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 motive but a motive on steroids. Hello hello and welcome to dateline. A gated community, a Glamour Setting with the wealthy residents could feel safe. It was not save for one multimillionaire murdered in the kitchen of his waterfront house. Police had suspects but the evidence was only circumstantial. The case grew cold. Could it be the key to the mystery a rather two keys were at the front door . Here is Keith Morrison with deadly trust. There is a place, Pot Of Gold at The End of ambition of
type building, a woman who had been too afraid to come forward at the time of the murder named suzanne cogar. suzanne cogar was very, very important because she gave the best comprehensive understanding of the way nanette manipulated naposki into committing the murder. reporter: suzanne told them how she and eric would chat by the pool, how one day in the fall of 1994 eric was angry that his girlfriend s boss, meaning bill mclaughlin, had tried to rape her. totally untrue. they re engaged to be married. she had been living at the house as boyfriend/girlfriend for over three years. but naposki didn t know about it. and he s in a rage about it. he s in a rage about it. reporter: after the murder, said suzanne, eric sought her out, said if the police came around, tell them i m a nice guy. she said, oh, my god, eric, i don t want to know if you had anything to do with this. he smiled and said, maybe i did, maybe i didn t.
one. cold case investigators kept digging. they found a real estate agent who showed nanette and eric expensive houses after the pair said they were about to come into some money. they had found a businessman who heard from nanette before the murder that she was about to have lots of money to invest. and they found a neighbor of eric s from that melrose place type building, a woman who had been too afraid to come forward at the time of the murder named suzanne cogar. suzanne cogar was very, very important because she gave the best comprehensive understanding of the way nanette manipulated naposki into committing the murder. reporter: suzanne told them how she and eric would chat by the pool, how one day in the fall of 1994 eric was angry that his girlfriend s boss, meaning bill mclaughlin, had tried to rape her. totally untrue. they re engaged to be married. she had been living at the house as boyfriend/girlfriend for over three years. but naposki didn t know about it. and he
the first story was, i had nothing to do with it. then we arrest him and he says, nanette s totally innocent and i m totally innocent. then we get to trial and it changes to, nanette s not innocent but i m innocent. then, i had nothing to do with it, i didn t know anything. then we interview him afterwards and it changes again to something radically different again. michael hill didn t buy it either. have you ever heard of hiring a hit man but then the hit man goes, yeah, i ll take the job, but i don t have a gun. could you loan me yours? reporter: so eric sits in jail and contemplates that long-ago love affair with nanette. nanette johnston is the worst type of person. she can lie to you, make love to you, kill you, all in the same week, and not even cry at the funeral. and she was my girlfriend. that s what i have to live with. that s the price i m paying. reporter: as for bill s family, they say they re
have lots of money to invest. and they found a neighbor of eric s from that melrose place type building, a woman who had been too afraid to come forward at the time of the murder named suzanne cogar. suzanne cogar was very, very important because she gave the best comprehensive understanding of the way nanette manipulated naposki into committing the murder. reporter: suzanne told them how she and eric would chat by the pool, how one day in the fall of 1994 eric was angry that his girlfriend s boss, meaning bill mclaughlin, had tried to rape her. totally untrue. they re engaged to be married. she had been living at the house as boyfriend/girlfriend for over three years. but naposki didn t know about it. and he s in a rage about it. he s in a rage about it. reporter: after the murder, said suzanne, eric sought her out, said if the police came around, tell them i m a nice guy. she said, oh, my god, eric, i