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
Women of the nation s capital. he was a ladies man, it s n secret, he loved women he would walk in a room, an everyone liked him they would say, who s this guy he s so nice, he had a beautiful smile. he will start a conversation with anyone. he just had that type of personality where women like him. but his sisters hoped their playboy brother would finall settle down. in fact, they were counting on it we were waiting for a hug wedding that my sister and i were planning for him. the pride hadn t been picke out yet. [laughter] right, but the bride had no been picked out yet but we already knew pretty much how the wedding was going to be. eric sisters admit they kne little about his dating life his big brother knew much more our relationship was very close. he was not really my sibling and younger brother, he was my best friend as well. we talked about everything eric thousand watt charm an
from the day he was born, eric was a charmer and his sister and big brother, michael, always adored him. he was a wonderful joy to our family and to my sisters and i. eric was the baby and we all enjoyed him. he came along. he was sort of like this doll. eric grew up. he was a lady s man. he loved women. he walked in a room and everybody looked him. he s so nice and he had a beautiful smile, he ll start a conversation with anyone. his sister hoped their playboy brother would settle down. in fact, they were counting on it. we were waiting for a huge