He Called Himself the Teen's Guardian. Then He Took Him Hunting.

On opening day of deer season in 1983, 18-year-old David Wilkey was shot to death in the woods of Bedford County, Virginia. Local authorities called it a hunting accident. The man who took him hunting, David Lee Fisher, filed a $100,000 accidental death claim two days later.
Fisher, a former mob associate living under a federal witness protection identity, had insured Wilkey's life after the teenager refused to take part in another murder-for-insurance plot. It took an insurance lawyer who read the autopsy report, an informant wearing a wire in Charlotte coffee houses, and an FBI investigation to prove what really happened.
This episode traces the hunting trip, the scheme behind it, and the case that ended in a capital murder conviction.
Part of The FBI Files, based on real case history.


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