people came through. he was the guy the whole town woke up to, morning dj steven b. he was so funny and he had such a great love of music. he s loveable. i mean, everybody loves steven b. but soon, it was fully clear that not everybody did. they came upon a body floating in the water. shot him one time in the back of the head. i felt like i was in some made-for-tv movie. it s like this can t be happening. what did happen? the hunt is on. a gleaming yacht. i thought, why did you get on that boat? a scheming businessman, and a missing fortune. you re a multi-millionaire and you don t have any money. from high seas adventure to heart-stopping murder. i don t think i ll ever get another case quite like this. hello. and welcome to dateline. steven b. williams was a man with a golden voice. a former dj who found fame, fortune, and a wealth of friends. then suddenly, radio silence. steven b had disappeared. detectives would follow a trail of
At all, except we were lucky that we had some boaters leaving newport beach going to catalina island and they came upon a body floating in the water. just happened to see it? just happened to see it. that s a big ocean out there. absolutely. so the chances of it being seen are, what, needle in the haystack? very slim. the sailors had spotted a flock of shrieking seagulls perched on top of a body. it looked like it had been in the water for some time. it was in extreme decomposition phase.
Rather be lucky than good. ken clark of the l.a. sheriff s department has been at it for a long time. as has robert markindale. but nothing like the case that floated to them on a lonely reach of ocean out by catalina. would never have had the case at all except we were lucky that we had some boaters leaving newport beach going the catalina island. they came up on a body floating the the water. just happened to see it. just happened to see it. yes. that s a big ocean out there. the chances of it being seen are needle in a hay stack. very slim. the say lloris found a flock of screeching sea gulls perched on top of the body. it was in extreme decomposition face. barnacles had attached. barnacles already? it was labeled a john doe. and taken to the l.a. coroner s
Would never have had the case at all, except we were lucky that we had some boaters leaving newport beach going to catalina island and they came upon a body floating in the water. just happened to see it? just happened to see it. that s a big ocean out there. absolutely. so the chances of it being seen are, what, needle in the haystack? very slim. reporter: the sailors had spotted a flock of shrieking seagulls perched on top of a body. it looked like it had been in the water for some time. it was in extreme decomposition phase. right. bloated and barnacles had attached themselves. barnacles already? absolutely. yes. reporter: there was no i.d. on the body. it was labeled a john doe and taken to the l.a. coroner s office. well, initially it was believed to be a drowning victim. reporter: but who was he?
All, except o we were lucky that we had some boaters leaving newport beach going to catalina island and they came upon a body floating in the water. just happened to see it? just happened to see it. that s a big ocean out there. absolutely. so the chances of it being seen are, what, needle in the haystack? very slim. reporter: the sailors had spotted a flock of shrieking seagulls perched on top of a body. it looked like it had been in the water for some time. it was in extreme decomposition phase. right. bloated and barnacles had attached themselves. barnacles already? absolutely. yes. reporter: there was no i.d. on the body. it was labeled a john doe and taken to the l.a. coroner s office. well, initially it was believed to be a drowning victim. reporter: but who was he? identifying their john doe posed a huge challenge. we could only say it was a human being and that was it.