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
Homicide what i m thinking of is fatal attraction, an insignificant on one side in a very significant relationshi on the other side. obviously he made i misjudgment when he go involved with her, and the sense of betrayal that she fel is what fuel this homicide and, said prosecutors, afte katrina killed eric she quickl dish the gun and began playing the part of the concerne lover. but she couldn t keep her stor straight eyes upon lies upon lies to bury the truth and tha ultimate truth, in this case was that gun the crux of katrina s defense was that she had n reason to kill eric, because she just wasn t that into him. it was a great guy, but i wasn t even trying to be wit eric like that, to be honest he told me he was in love with me, i never believed him what s wrong with the argument that this was a woman who discovered there were othe women in his life and she go
About owning any guns. to your negan no. have your father gone no. armed with a warrant, reuve searched katrina s apartment but did not find a gun he sees her phone and computer but cops didn t find anythin incriminating. no sign that she had any gun, ever owned one in her life that s correct. i subpoenaed her bank records and credit card record just to see if she purchased any ammunition somewhere you didn t find it? no. reuven didn t stop there. he kept looking everywhere he even went all the way t katrina s hometown o mississippi, where he learne something interesting. i talk to her dad who sai that he had guns, multiple gun in the house, and that katrina had shot guns before so, we knew she lied but that is no criminal offense. still, reuven was certain he
This crime, katrina then was just as likely to encounte someone else who disrespects her in the same way that she felt acted - with the same result. visit that ultimate consequence, which was take hi life but the real draw jumpe came at sentencing when katrin address the courtroom. she stood up as if she wa going to give the eulogy of my brother. telling us i m sorry fo your loss, and all the stuff it s like a slap in the face she talked about the murder as if she wasn t even there. you killed this person, you ar the reason why we are here it was just unbelievable the judge sentenced katrina to life plus 20 years. justice has been served today, and what you have sew into the life of our dea brother, cousin, nephew, friend, you will reap affiliate with life in prison now, years after saying
Erik on your desk at work, jus to remind you. we called him the mos interesting man in the world just for this case i ve always had a picture of eric to remind me to keep goin and keep working the case. unfortunately, what wasn next to erik s photo on th reuven s desk, was any har evidence against katrina, th woman reuven thought knew more than she was telling about erik s murder. he decided to take yet another crack it is suspect. and along with another detective, reuven paid katrina visit up in baltimore. for the most part, her stor remain the same. but katrina was also on guard and defensive. don t go there with me. a, don t go where now, i feel like you re trying to be sarcastic instead of focusing on th detectives tone, katrina shoul have paid more attention t their clothing detective reuven secretly had tape recorder in his pocket. that s when i asked her