realizing that it s amber. how could that be? her life was just beginning. amber meet friends for life. there was just no trying with our friendship. it just was. but that life didn t last long. amber is on the floor, face down, and she has a plastic bag wrapped around her heads. it still is open, the door is open. most people who rob a store don t kill anybody. my whole world just died right there. for months, the murder stayed cold. didn t have witnesses, didn t have video, didn t have the any. we had everything going against us. we go down and talk to the detective, we would not let it go. then a break. another victim. he would duct tape me, duct tape my mouth. and she knew a secret. could she risk revealing it? something is going to happen tonight. a killer ready to run, face to face with the one person who might be able to stop him. he just reached over the glove compartment and he pulled out a gun. and i said, please don t kill me. i m go
wrapped around her heads. it still is open, the door is open. most people who rob a store don t kill anybody. my whole world just died right there. for months, the murder stayed cold. didn t have witnesses, didn t have video, didn t have the any. we had everything going against us. we go down and talk to the detective, we would not let it go. then a break. another victim. he would duct tape me, duct tape my mouth. and she knew a secret. could she risk revealing it? something is going to happen tonight. a killer ready to run, face to face with the one person who might be able to stop him. he just reached over the glove compartment and he pulled out a gun. and i said, please don t kill me. i m going to get out of their. alive. hello, and welcome to dateline. i m natalie morales. amber belken was a force to reckon with. a pet young woman whose big dreams and drive made her seem unstoppable. then she was found murdered. was amber the victim of a
who initially wouldn t even give his full name. and who was this geovany anyway? the detective checked for priors. there wasn t much. had a record as a juvenile. his fingerprints that we lifted from the crime scene. there is hardly any lady any that were. legible and none was a match. now you re stuck as an investigator. this is all you got, and you ve got this one witness and you want to tie the to suspect to the scene. but there s nothing to time. i mean, nothing. i had nothing to hit him on. but worth a try. they brought geovany in for an interview. water? no. of course, he denies it. i m real comfortable thinking that you responsible for this murder. that s crazy, sir. was it crazy? no way to prove really. and then a couple of days later, detective roberts brought the tipster, joe, back in. this time joe poured it all out.
i mean, nothing. i had nothing to hit him on. but worth a try. they brought geovany in for an interview. water? no. of course, he denies it. i m real comfortable thinking that you responsible for this murder. that s crazy, sir. was it crazy? no way to prove really. and then a couple of days later, detective roberts brought the tipster, joe, back in. this time joe poured it all out. said geovany actually told him straight out that he killed someone. i just was a shock when he told me that. i was like, wow. i was scared, too, because like, i was a car alone in him thinking like, you know i freaked out. was he going to do to me? now that was huge. if joe was telling the truth. but just one guys accusation. no idea how credible it might be. was it much to go on. still it was all they had. so i draft out the rest arrest
come in for a talk. joe told him that at first he didn t think geovany s request was serious. i just kind of blew it off. i did it you know, think he was actually going to do. something back after he heard about amber, said joe, it clicked. geovany must of killed her. but how much stock could roberts put in this guy joe, who initially wouldn t even give his full name. and who was this geovany anyway? the detective checked for priors. there wasn t much. had a record as a juvenile. his fingerprints that we lifted from the crime scene. there is hardly any any that were. legible and none was a match. now you re stuck as an investigator. this is all you got, and you ve got this one witness and you want to tie the to suspect to the scene. but there s nothing to time. i mean, nothing. i had nothing to hit him on. but worth a try. they brought geovany in for an interview. water? no. of course, he denies it. i m real comfortable