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daylight as horrified neighbors looked on. why would amir johnson kill shaquille allen, the woman he claimed he loved? >> people are shocked at the cold brutality of it. >> now the manhunt to find him and her family needs your help. then barron's magazine ranked her one of the top financial advisors three times. >> good morning. this is don bennett with financial mythbusting. >> she was living the high life in a swanky penthouse with a closet full of designer shoes and bragging about making her clients super rich until their seven figure bank accounts evaporated. >> i went from living on the view to living in a van down by the river. >> were they the victims of the ponzi princess? thanks for joining us. we begin with shocking video of the brazen murder of a young woman in broad daylight. a video that went viral. then her accused killer went on the run. now, in an exclusive interview with true crime news, shaquille allen's

family is asking for your help in bringing him to justice. and there is a reward on the line. they appeared like any other young couple in love on social media. >> little lady, you sure can't put it away. >> a neighbor's cell phone camera captures this video so graphic we can't show it all. >> hey, leave her alone. >> he shot her and everything goes horribly wrong. oh, god. now the broad daylight on camera murder of 27 year old single mother shaquille allen has turned into a multi-state manhunt for her boyfriend, 24 year old amir johnson, who remains in hiding. >> if anybody see him, just call the police. >> and shakya's family are asking viewers in an exclusive interview to help bring amir to justice for this cold blooded act.

>> come here. don't you hurt her. hey! leave her alone! >> you knew us. you smiled with us. you laughed with us. so how could you find it in your heart to chase her down and just shoot her in broad daylight? reporter. >> the scotts of baltimore, maryland were a close family and single mom. shaquille was at the heart of it. >> she was a good girl. very fun. always smiling, always had jokes. >> i remember i loved going everywhere with her. i remember when she got her first apartment, i always wanted to be over there. >> she would send me stuff on tiktok about when people talk about they don't hate their fathers and their life. and she'd be like, well, i can't speak for none of y'all because my father always been in my life. >> and when shaquille introduced

her father and sister to a new boyfriend, amir johnson, they initially thought he fit right in. >> the first impression i got of him, he was a cool little kid, you know? >> he talked to my sister respectfully, but there was no red flags, no alarms or anything. >> but in time, shaquille and amir grew apart. her family says shaquille wanted out. >> my sister got to the point in life where she really just wanted to focus on herself and her daughter and just growing. >> we were trying to elevate your life and stuff like that. why you can't separate yourself from your old crowd and like, it's no hard feelings or anything. >> but as shaquille pulled away publicly and privately, amir clung tighter. >> i would sit and talk to both of them, i said, look, your relationship is not working right now. you and shaquille, y'all are on two different paths. >> that's when things turned toxic. >> i had to track her on her

phone, put a tracker on her car. at one time, she was out with some coworkers, guys and girls. he popped up. oh, i just didn't know where she's at. i say she ought to tell you where she's at every minute. yo, i said yo, my daughter don't have to check in with you. i said she don't even check in with me like that. >> shaquille filed a protective order against amir. >> i didn't know that it was ever that bad. like, she would tell me a little bit of their arguments, but she would never tell me anything that was too dark, i just think. as for me being her little sister, i think there was certain things that she didn't want me to know. >> when neither appeared in court, the judge waived the protective order. then, months later, police responded to a domestic violence call between shaquille and amir. >> and i found all of this out through him. he said, pops, i ain't gonna lie. things got heated, but i didn't put my hands on your daughter, so let

me put that out there. now. it was just a heated argument and she called the police. >> the restraining order was reimposed, and amir was given a court date for the domestic assault. but eight days before he confronted shaquille in the parking lot of her apartment complex. this time, he brought his anger and his gun. get away from me. >> you ain't gonna do nothing but get yourself in trouble, bro. i have a restraining order on you. >> call the police when you take a gun to talk to someone is never a good idea. and it's too late with that. oh, i'm sorry i did this. i did that. what did you have it for? just to talk. just. hey, get off her! >> when we come back, the accused killer reaches out to shakya's father moments after

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single mom shaquille allen in baltimore. video of the deadly attack allegedly at the hands of her ex-boyfriend, went viral, but he disappeared. and now her family needs the public's help to bring him to justice. come here. >> don't you hear? >> people are shocked at the cold brutality of it. of reaching a level of not caring that you will do it in broad daylight. >> hey, leave her alone! >> oh, when 27 year old shaquille allen's murder became a viral video on social media, it turned a family tragedy into a living nightmare. >> i've never seen the video and i don't want to see it. of course, get away from me. >> but for me, it's really hard to hear my sister sound so scared, like i can't really sit there and listen to it. just

knowing she was scared, trying to get away and in an exclusive interview, sharqiya's family says it wasn't the only insult that they were forced to endure. >> it was just a horrible letdown. you know, then to text me after you killed my daughter like it was nice knowing you. >> jack moments after murdering shaquille, her ex-boyfriend, 24 year old amir johnson, acknowledged her killing in a brazen and twisted text to shakya's father i'm like, the hell is he talking about? >> and i was like, i text back, like, i'm gonna hit you a little later. >> a personal slight to a man who embraced and counseled amir early. >> and as a friend, i was like, man, you're like a father to me. but this is the betrayal that i got. >> the betrayal only grew after amir disappeared into hiding and hasn't been seen since. now sharqiya's sister schnarr, and her father, nakia, are fighting

to build a future for her three year old daughter, storm. >> storm is 3xn. when she was at the funeral, he and her say, i don't have a mommy no more. and of course, that made me cry. >> and they are desperately asking for the public's help to find amir. >> people assume like, you know, he did it on camera like we saw him do it. there's no way the police haven't gotten him yet. >> baltimore city, new york city can't find one child that's wanted for murder. and it's on video. >> baltimore detectives are now working with the nypd to find amir. they believe he may be currently hiding out in his hometown of new york city. >> there's no way he's hiding out this long. completely alone. he has to be receiving some sort of support from people. >> but for eight months, there have been no leads. and shakya's father says one simple solution could settle the matter quickly.

