Story eventually made its way to orange county assistant the a susan bryce. if bill and susan hadn t recorded her say that, she might to this day be defending him? that is absolutely true. now it was up to prosecutors, and that would take a few years, because amy and was the key, and it turned out, that was a problem. coming up we actually did go to northern california and arrived at her doorstep. unannounced? unannounced. she just said, i do not want to talk to, you have no interest in talking to you. a problem indeed. how are they going to solve that? i m tired of it, amy, i m tired of him. i need your help. i said it is time for you to step up to the plate. when dateline continues. hen dateline continues i go to spin classes with my coworkers. good for you, shingles doesn t care.
Investigating him, but. didn t seem to be going anywhere? not really. no. we just loved our life. but me, it s always in the back of my mind. it is not going away. it keeps going. it turns out the assistant da susan price was investigating lonnie. especially after she listen to the recording. where lonnie s ex-wife amy told the investigators that she knew about his plan to murder mickey from the crew ship. lonnie told me that bill had a big connection. that he d have people come and [inaudible] the prosecutor knew that she had to meet amy. we actually did go to california and arrived at her doorstep. unannounced? unannounced. and what you said to her was i m pretty sure i heard that interview, somebody has been
Frail price. and did he tell you what his plan was? he said that bills people will throw people mickey in the water. and his girlfriend will be in other words, his alibi. but when bill canceled at the last minute. amy says that lonnie told her this. he will have to take matters into his own hands. remember, if amy was telling the truth on the stand. it meant she had previously lied to a federal grand jury. we had assess the reality that she had given up a prior statement under oath. but we also took everything we know to be true about our jobs, and human beings, and evaluated her in person. to see whether we believed her so a little bit of a got checked there for me at least. and you believed her? absolutely. and you thought a jury would? absolutely. before the jury had a chance to deliberates, this courtroom
Were lighted on amy lyn. the story that he says was one big lie. influenced by none other than bill price. he scared the hell out of amy. i have money, i have can protect you, i can save you. come on, he s a rat, he s a scumbag. he said horrible things about you. horrible stuff, i ve never heard of it before. and that s where amy, was turned. why is it so hard to believe that she was frightened of lonnie? that she lied for him? and that she eventually stopped lying for him him? and told the truth? there is no basis at all for what she is saying to be true. it s fantasy stuff. and the fact that when they investigated the island, there is nobody in the room. there s no blood anywhere. there is no evidence of a struggle. there is nothing. where is the evidence? where is it? you know, yes she got killed. but that doesn t mean that lobby did it. as sergeant don worked with the orange county the is to gather evidence against lonnie.
Murdered here. and you have important information. she said i don t or i m not talking? we did not get that far. she just said i do not want to talk to you. i have no interest in talking to you. so, we came back home. they weren t giving up. the da asked sergeant from the county department to assist with the case. a top priority. try to talk to amy. then i went up to talk to her. and she did not want to cooperate with law enforcement. they compel her with a subpoena. and when amy finally came down to orange county, the prosecutors invited someone else to the meeting. bill price. bill price, amy, i don t know if you know know each other. so go ahead and have a seat. my objective, under their direction, was to get her to talk. in that meeting, amy was emotional. and at the time said she didn t know who bill was. even though that was clearly not true. i don t know you. what do you mean you don t?