Tom Henderson

One week before the murder, after many delays, Tina believed the closing was finally going to happen.

Prosecutors believe that Joe did not want Tina or the bank looking into his finances and that the closing was never going to happen.

The reality was Joe did not even have an approved mortgage.

What Tina would have noticed, say prosecutors, was that Joe had built a financial house of cards.

Instead of investing all his clients' money, his company, Corona Investments, was scamming people, including Tina, their closest friends, and even his mistress, Becky Black.

They didn't know anything.

The friends and family had no idea.

Investigators scrutinized the Corona's finances and found checks from clients and friends like the Strunas.

How much money did you lose with him?

And there was a $30,000 withdrawal from Tina's annuity requested by Joe 10 days before Tina's murder and deposited into his own account 10 days after her death.

Police say Joe forged Tina's signature.

Over a period of eight years, investigators believe Joe Corona conned his so-called clients out of more than $780,000.

Oh, he would have been in jail.

Finally, police had a motive.

They believed Joe was so afraid of Tina learning about and exposing his scam, he killed her.

With this new knowledge of shady financial dealings, authorities went to search the Corona home for evidence.

But Joe was nowhere to be found.

As the pendulum starts to swing toward Joe Corona, that's when he decides he's going to bolt.

Nearly five months had passed since Tina's murder.

And now, with Joe missing, a warrant was issued for his arrest.