realizing that it s amber. how could that be? her life was just beginning. amber meet friends for life. there was just no trying with our friendship. it just was. but that life didn t last long. amber is on the floor, face down, and she has a plastic bag wrapped around her heads. it still is open, the door is open. most people who rob a store don t kill anybody. my whole world just died right there. for months, the murder stayed cold. didn t have witnesses, didn t have video, didn t have the any. we had everything going against us. we go down and talk to the detective, we would not let it go. then a break. another victim. he would duct tape me, duct tape my mouth. and she knew a secret. could she risk revealing it? something is going to happen tonight. a killer ready to run, face to face with the one person who might be able to stop him. he just reached over the glove compartment and he pulled out a gun. and i said, please don t kill me. i m go
wrapped around her heads. it still is open, the door is open. most people who rob a store don t kill anybody. my whole world just died right there. for months, the murder stayed cold. didn t have witnesses, didn t have video, didn t have the any. we had everything going against us. we go down and talk to the detective, we would not let it go. then a break. another victim. he would duct tape me, duct tape my mouth. and she knew a secret. could she risk revealing it? something is going to happen tonight. a killer ready to run, face to face with the one person who might be able to stop him. he just reached over the glove compartment and he pulled out a gun. and i said, please don t kill me. i m going to get out of their. alive. hello, and welcome to dateline. i m natalie morales. amber belken was a force to reckon with. a pet young woman whose big dreams and drive made her seem unstoppable. then she was found murdered. was amber the victim of a
really sorry. i am so sorry mr. and mrs. belken. amber didn t deserve to die. i m so sorry. what did he say? nothing. but, the belken s did get an apology from someone else. geovany s now ex-wife, veronica. hi. they met for the very first time when we shot this story. i ve blamed myself for not saying something sooner, for waiting too long. i always felt like they had some anger towards me. but, blame her? no. they knew she was a victim too. in fact, geovany pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting veronica. they re really nice. they were grateful that i said something. that i did the right thing. we don t have any ill feelings.
of two told him their marriage was over, he raped her then begged her to kill him. she couldn t do it and now geovany was on the run. here is keith morrison with the conclusion of everything she knew. the day veronica called the police was the beginning of the end for geovany rivera. i wanted to get him. not that easy. all they knew was he had gone somewhere. probably mexico. but it was a full six weeks before they tracked him down. surprised him at a relative s house, sure enough, in mexico. as he played one of the video games he stole from ambers store. detective roberts got his suspect exactly where he wanted him. we re in a jail, a cold stinky loud jail, i m detective roberts all this background noise i read him his rights, you have the right to remain silent. and he starts talking. i ve had this guilt for a
oh my. i said man, this is the best birthday present ever. but then he got a call from his sergeant. he says ray bob, i want you to keep your mouth shut. don t say anything. i just want you to do what i m telling you to do. he said, i need you to get the arrest warrant washed. wow. geovany would not be arrested after all. just not enough evidence. the prosecutor had made it clear he didn t want to try him and fill in court. but the detective still had a warning for geovany s danny. so, they went to his house, unannounced. he opens the door and i said, got a warrant for you. didn t say a search warrant or arrest warrant. and he slinks. he turned back to his wife and said, i m going with him. and he was defeated. he put his head down. head down, shoulder sent down. he put his hands behind his back. like he was getting ready to be handcuffed? like his game ready to be handcuffed. get ready to go to jail. that s certainly telling. oh yeah. geovany gave up a dna