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a tally in pathologist clarified through an interpreter, it was clear evidence that she had been strangled. >> mechanical x fix and. there is strangulation. or by means of strangulation. >> under cross examination, the doctor testified that despite those bruises on her thighs. he did not believe that ricky had been raped. he did see trauma to the back of her head. possibly called by a blunt object. >> could it have been a wine bottle that did not break? >> it could be any object that had a convex surface. it could even be a bottle, yes. >> the question was why lonnie would want her dead? according to prosecutors, the motive was money. lonnie had been the beneficiary of nikki's well. meaning, all that money that he

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investigating him, but. >> didn't seem to be going anywhere? >> not really. no. we just loved our life. but me, it's always in the back of my mind. it is not going away. >> it keeps going. >> it turns out the assistant da susan price was investigating lonnie. especially after she listen to the recording. where lonnie's ex-wife amy told the investigators that she knew about his plan to murder mickey from the crew ship. >> lonnie told me that bill had a big connection. that he'd have people come and [inaudible] >> the prosecutor knew that she had to meet amy. >> we actually did go to california and arrived at her doorstep. >> unannounced? >> unannounced. >> and what you said to her was i'm pretty sure i heard that interview, somebody has been

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japanese coal mine to live on a farm in california central valley. >> eventually, he brought you over here. >> 1960, about the wife, the four kids. >> they traveled by ship to their new home mickey was maybe five or six, and i was eight, i think when you are that young and you are here in a strange country it is kind of exciting, we are so young we don't comprehend what really happened. >> decades later, he and his wife were trying to understand how mickey had lost her life in another country. so far from home. >> we were devastated, how could this be one minute she is excited going on this cruise, and the next she is not alive anymore, how can this be? we are just completely shocked. >> the fbi was investigating her death and learning more about her relationship with lonnie including the crisis

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-- in the evenings nobody us around, or few people are around. >> i don't something blossomed. they kept that alive at work? >> they definitely did. >> he was charming. she definitely thought that. >> her niece was in college than. >> what did you like about? him >> i think she liked that he had similar interests, that he was a hard, worker and she appreciated that. >> mickey and lonnie brought this home in california, they married in 1995. that bliss did not last. that mueller that he initially, had that initial attraction disappeared with time. >> it did not take long for the two to crumble like a jungle game, when the pieces started to come out and it all toppled over. it did not take long for him to start complaining. >> what was she telling? you >> a lot of it had to do

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protect his lies, and, him from hurting me, and everybody else around us. i'm tired of it amy. i major help. i need you to be with me. >> i said, it's time for the truth to come out now. i said, and he has made full out of all of us. i said now it is time for you to step up to the plate. >> the da gave amy immunity for her testimony. and she agreed to cooperate. she told the sheriff's investigators her own version of what happened on that cruise. how lonnie had booked it, planning to kill mickey. and then amy said, lonnie threatened her. forcing her to lie to the federal grand jury. >> bill started this, trying to help outline the, and ended up helping you guys? >> absolutely. he did. >> four days after that interview, the sergeant traveled to safety harbor, florida, where lonnie lived. >> he wasn't in the house. we found him about one other --

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the last chapter of mickey's life was overseas. but it is not. the last chapter is here. >> their first witness, the captain of the island escape. he testified about going to mickey and lonnie's cabin hours after her disappearance. and speaking with ronny. >> he was not upset at all, he was very cold. his conversation, when i asked him those questions. he wasn't talking quickly, or nervously. he was very measured. >> we called julie. >> they team also heard the calls between the east, julie, and lonnie. he had been eager to talk. until julie asked him this question. >> is there any way that you had anything to do with mike's death? >> what do you think? >> i just had to ask. >> i think you know the answer to that already. >> he got really angry at me, and the first thing he said, is what do you think? >> the only reason why i asked

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wasn't the only one who took advantage of his kindness. there was also bill price. the friend who turned on him. and of course, amy lyn. lonnie called her a gold digger. said she was lying. and said that bill price put her up to it. >> i don't trust any of them. didn't trust any of them, and don't trust any of them when it comes to a relationship. i did not expect her to make her lies about me again. >> lonnie said that amy wasn't the only person telling lies about him. there was also someone he met behind bars. someone who was prepared to tell the jury quite a story. back in april of 2014, a year after lonnie was arrested for mickey's murder. the orange county, da's office got a call. and inmates name tony. a frequent flyer in the criminal justice system, was requesting an emergency landing. sergeant don set up a meeting. >> so tony had told us that he

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the sea for a better life. and the island escape was supposed to carry her and lonnie to calmer shores. >> he didn't know how good he had it? >> yeah, he does not know. he did not know. yeah, to the end. she was always there for him. and look what happened. look what he did to her. she didn't deserve that. she had a lot to live for. >> she was a beautiful person. and i'm talking about her soul. she just had such a beautiful soul. >> a soul, lost at sea. who found her way home. und her way home >> i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is dateline! >> i'm here in pain.

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finances, when mickey died, he inherited all her money and moved to an overseas bank. >> i think he moved offshore because he knew he had murdered mickey, and that is where the money came from, and he knew what that meant. that is my conclusion. >> offshore that money was untouchable, and when he tried to repatriate more than 1 million dollars to bank in florida, agents simpson pounced. the feds seized the money, and began a civil case against lonnie. he hired an attorney david michael. >> why was he moving his money around the world? >> my understanding, he was trying to do some overseas financial investment, when some country was playing high interest rates for u.s. currency. >> in other words, he was not trying to hide that money, he was merely investing it. his attorney argued that the federal government could not prove he was guilty of killing

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with the fact that i was trying to change. more vacation, spending more money. >> all of it was to salvage our relationship, that according to lonnie, make his hot temper had destroyed. >> she broke cell phone, she threw things. one particular incident in 2001, she broke of fax machine. throw it from the second level down to the living room floor. >> that time, the cops were called. lonnie said that he talked them down from arresting mickey. so when lonnie learned that nikki's niece, julie, was trying to get him arrested for nikki's murder. buy separately taping their conversations. lonnie said that he was really hurt. >> then for her to accuse me. and something that i did not do. after, i thought we were trying to help each other upset me greatly. >> lonnie said that julie that

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