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
Reuven wasn t just angry, he was frustrated he needed to make somethin happen reuven thought about the gun that killed eric and he knew a lot of handguns just like it we re already in police custod all across the d.c. area he decided to examine all of them it was an immense task he began in montgomery county. i decided to look at al three 80s recovered in the pas year which had been how many it was about 60 guns. reuven comb through the records for each of those guns most seized by cops in traffic stops or drug bust, but none matched up until, reuven read the secon to last file it was handgun number 59 out o 60 it was a gun turned in by tourist from montana who had spotted it lying by the side o the beltway. d.c. s most traveled road. the only reason the man saw it was because he was parked in