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After the brutal attack on pamela fayed, investigators began to look very closely at her life and marriage, hoping to find any clues which would lead to her murderer and a motive. here again is josh mankiewicz. pam fayed was dead. stabbed to death in a century city parking garage. lapd detective salaam abdul-rahman has seen enough cases to know that, in his line of work, murder and marriage go together like a horse and carriage. the ongoing fayed divorce, therefore, got his attention. >> acrimonious, nasty, bitter. mr. fayed was really upset with his wife, mrs. fayed. >> and so that marriage...

It's the moment of pam's murder in the parking garage next door, and everyone in the frame starts to react, to move toward the sound of pam fayed's screams. everyone, that is, except jim fayed. he doesn't seem interested. >> is it your belief that at the time surveillance cameras capture mr. fayed sort of walking around the courtyard area, that he knew his wife was being killed at that exact moment? >> yes. the reason i base my belief on that is mr. fayed, when he walks out of the building everyone is interested in what's going on in the parking structure except mr. fayed, because he knows wha...

Prosecutors alan jackson and eric harman laid out their case. >> it's not your typical love story or boy meets girl, but instead it's a love story where boy meets gold. it's that greed, that love of gold, that caused this man, james michael fayed, to have his wife murdered for financial gain. >> prosecutors offered this snapshot of the fayeds' riches during the short time they ran their business. >> so mr. fayed found a niche, which is transferring money for only a 2% fee, which was highly, highly competitive and lucrative. so those of you who are good at math, you'll know that that's approxim...

Process. once you start that process, the feds can't touch you. >> carol says pam agreed. >> all she ever wanted was for a legitimate company. that's all. you know, she just wanted to be on the up and up, and she was going to tell jim, even though they were separated. >> pam urged jim to apply for the licenses. he appears to have been adamantly opposed to a move that would have essentially opened goldfinger's books to scrutiny by the federal government. pam decided she was not going to allow jim to roll the dice on their business. the business that had let pam live the life she's always wanted...

He was pretty pissed off about that. >> what potentially were the penalties for mr. and mrs. fayed in that federal case? >> well, potentially they could have had their assets seized, and that was huge. if they had their assets seized, mr. fayed wouldn't have been able to conduct business. >> after a long investigation, federal agents took jim into custody just days after pam was killed. he was charged with operating a money transfer business without a license, and he pleaded not guilty. at the same time, detective abdul rahman continued his investigation into pam's murder, starting not just wi...