everything to live for. eric loved life. he loved his family and women, too. many women, did one of them love him too much? no shortage of lovers. i am not stupid. no sign of a break-in either. someone either have a key. it must have been somebody he trusted or someone who didn t trust him. inside the safe was a 380 handgun. it s the same kind. everybody loved him. who killed him? we knew in our hearts this murder was going to be solve. we believer justice is going to be served for eric. hello and welcome to dateline, it was a crime scene that offered little evidence. those who knew eric samoas could not imagine who would want him dead. one detective refused to give up. here is josh with while he was sleeping. he was the life of every party. at 34, eric samoas was charming and magnetic and successful. in 2012, he was living the life that young men was bragging it. he called it a good life and a fast life. a world without too many rules. you get clo
craig melvin: he looked like he was sleeping, except for the bullet hole. he was in bed. his head was on a pillow. his entire upper body was tucked in. craig melvin: the first guess was suicide, but there was no gun on the scene. hard to have a gun suicide with no gun. that s correct. craig melvin: and this was a man who had everything to live for. eric loved life. craig melvin: he loved his family and women, too, many women. did one of them love him too much? no shortage of lovers to question. craig melvin: no sign of a break-in either. someone either had to have a key or have been let in by eric. craig melvin: so it must have been somebody he trusted or maybe someone who didn t trust him. inside the safe was a .380 handgun. josh mankiewicz: that s the same kind of gun that killed eric. the same kind of gun. craig melvin: everybody loved him. so who killed him? we knew in our hearts that this murder was going to be solved. we believed that justice was going to be served f
D.c. s famous bumper-to-bumper traffic. it was recovered the da after we found erik s body it was a short distance away from the crime scene and i was like, let s just test this gun this gun makes sense this seems like succeedin against unbelievable odds. one of the million. the gun was a mess, missing most of its components and it looked as if it might have been run over at it hit the pavement but the barrel was intact. using spare parts, the polic firearms lab reassemble th weapon and test fired. the result, a close match to the bullet that killed eric so and on the gun, serial number. from, reuben learn something else where was originally sold it was sold at a pawnshop i columbia mississippi why was that a big deal because that little pawnshop was just a few miles down th road from silver creek
he comb through the record for each of those guns. none matched up until rubin read to the second to last file. it was a gun turned in by a tourist from montana who spotted by the side of the belt way. the only reason the man saw it because he was parked in d.c. s famous bumper-to-bumper traffic. i said let s get this gun, it makes sense. one in a million. in believerable odds. the one was a mess and missing most of its components and it looked it may have been run over. the barrel is intact using spare parts that the police firearms