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Once seen can never be unseen. amber belkin sprawled in death in the back office of the video games store. her head wrapped in a plastic bag. mariano dialed 9-1-1. his mind a horrified confusion. he stared at amber's assistant manager, brandon. >> i was upset. and then i'm looking at brandon like, i don't understand how this happened. you know, i don't want to blame anybody but your first thought is, who was around. who can you look and see? maybe he had something to do with it? >> it's got to be a pretty shocking thing to discover. >> i mean, it is hard to describe. you just have 1 million em...

Mom and dad. pleading for help. crime stoppers put up a lot of money. nothing. i was hoping, you know, money talks. >> 100 grand reward. >> a hundred grand reward is a lot. but nothing. >> we put flyers up all over san antonio. >> we wouldn't let it go. >> but as months went by without a single solid lead, detective roberts sank through frustration into a kind of despair. >> this little girl, she looked like my girl. and she resembled my daughter. same build, same color hair. her amber's favorite book is if -- i read that to my daughter 1 million times. you know, you do this for an extended pe...

For the detective, you do that every case -- you're no good. >> you're no good. burnt out. >> then, about seven months after amber's murder. >> i'm sitting at the office and the phone rings. >> the caller claimed to know something. >> what's your name? >> i don't want to tell you my name. just call me joe. okay, joe. what do you got? he said well i know who killed amber. he said okay again geovany. i said okay, what makes you think the guy did it? he asked me if i wanted to do a robbery with him before. i said, okay. >> fascinating. >> he says, we used to both work for eb games. i said, why di...

Veterinarian. >> she was just so loving. we couldn't pass a turtle on the road. she would have to turn around and pick it up and take it to her house. she would find these random animals on the side of the road. and it was like, how did you find that animal? >> like her little dog, buddy. amber's parents leigh and randy. she actually ran for buddy across the expressway. and the hair was all matted up. looked like dreadlocks. >> she said, well i can't put her back out on the road. >> so, i just opened the door let it in. >> amber was their only child. they doted on her. the from the day she was...

Rob a store don't go with the intention of killing anybody. they just go in there, with a robbery, and leave. putting a plastic bag on her head -- >> squeezing it tight, holding it. >> squeezing it tight, takes four or five minutes probably. takes a good minute. >> yeah, no kidding. >> and she's struggling. she's not just laying there. that takes a while. so, it takes it does seem personal. >> they had brandon in the back seat of a patrol car. the detective went to talk to him. >> he tells me the story is not making any sense. >> so he had brandon taken downtown and questioned by a colleague k...