The Man Who Knew Too Much

48 Hours Mystery Reports On Murder Of U.S. Journalist In Moscow

(CBS)  Investigators found the getaway car just a day later, abandoned about half a mile away: a black Lada, its serial numbers scratched out, with stolen plates. The killers' fingerprints were left behind inside the car, and filed as evidence.

The shocking news of the first murder of an American journalist in Russia got worldwide coverage. "There's been a huge, huge interest worldwide," says Musa. "It's so obvious that he was killed for speaking the truth."

A memorial service for Klebnikov at Moscow's Christ the Savior Cathedral drew nearly 1,000 people. "Most of them had never met him, and people would walk up to us," says Peter Klebnikov. "And many of them would say, 'Forgive us for not having protected your brother. In a way, it made it all sort of easy to take."

Even before the funeral ended, the guessing game began. Who would have any reason to have Paul Klebnikov murdered?

Moscow today is a far cry from the Moscow of the old Soviet Union. It's said that this city has more billionaires than any other city on Earth. Think of anything overpriced, overdone and over the top, and you'll probably find it here.

It's an atmosphere that seems perfectly natural for someone like pharmaceutical king Vladimir Bryntsalov to produce a home movie, bragging about his own country house, which he says puts Donald Trump to shame. His city house isn't bad either.

Franchetti says given Russia's history, none of this is a surprise: "You have the cash today. You blow it in case, you don't know what's going to happen tomorrow. So people who do have money, yeah they flaunt it. It's very in your face. It's very brazen."