DATELINE on NBC. The 2014 episode called, "Death in the Driveway" had the murder of Melvin Roberts. He was ambushed in his driveway and died. His girlfriend Julia Phillips was tied up with duct tape in front of that driveway behind a cement wall. She said an unknown male would kill her if she screamed out for Melvin. She heard a pipe drop and a gunshot. He was beaten on the head and a bullet grazed his ear. It sounded like robbery, but $400 was not taken from his wallet.
Mud foot prints walked away from Melvin's home, but ended on a road near by. Police didn't believe Julia's story because of the way her duct tape was tied. They also discovered Melvin was going to leave her. She was charged with conspiracy to commit murder and recently died in prison at age 72. Police never found the person or persons Julia hired to kill Melvin. Answers to his death have gone with her to the grave and it's a mystery.
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(Julia Phillips dies in prison)
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