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
i lost it. we could not understand how anybody would want to murder him. he looked like he was sleeping, except for the bullet hole. he was in bed. his head was waon the pillow. his entire upper body was tucked in. the first guess was suicide. there s no gun on the season. hard to have a gun suicide with no gun. this was a man who had 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 to question. i knew he was a ladies man. i m not stupid. no sign of a break in either. it must have been somebody he trusted or maybe someone who didn t trust him. inside the safe was a .380 handgun. that s the same kind of gun that killed eric. 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 for eric. hello and welcome to dateline. it was a crime scene that offered little
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
Because i was thinking, why is he here? katrina told them how uneas she felt with the dealer in th apartment. it was just a littl uncomfortable, he just seemed little weird so i just around five a.m., katrina said she got out o there. she said the guy, then, jus came up to her as she wa leaving and basically pushed her out of the door. based on katrina s account, police believe eric was killed sometime in the early mornin hours of june 5th 2012 reuven brought in the dealer for questioning. a man named william would fork he was like, i have no idea who that is, never met him before did you believe him now, i knew erik called him and katrina s story tied him t eric reuven hammered away it would force for hours, finally getting him to admit he sold eric marijuana the night of th murder but the dealer bulked when reuven asked why he later went
eric sister would wait for it, somebody to work on her brother s case. it looked as if detective would give the family katrina handed over a new suspect. how uneasy she felt with the dealer in the apartment. it was just a little uncomfortable. so it s just around 5:00 a.m., katrina says she got out of there. she said the guy came up to her as she was living and pushed her out the door. based on katrina s account, police believe eric was killed in the early morning hours of june 5th, 2012. rubin brought in the dealer for