Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20181224:07:11:00
Like, maybe, he had a heart attack or something. >> reporter: just out of the blue? >> out of the blue. >> reporter: frantically, melissa called every number she could back home. >> i called my mom, she didn't answer. i called teddy, my dad's partner, extremely close family friend. and he didn't answer. i called my brother, he said he couldn't talk right now. >> reporter: were you frantic in the sense that you knew something bad happened? >> i didn't know what. i didn't know what level. >> reporter: eventually melissa reached montodo who reluctantly broke the news to her on the phone. he broug...