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
He stayed with me sunday when they went down to hi place. but then, she said, the night got strange. out of the blue, erik said h wanted to smoke some pot it s like, hey, you know what she told him, sh wasn t interested. she agreed to ride with ara and social he could buy we did a nearby apartment complex i don t know what happened, he s never done anything lik that around me they drove to this building in almost immediately a po dealer dumped into the backseat it was real quick, the ligh was on, the whole deal and the guy got out. all this happened before the lie could even go out of the car. if you re doing this turn th light out, somebody might se me, i work at nih, i don t wan to be identified with someon like this. he was bald and he had a, he had my color, skinny guy scruffy beard. i didn t see his face straight on, i wasn t trying to look at him directly i m not trying to look like want to know who you are after driving back to their building eric and katrina