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
we re like, who s she? never heard of her, never seen her. could it have been a revenge situation? that breeds jealousy and you know what that leads to. jealousy leads to murder. what i keep thinking of is sort of fatal attraction. human emotion fuels most homicides. lies upon lies upon lies to bury the truth. this seems like unbelievable odds. one in a million. i don t care in it s ten years, i don t care if it s 20 years. this case will be solved. he was the life of every party. at 34, eric somuah was charming, magnetic, successful. in 2012, he was living the kind of life that young men liked to brag about to one another. life, the fast life. the fast lane. it s a world without too many rules. one in which you get close in a hurry to a lot of people you don t know too well. and it was perfect for eric. living just outside the nation s capital, eric somuah was not only living the american dream, he was selling it, too. the son of immigrants from g
to get away with it. he washington wizar a lady s. that breeds jealousy and we know what that leads to. jealousy leads to murder. what i keep thinking of is fatal attraction. human emotion fuels it. lies upon lies upon lies. one in a million. i don t care if it s ten years, i don t care if it s 20 years. this case will be solved. he was the life of every party. at 34, eric was charming, magnetic. successful. in 2012 he was living the kind of life that young men liked to brag about to one another. call it the good life, the lush life, the fast lane. it s a world without too many rules, one in which you get close in a hurry to a lot of people you don t know too well. and it was perfect for eric. living just outside the nation capital, eric was not only living the american dream, he was selling it, too. the son of immigrants from ghana, eric was a top salesman, delivering luxury cars and the fantasies that come with them at this jaguar dealership in bethes