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She was living the dream california lifestyle. She wrapped him around her fingers like shes wrapped so many men around her finger. She had it all. Waterfront home, fancy cars, million your boyfriend. Quite the life until. Her lover gunned down. Who wanted him dead . Nanette wouldnt have done it because there was no financial gain for her. What about her secret friend, the former Nfl Linebacker . You like. I did. A prosecutor took on cold cases. Could define the key to this one . This isnt just a...

funeral. >> she was living that dream california lifetime. you talk about housewives of orange county, she couldve been on the show. she wrapped him around the figure, just like europe so many men around the figure. >> she had it all. waterfront home, fancy cars, millionaire boyfriend. quite the life, until -- >> the shots were sets of two. he saw his attacker. >> her lover gunned down who wanted him dead? >> nanette johnston would not have done it, because there was no financial gain ...

Case, there were the keys, the laws, the other lover. circumstantial, yes. but he thought that naposki and nanette committed murder together. >> i thought we had it solved as far as who were the responsible parties. where it was just a matter of if we felt comfortable filing the case. >> two times newport beach police brought the case to the das office and two times the das office said that the detective had not made his case. nanette was arrested in the spring of 1995 but not for murder. they g...

And then two shots. >> detective tom voth arrived to find a millionaire dead on his floor. his name was bill mclaughlin, 55 years old. nice guy, deeply religious. and a true believer in the american dream. a man who had made his to come through. kind of a self made guy, right? >> absolutely. yes. >> bill, said his daughter jenny, was the first in his family to go to college. the first to found a company. first to end up with millions. . . >>. . >> you could tell, said voth, bill mclaughlin saw a...

So, he saw his attacker. >> now voth needed to figure out who was that last person bill mclaughlin saw? >> you are trying to take everything in and youre trying to remember as much as you can. right down what you feel is important. what is going to come up in the investigation. >> what was important, what was in? it was hard to know in those first few hours. as you can see in this video, the police shut the night of the murder, a house was as neat as a pin. except for a glass on a peep table. so...

Just around sunset he landed at john wayne airport in orange county. called nanette to tell her he was back and drove home to newport. to the place he was about to die. but for all their efforts, investigators can find not one bit of evidence in those movements of his. nothing that could lead him to the man who is fast becoming their prime suspect, eric naposki. back at the house, bills daughters took it upon themselves to sort through all their debts financials. maybe there would be a clue ther...

Was on ap phone at this dannys, which is an even newport beach. true, the phone bill which might have proved it had been lost. but the point was, said his lawyers, he couldnt have made it all the way to newport beach in time to commit the murder. and anyway, they said, nanette did it. >> the evidence in this case and at this trial shows that nanette johnston is the person most likely to have committed this murder. eric naposki was merely the patsy. >> but at nanettes trial, her attorney said she...

Half away bill mclaughlin froms house. not that far for a nfl linebacker. so the cops asked a few more questions. >> did you do any armed work? >> no. >> no, that didnt mean he didnt own any guns, just took him a while to tell the detective that. >> okay, you said you dont own any firearms at all? >> no i i -- bought one i havent seen it in so long. i bought one in dallas that i gave my dad. >> we first asked him if he owns any weapons. he says, he doesnt own any. and then he says, oh, thats rig...

Wealthy men. ill take you care of you, if you take care. me >> did you confront her after you found? this >> absolutely. >> nanette denied it was her. but soon enough she had moved out and up and in with bill mclaughlin. it was clear to detective voth that was nanette johnston greedy. i was stop at nothing for money. it was clear to him that she has been cheating on bill. it was also clear to him that she been cheating on bill with eric. he even knew that her key to the community pedestrian gate...

Rifles. dangerous stuff in the wrong hands. >> we didnt know if somebody was maybe upset with a seal he had done. or something. >> he nanette was worried about that. to >> nanette told us that bill was dealing with a lot of shady people. >> and that was one theory. that was something else, to. a rather, someone else. >> they only person that we knew was frustrated with him was his business partner he was in a lawsuit. with >> all of them, bills kids and nanette, told detective voth about that bu...