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Case, shh, you burn out. >> and then about seven months after ambers murder. >> im sitting at the office and the phone rings. >> the caller claimed to know something. >> whats your name? i dont want to tell you my name, just call me joe, i know who killed the girl. who? a guy named giovanni. what makes you think this guy did it? he asked me if i wanted to do a robbery with him, you know, before. i said, okay. >> fascinating. >> he says, we used to both work for eb games. i said, why did he want ...

Time when we shot this story. >> i blamed myself for not saying something sooner, for waiting too long. and i always felt like they had maybe some anger towards me. >> but blame her? no. they knew she was a victim, too. in fact, giovani pleading guilty to sexually assaulting veronica. >> they werent resentful at all? >> no, they were really nice. they were grateful that i said something, that i did the right thing and that was nice, to hear them say that to me. knowing that they didnt feel that ...

A very rapid move. unprepared. just fast. >> veronica was beside herself, paralyzed by fear. >> how do i tell somebody, do i call the police? do i tell a family member? what do i do? i just -- i just stayed quiet, i was so afraid to say something. >> and then one night she worked up the courage to ask him a question. >> i asked him, did this have anything to do with what i saw in the news that day? he said yes, i did that. that was me. >> what was that like to hear? >> i just started crying and ...

Were sure. >> we definitely felt brandon did it. >> everything pointed to him. >> and then as mourners filed by to pay their respects, suddenly there he was at the funeral, in front of them. brandon beal. >> did you think, my god, her killer has come to the funeral? >> oh, he came and shook my hand. i knees just felt weak and i just fell. >> then, said ambers mother, she was sure she saw brandon walk right up to the casket and put something into it. >> he put one of the gamestop tag holders that...

>> something was strange. >> and sent him back for a second look. again, mariano looked in through the big front window. but this time he saw someone. ambers assistant manager brandon just standing there behind the counter. >> i knock on the door. and so he lets me in and i said, brandon, have you seen amber? hes like, no, but something is strange, theres money on the floor, it looks like theres some kind of struggle or something happened, things got knocked over. my first thought was, wheres am...

Know. he said he was going to disappear. >> that must have been quite a phone call. >> they asked, why did you take so long. i was just so afraid. but im here now and ill tell you everything i know, everything he told me. afraid. >> now he was truly gone. coming up -- >> a hahn mustnt goes into overdrive and stretches along the border. >> were in the gym, a cold, stinky, loud gym. >> confronting a killer. >> they were grateful that i said something, that i did the right thing. >> when "everyth...

Be like you, i cant do this. >> she tried to reason with him, she said, told him if she killed him and went to prison, her children would have no parents. >> anything i could say to get him out of this mentality. >> and to worked. he drove home, told her what she had to do. >> he had me lay down next to him, made sure i was right there. i was awake the whole night, i was afraid he would do something while i was asleep or to the children or just do something crazy. and the next morning he said, i...

Serious. >> i just kind of blew it off, you dont think your best friend will actually go do something. >> but after he heard about amber, said joe, it all clicked. giovanni must have killed her. how much stock could roberts put in this guy joe who initially wouldnt give his full name? and who was this giovanni, anyway? the detective checked for priors. it wasnt much. >> had a record as a juvenile. the fingerprints we lifted from the crime scene, theres hardly any that are legible. >> and none wa...

Somewhere, do something. >> she loved her job. >> she did. >> monica peck and ashley flores were ambers best friends. >> was she cut out to be a manager? >> yeah. >> oh, yeah. >> she was fierce. >> but she still was friendly. she loved all of her employees and she loved all of her customers. >> she was only 25. she was the store manager, and so it was a very good sense of she is doing it. she is making something of her life. like she had goals, she had ambitions. she wanted to go back to school,...

Four or five minutes, probably, takes a commitment. >> no kidding. >> shes struggling, shes not just laying there. that takes a lot. that does kind of seem personal. >> they had brandon in the back seat of a patrol car. the detective went to talk to him. >> he tells me a story and its just not making any sense. >> so he had brandon taken downtown and questioned by a colleague known for her special interviewing skills. >> shes a real good detective, she has a way with getting stuff out of people....