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
We were like sisters. We had shared so much. I told me they had found her body, and i just collapsed. She is dead, because she was my friend. First, melissa disappeared. Thats the milliondollar question. I knew then that she had never made it into her house. Signs of a struggle, and a strange orange missed. They didnt know what it was. Then, her boss went missing, to. Who was he afraid of . Mightve been afraid that he was next. He left behind a bigger mess. We three kings be stealing the gold. A missing fortune. Ballpark, 1 1 2 million dollars. We have no clues, no leads. Some wondered, was there a link . Two crimes, one for money, one, supposedly for love, and behind both, a lingering mystery. It is just so ugly, and so wrong, and i cannot fix it. Welcome to dateline. Hotshot florida attorney, Melissa Lewis was living large in ft. Lauderdale. But then, her seemingly charmed life ended in tragedy when a body was discovered in a drainage canal. She had been murdered. But who would want
on the first day of work. she was smart, capable. she was everything you would want in an associate attorney. she was also one of the nicest people debra say she ever met. the two became fast friends. we were like sisters. she knew all my faults and flaws, and she loved me anyways. deborah and melissa saw the first grow ten-fold ipjust a few years. their gregarious boss scott was the front man. he hob knobbed where the who s who of big deal names in sports, politics, and business. fund raisers, scott was the your man. once your name gets out there you truly cannot imagine how many people knock on your door. and the door scott knocked on was melissa s. melissa was the one he knew she could handle it, she
even future presidents.us fundraisers? well, scott was your man. once your name gets out there you truly cannot imagine how many people knock on your door.n reporter: and the door scott knocked on was melissa s. melissa was the one that he knew she could handle it.el he knew that she wouldn t let anything fall through the cracks. reporter: melissa specialized in employment law, but volunteered her time for w, battered women and victims rights. she also worked on building a memorial garden for crime al victims.mo she was always a champion for the underdog. reporter: melissa eventually met a lawyer from a different firm and married. debra was a bridesmaid.ar but after five years her best friend s marriage had come undone and ended in a messy divorce. that divorce just devastated her.vo reporter: after melissa s divorce, she took on a second full-time job, best aunt ever.rc carrie holmberg is her sister. missy didn t have children herself. no. she didn t want to have ch
he hobnobbed with a who s who of big-deal names in sports, politics and business. even future presidents. fundraisers? well, scott was your man. once your name gets out there you truly cannot imagine how many people knock on your door. reporter: and the door scott knocked on was melissa s. melissa was the one that he knew she could handle it. he knew that she wouldn t let anything fall through the cracks. reporter: melissa specialized in employment law, but volunteered her time for battered women and victims rights. she also worked on building a memorial garden for crime victims. she was always a champion for the underdog. reporter: melissa eventually met a lawyer from a different firm and married. debra was a bridesmaid. but after five years her best friend s marriage had come undone and ended in a messy divorce. that divorce just devastated her. reporter: after melissa s divorce, she took on a second full-time job, best aunt ever. carrie holmberg is her sister.