not about someone you love. alan jackson: she was completely defenseless. she reached out her arms and simply said help me. desiree fayed: my heart dropped. i want to know why? why? craig melvin: it s a baffling case of murder, millions, and a mystifying piece of tape. natalie morales in this is dateline. about a couple who made it big in a way you almost never hear about these days. they made a fortune in but as the saying goes, money did not buy them happiness. in fact, it just might have been a motive for a murder. now, pay close attention to the security camera video that starts our report because you just may see the key to this mystery. here s josh take a look at this security video, and tell me what you see. a woman walks alone to her car in a parking garage in century city, is she in danger? same building different angle. a man focuses on his cellphone. oblivious to those around him. who is he calling? you are, in fact, watching scenes from a marriage, the final sce
defenseless. she reached out and somerset, help me. my heart dropped. i want to know why. why? it is a baffling case of murder. a mystifying piece of tape. at the center? husband and wife. self made millionaires. he was very caring and loving. she had a personality that such a win. together, they meet the cold business. that, someone else made a killing two. it was to make sure she was dead. his wife, ambushed by a shadowy man in black, with someone after their fortune? i called her to run her. was the answer on this table? was his wife been killed at that exact moment? a kind of greeting gold. where detectives hunting for a killer strike gold? something i don t think could be involved in this. welcome to dateline. down on their luck california couple bound up making a fortune in gold. golden not by them happiness. in fact, it just might have been a motive for murder. here is josh mankiewicz. take a look at this security video, and tell me what you see
which is transferring money for only a 2% fee, which was highly, highly competitive and lucrative so those of you who are good at math, you ll know that that s approximately $20 million in fees that went to goldfinger between 2001 and 2008. making a lot of money. but the good times didn t last. the company was under indictment. pam was cooperating with federal and the couple were getting divorced they were going to be divorced. so the marriage was over no matter and the relationship was over. jim fayed s attorney, mark worksman, says none of that was a motive for murder. but they did have a business that was a viable lucrative business, and it was worth maintaining, and if she hadn t been murdered presumably they would have come to some settlement over the assets and some division of the property involved in the business jim fayed did not testify. and he didn t make worksman s defense any easier. the prosecution s smoking gun was
2008. making a lot of money. but the good times didn t last. the company was under indictment. pam was cooperating with federal and the couple were getting divorced they were going to be divorced. so the marriage was over no matter and the relationship was over. jim fayed s attorney, mark worksman, says none of that was a motive for murder. but they did have a business that was a viable lucrative business, and it was worth maintaining, and if she hadn t been murdered presumably they would have come to some settlement over the assets and some division of the property involved in the business jim fayed did not testify. and he didn t make worksman s defense any easier. the prosecution s smoking gun was that tape, made by police and a cooperative cellmate. i told you, she news her she
indictment. pam was cooperating with federal and the couple were getting divorced they were going to be divorced. so the marriage was over no matter and the relationship was over. jim fayed s attorney, mark worksman, says none of that was a motive for murder. but they did have a business that was a viable lucrative business, and it was worth maintaining, and if she hadn t been murdered presumably they would have come to some settlement over the assets and some division of the property involved in the business jim fayed did not testify. and he didn t make worksman s defense any easier. the prosecution s smoking gun was that tape, made by police and a cooperative cellmate. i told you, she news her she she she ran her mouth too much. she she ran out of control. she started running her mouth. about your business. if she d kept her mouth shut yeah. on the tape jim describes how he hired someone to kill pam and set up several scenarios to make that happen. but he says