>> you're going to have to see me, and you know i'm going to deal with you, so you might as well just turn yourself in. and this way, we both can start our process. >> until then, shakya's family is pleading with anyone who may have knowledge of amir johnson's whereabouts to contact police. >> it's hard to even try to heal, to try to move on when he he's still fri. justice has not been served yet, and i feel like the first step to trying to process your grief is just having some sort of justice. there. >> as they pray for justice for shakiya, they continue to grieve her loss. >> when i'm going through something, she was the one that i could call and i could talk to her about anything. she was like, dad, it's going to be all right. you're going to be okay, dad. you know, if you know if you need something or you need some support, you know i got you, dad, i got you. and it's like, now she's not here. and i

just miss her. you know, i just miss my girl. >> this is such a tragic and frustrating story. i sat down with former homicide detective louis bolaños. louis, when i look at this video, unedited, unfiltered, it is so disturbing. and it happened outside in broad daylight. >> yeah, it's extremely disturbing. this was an execution, at the very least. and that should be infuriating. city officials, city leaders, to put this on the front burner and give it the attention it deserves. this guy is still on the loose and the public is in danger. this is going to be a violent ending, most likely when they finally catch up to him. >> you've worked a lot of cases like this. what do you do when you cannot find the suspect? >> well, i think this is screaming for community involvement. and one of the things that really shocks me in this, i think, is just downright

disrespectful, is the fact that the reward is only $2,000. i think that it takes a community effort. $2,000 is not going to make anybody pick up that phone. but this case is starting to get to the point where it's going to take a phone call to catch this guy. >> do you think he gets caught because he makes a mistake or because someone turns him in? >> i think it's going to be a little bit of both. i think he's going to trust the wrong person and they're going to turn him in. >> as always, thank you, louis, for your insight. >> thank you. >> if you have any information about amir johnson's whereabouts, please contact the baltimore county police department at 410887394 3 or 4 103072020. a reward is being offered for tips leading to his arrest. you can also contact the true crime news tip line at (888) 845-7555. up next, she was a high flying financial advisor living a good life on the backs of h er clients until it all came crashing down. next.

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really earn all the money for that lavish life? maybe there were clues in the kitchen of her swanky penthouse condo. >> i didn't know she had cow tongues in her refrigerator. >> you heard right. cow tongues? dozens of them jammed into jars. >> where do y e cow tongue? >> i don't know, why would this seemingly successful woman fill her fridge with cow tongues? well, as you're about to learn, authorities say those tongues actually hold the key to a crazy belief and an elaborate fraud. >> i've never had somebody do a voodoo doll of me. >> tv host, actor and self-made millionaire steve santagati was one of dawn's clients. >> she was very buttoned up. she seemed very conservative, and she bragged about her successes with finances. >> steve says after an appearance on a talk show to promote his new dating advice

book, he ran into dawn backstage and hired her on the spot to manage his money. but steve claims she managed him right into poverty. >> i went from living on the view to living in a van down by the river. >> this is the van he called home. he parked it behind a fried chicken shack. >> my friends couldn't believe it. they're like, you're living in a van. mr. hollywood, mr. new york times. >> so what did dawn allegedly do to shrink steve's fortune from seven figures to nothing? >> she had me in high risk, very volatile, huge downside investments. i'd open up a statement that was two months old, and i'd see, like, a $200,000 drop. and then dawn would get on the phone and say, you're up in the market. i'm like, how am i up? the stock market's going through the roof and i'm losing hundreds of thousands of dollars. >> attorney tucker veatch claims that dawn was using steve's and other clients money to fuel her high end lifestyle.

>> it ended up being a classic ponzi scheme. >> according to a civil lawsuit filed by the sec, dawn allegedly hoodwinked at least 46 investors in what the feds call a multi-million dollar ponzi scheme. >> money comes in. i use the money for other things and or overexpand, and then i start paying people back with the money that is coming in from other investors. >> when the feds finally get a warrant to search dawn's penthouse, they come across some of the strangest evidence they've ever seen. right there in dawn's refrigerator, inside those jars, those cow tongues. and on the lid of the jars. initials. >> those were somehow representative of the sec attorneys that were bringing the cases against her. >> according to the search warrant, the initials of the sec's lawyers were on the lids so she could put them under what she called a hoodoo spell, sort

of like voodoo. the warrant says she invoked the hex in hopes of paranormally silencing the sec attorneys investigating they found a handwritten note saying, i command you to hold your tongue is to cut their tongue out so that they couldn't talk against her. it certainly didn't prevent them from finding evidence. court documents claim dawn promised sky high returns as outlined in numerous emails they seized the feds, arrested dawn and charged her with wire fraud, bank fraud and well over a dozen other federal charges. though she pleaded not guilty and denied defrauding investors, she was eventually found guilty by a jury and sentenced to 20 years in prison. but there was still steve santagati. >> even though steve is not the little old lady, his portfolio was probably the most egregious that i'd ever seen.

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