realizing that it s amber. how could that be? her life was just beginning. amber meet friends for life. there was just no trying with our friendship. it just was. but that life didn t last long. amber is on the floor, face down, and she has a plastic bag wrapped around her heads. it still is open, the door is open. most people who rob a store don t kill anybody. my whole world just died right there. for months, the murder stayed cold. didn t have witnesses, didn t have video, didn t have the any. we had everything going against us. we go down and talk to the detective, we would not let it go. then a break. another victim. he would duct tape me, duct tape my mouth. and she knew a secret. could she risk revealing it? something is going to happen tonight. a killer ready to run, face to face with the one person who might be able to stop him. he just reached over the glove compartment and he pulled out a gun. and i said, please don t kill me. i m go
wrapped around her heads. it still is open, the door is open. most people who rob a store don t kill anybody. my whole world just died right there. for months, the murder stayed cold. didn t have witnesses, didn t have video, didn t have the any. we had everything going against us. we go down and talk to the detective, we would not let it go. then a break. another victim. he would duct tape me, duct tape my mouth. and she knew a secret. could she risk revealing it? something is going to happen tonight. a killer ready to run, face to face with the one person who might be able to stop him. he just reached over the glove compartment and he pulled out a gun. and i said, please don t kill me. i m going to get out of their. alive. hello, and welcome to dateline. i m natalie morales. amber belken was a force to reckon with. a pet young woman whose big dreams and drive made her seem unstoppable. then she was found murdered. was amber the victim of a
paralyzed by fear. how do i tell somebody? do i call the police? do i tell a family member? what do i do? i just stayed quiet. i was so afraid to say something. and then one night she worked up the courage to ask him a question. i said did this have anything to do with what i saw on the news that day. he said yes. i did that. that was me. what was that like to hear? i just started crying. sobbing oh, my god. i go, why, why did you do that? he said, we needed the money. she begged him, turn yourself in. instead, he went to his mother. she would she would cry to him, please don t go. you don t want to leave your children. you re never going to see them again. and i m just like, why, why. inside i m just trying to do as peacefully as i can without making him angry toward me.
kill someone. what? he said, i kill someone. that s what he said. who, why, i m assuming this maybe had an altercation with someone. maybe a friend or guy down the street. i don t know. but geovany only said we re going to move to laredo. just go. that very day? the next day. yes. a very rapid move. unprepared. it was just fast. veronica was beside herself. paralyzed by fear. how do i tell somebody? do i call the police? do i tell a family member? what do i do? i just stayed quiet. i was so afraid to say something. and then one night she worked up the courage to ask him a question. i said did this have anything to do with what i saw on the news that day. he said yes. i did that. that was me. what was that like to hear? i just started crying. sobbing oh, my god. i go, why, why did you do that?
kill someone. what? he said, i kill someone. that s what he said. who, why, i m assuming this maybe had an altercation with someone. maybe a friend or guy down the street. i don t know. but geovany only said we re going to move to laredo. just go. that very day? the next day. yes. a very rapid move. unprepared. it was just fast. veronica was beside herself. paralyzed by fear. how do i tell somebody? do i call the police? do i tell a family member? what do i do? i just stayed quiet. i was so afraid to say something. and then one night she worked up the courage to ask him a question. i said did this have anything to do with what i saw on the news that day. he said yes. i did that. that was me. what was that like to hear? i just started crying. sobbing oh, my god. i go, why, why did you do that?