kevin klym: i m freaking out. it s not like her to be gone this long. hello i m andrea canning and the medical examiner gets back on the phone and says, this is decline. she was a knock, outstanding. she stood out, tan, beautiful. a playboy model wannabe who loved to party, maybe a little too much. i m freaking out, it s not like her to be gone that long, the medical examiner is back on the phone and says we are sending a detective. my heart sinks. he pulled a photocopy of her hearing and i knew it was her. and police thought they knew who killed her. they were having an argument he grabbed her arm, that s when i called security. i just said i hope we don t find out you did it. we were sitting there waiting and watching and then when we saw what we said wow, it was her. who was that stranger walking with her? the person in the sketch is seen walking towards paula and then they turn and walk off together. hello and welcome to dateline, she was no stra
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
nights oh my god, my mom s gonna die. lisa stabbed. the blade was actually bent it takes a lot to bend and i played the killer, none other than sabrina. i couldn t believe it a loving mom murdered by th foster daughter she opened her home to. what no one could understand was why. something else had to hav been a play here indeed, this case wa about to get a lot mor complicated. stories of a diabolical plot brood behind closed doors. this is just betrayal, on top of the trail, on top of th trail. and it obsession that would not be denied. it was like, i want this, this is how i m going to get it. police knew who killed lisa but this case would be anythin but straightforward. it is not a whodunnit but wind on it the investigation unlocks deep secret and a darker plo than anyone had imagined here s josh michael hits wit his deadly portrayal there comes a time and most cops careers when they see something so horrific they wil do just about anything t f
the pain becomes a part of you everybody, to my house, now. his entire family, gone. i said what are you talkin about, what do you saying? and i really hear it was surreal his fellow cops suspected him. i did not do this, i did not d this she was upset she felt like history wa repeating itself he wants to have women an his wife was in his way. we are police wrong it s like the twilight zone lies become truth and the trut becomes lies maybe the real killer was still out there. you have lied to the police about this case? yes, sir. so devastating. we probably knew that thi was the key to solving this. 13 years, 13 years such an awful crime. the wife the little boy and girl. shot at point blank range. i was just dumbfounded, shocked at what i saw. how to comprehend what do you talking about what do you saying? the husband had an alibi. for ten minutes. he could have done anything he did 13 years, three trials, repeals, reversals and changin st
nightmare. she screamed and she yelled an she cried, it was terrible did she fell down the steps? no one was thinking someone di this to her, but did someone d this to her. it just unraveled from tha moment on. the fashionista with re lipstick she meant the world to me. when she walked into the roo it was like a movie star walke in corporate executive, caring mom, 1 million dollar smile an a 4 million dollar estate. oh my god, i need a ambulance. murdered. i went screaming out of the house. this was a prominent woman, murdered in her home, late a night. almost certainly someone sh knew correct where would it lead a twisted case of betrayal and greed. the fingers being pointed a me her own daughter of suspect from the start you pulled the knife out an you tell the police oh you are going to find my fingerprint on the knife her son in law who seemed s devoted. they interrogated us fo eight hours. or maybe someone else with million dollar motive.