you here. las olas boulevard. and way up there in this high-rent district is a penthouse office suite that once upon a time was home to a high-powered law firm. the boldest, brassiest bunch of politically-connected lawyer players in south florida. the rothstein law firm. it had a gorgeous, sweeping, panoramic view. all the way out to the ocean. reporter: from a few guys with law degrees to a juggernaut b