VERSACE AT THE HANDS OF ANDREW
CONTINUES TO FASCINATE THE
PUBLIC WITH A 10 PART
MINISERIES PLANNED FOR NEXT
YEAR.
AS THE 20th ANNIVERSARY
APPROACHES OUR REPORTER WHO
COVERED THE MURDER LOOKS BACK
AT THE CRIME.
WE LOST SOMEONE WHO WAS VERY
DEAR TO US.
MURDERED IN THE HEART OF
SOUTH BEACH.
Reporter: IT DID NOT TAKE
LONG FOR POLICE TO DISCOVER THE
ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.
ANDREW CUNANAN WALKED UP
BEHIND HIM AND SHOT HIM TWICE
IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD.
THE GOOD NEWS IS IN COUPLE
OF HOURS WE KNEW WE WERE
LOOKING FOR ANDREW CUNANAN.
Reporter: HE WAS OVERSEEING
THE HOMICIDE UNIT.
WHAT MADE THIS MORE SURREAL
AT THE TIME WAS NOW WE ARE
LOOKING FOR ONE OF THE MOST
WANTED.
Reporter: BEFORE KILLING HIM
HE WAS A FAILING MAIL TO GLOW
HAD GONE ON A CROSS-COUNTRY
KILLING SPREE TAKING THE LIVES
OF FOUR MEN.
THE SEARCH CONTINUES
THROUGHOUT THE EAST COAST.
FRIENDS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED THE
SECRECY IN THE AREA.
NO ONE KNOWS EXACTLY WHERE.
Reporter: THAT CITY TRIED OUT
TO BE MIAMI BEACH WHERE HE HID
IN PLANE SITE FOR TWO MONTHS
STAYING AT THIS HOTEL BEFORE
TARGETING GIANNI VERSACE.
THERE WERE OPPORTUNITIES TO
CATCH HIM.
HE OFFERED HIS REAL NAME AND
ADDRESS WHEN HE FILLED OUT THE
FLAT AT A LOCAL PAWNSHOP SELL
COINS LONGING TO ONE OF HIS
EARLY VICTIMS.
IT IS PART OF THE PROCESS
WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT
SIGNIFICANT.
Reporter: ON JULY 23 A
CARETAKER WAS CHECKING ON A
HOUSEBOAT WHEN HE REALIZED IT
APPEARED SOMEONE MAY HAVE BEEN
INSIDE.
I PULLED THAT.
Reporter: FERNANDO NEAR 91
WAS THAT KARTIK -- CARETAKER.
I RUN RIGHT AWAY.
MY WIFE AND MYSELF WE RUN OUT
BECAUSE WE THOUGHT SOMEONE WAS
SHOOTING.
Reporter: THE CARETAKER FLED
AND CALLED POLICE.
POLICE SUSPECTED IT WAS CUNANAN
WHO WAS FOUND IN THE UPSTAIRS
BEDROOM WITH A SINGLE SHOT TO
THE HEAD.
THEY BELIEVE HE FEARED IT WAS
THE POLICE AND HE KILLED
HIMSELF.
IT LINES WITH THE CHARACTER
AND PROFILE THAT HE WANTED TO
CONTROL EVERYTHING INCLUDING
THE WAY HE DIED.
Reporter: NORIEGA WOULD
BECOME THE MIAMI BEACH POLICE
CHIEF SAYS DESPITE MISTAKES HE
IS PROUD OF HOW THE DEPARTMENT
HANDLED THE INVESTIGATION.
HIS REIGN OF TERROR STOPPED
IN MIAMI BEACH.
HE DID NOT GET AN OPPORTUNITY
TO KILL SOMEONE ELSE OR ESCAPE
OR NEVER BE FOUND.
Reporter: 20 YEARS LATER ONE
MYSTERY REMAINS.
WHY DID HE KILL GIANNI VERSACE.
HE BELIEVES THEY MAY HAVE MET
IN THE PAST.
OTHERS BELIEVE HE KILLED HIM SO
HE WOULD BECOME FAMOUS.
WE MAY NEVER KNOW.
AFTER SO MANY YEARS, SO MANY
QUESTIONS REMAIN.
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