The Millionaire, the Model & the Hit Man
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The one thing I've learned in this job is that anything is possible. People will do anything. And if you have $80,000 to throw around, you can absolutely find someone in Los Angeles County to kill your wife. This story is definitely ripe for a made-for-TV movie where you have the ex-model turned housewife with a millionaire husband who is cheating on his wife and tries to hire a hitman because he's not winning his divorce. Monica Olson used to be a model, and she ran her own skincare company. Deano Gugliemelli was a successful businessman in Los Angeles. He was the lead singer of a rock band, but he would pay to have the rock band play at the House of Blues. And he would tell his employees that they were required to go to his shows. Monica and Deano, they were married for about seven years, and it looked to be a pretty happy marriage. They had two really beautiful children. What Monica didn't know was that there wasn't a time that he wasn't cheating on her. She was in love with this man and had no clue what was going on behind her back. Deano wanted too much. He wanted the hot model wife and his kids, but then he also wanted everything on the side. And I think he wanted Monica to be a certain person or to just follow whatever he said and do whatever he wanted her to do and control her, but he couldn't do that. Someone like Mr. Gugliemelli, when they don't get their way, will do whatever they need to do, legal or illegal to get their way. And ultimately he decided that he wanted to end it, not through the legal proceedings, but he wanted to kill his wife. And he wasn't going to do it himself. He was going to get somebody else to do it. He wanted her dead and he didn't care how it was done. Beat her up, cut her hat off, put her in a ditch. My name is Richard Furman and Deano Gugliemelli hired me to murder his wife. I'm Troy Roberts, tonight on 48 Hours, the millionaire, the model, and the hitman. [MUSIC] [MUSIC] >> Tonight's 48 Hours of Properly Said in Los Angeles is a twisted tale of greed and murder that at times may seem like a Hollywood blockbuster, like any good thriller. It's one part romance, two parts Hitchcock, but in the end, it's all true. >> It wasn't a joke to him. It was very serious, get it over with, be bloody, be bad about it, and end it. >> Meet Rick Furman, in 2012, millionaire, Deano Gugliemelli, asked him to kill the mother of his children. >> Did you ever say how would the children feel if they lost their mother? >> More than once. >> And what could he say? >> He would say, they'll be much better off without her. I will find them a good mother and I'll even have you check her out first to make sure she's great and get your approval. >> Just nine years earlier, this horror story was a love story. >> Monica Olson, a small town girl from Canada, made it big as a New York fashion model, and then moved to Los Angeles to try her hand at acting. >> Monica's working very hard towards it, being successful in modeling and acting. >> Monica's close friend, Olya Banar.
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A millionaire is willing to shell out $80,000 to have someone kill his model wife. What could possibly go wrong? "48 Hours"' Troy Roberts investigates.