Ben Dead News Today

and then your being looked at for it. >> imagine, your shaken in the dead of night. >> my ears were ringing. i thought i was dreaming. >> in bed, right next to you. your husband, murdered. >> hearty wrap around your head, is it? >> yes. >> and heres the twist. you are the suspect. >> its the worst feeling, thinking youre gonna be blamed for your husbands death. >> could she have been the killer? or, with someone keeping a secret? >> he said, what did you do. what did you do? >> i dont ...

next. someone in the shadows gunning for her. >> my suspicions are growing and growing by the minute. >> so who is behind all this? plenty of suspects and plenty of motives. jealousy, greed, someone had 10 million reasons to kill. >> if you look back and say, my god, i cant believe what i saw. >> you are not going to believe it either because in this case, there is a final terrifying twist. >> i see him arriving with the crowbar. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hello and welcome to "dateline". ben nova...

>> its a riveting mystery that started in a place of glamour. >> it became a destination for a rat packs, for frank sinatra -- >> and ended in a case of murder. the wealthy heir to this legendary hotel, dead. >> he was my father. he was the only father i ever knew. >> now, police said she was next. someone in the shadows gunning for her. >> my suspicions are growing and growing by the minute. >> so who is behind all this? plenty of suspects and plenty of motives. anger, jealousy, greed...

love is dead. and then your being looked at for it. >> imagine, your shaken in the dead of night. >> my ears were ringing. i thought i was dreaming. >> in bed, right next to you. your husband, murdered. >> hearty wrap around your head, is it? >> yes. >> and heres the twist. you are the suspect. >> its the worst feeling, thinking youre gonna be blamed for your husbands death. >> could she have been the killer? or, with someone keeping a secret? >> i said, what did you do. what did you d...

Novak, she acted consistently with how anyone else would act in that situation. >> and the defense attorney urged anyone looking at this case to follow the money in bens murder. down, theyre in the fine print of the well, it shows that may, the daughter, may have had her own reason for wanting ben dead, and her mother accused. >> may and her children with an excellent. >> if somehow narcy was removed from the line of inheritance, the daughter mejia, would have gotten the money for her children. ...

Melissa oxley and james matleans attorney kent stover firmly agreed, only half a measure of justice since dawn is protected by that immunity agreement she signed with the d.a. >> james is not the type of boy whos going to go out and commit a murder in the hopes that dawn will find it acceptable. he didnt do this as a surprise gift. >> reporter: dawn herself declined our request for an interview. but her mom, the retired deputy sheriff, has remained in her corner. >> i know that a lot of people b...

>> james is not the type of boy who is going to go out and commit a murder in the hopes that dawn will find had acceptable. he didnt do this as a surprise gift. >> dawn herself declined our request for an interview. her mom, the retired deputy sheriff, has remained in her corn corner. >> i know that a lot of people believe that. that it was a blatant conspiracy on her part. but i dont think dawn really wanted ben dead. i dont think dawn was there. >> hold it all together. >> all the way along an...

Hopes that dawn will find it acceptable. he didnt do this as a surprise gift. >> dawn declined a request for an interview, but her mom, the retired sheriff remained in her corner. >> i know a lot of people believe that it was a blatant conspiracy on her part. but i dont think dawn really wanted ben dead. i dont think dawn was there. >> you are trying to hold it all together. all the way along and even now. >> you got to understand. ben was a good guy. they had their problems. everybody loved him...

>> could she have been the killer or was someone keeping a secret? >> i said what did you do? what did you do? >> tell us the truth. >> while they were sleeping. >> welcome to "dateline extra." im craig melvin. ben oxley was deeply in love with his second wife, melissa. they were building a life together with his young daughter, alyssa, at the center. a gunshot tore through the dark and left ben dead. no one else was hurt, including melissa. suspicious, police thought. investigators would discov...

Immunity agreement she signed with the d.a. >> james is not the type of boy whos going to go out and commit a murder in the hopes that dawn will find it acceptable. he didnt do this as a surprise gift. >> reporter: dawn herself declined our request for an interview. but her mom, the retired deputy sheriff, has remained in her corner. >> i know that a lot of people believe that, that it was a blatant conspiracy on her part. but i dont think dawn really wanted ben dead. i dont think dawn was there...