Sneak peek: Kiss of Death and the Google Exec | Forensic Files

[Music] Santa Cruz is a small coastal town in California it's at the Northern end of
Monterey Bay it looks like paradise look at that beach look at these mountains breathe that
air it's a place where the blind could go sightseeing and then in recent years it's become a place that's become more
and more favored by the people over the hill in Silicon Valley that being the people with
money Force Hayes started life in the midwest in Dearborn Michigan and he went out to Silicon Valley where everything
was happening he was hired by Google he had five kids and then one day a friend of his emailed him a picture of a boat
that was for sale and a couple days later he bought it the two things he loved were his
family and being on his boat he called it Escape I think that some part of him really want to
like taste that other side of life that kind of darker side Wilder more exotic side of
life on the night of November 22nd 2013 Forest Hayes was on his yacht and he didn't come home that night and his
wife became became concerned and she called the captain they retained for this yacht and he went and he got on the boat
and there's Forest Hayes lying there dead the detectives arrive and they start looking at the
scene and it turned out he had in fact died of a heroin overdose there was a visible injection
Mark in his arm but they don't see drugs but you do see two wine glasses detective 101 someone else has been
there and the question is who at that point we realized that's our person that's who we're going after 157 time is
88 what is the truth behind how Forest Hayes died how did he find himself in this situation in this position that
took his life who was on that boat then they're looking around and they see there's C
there was indeed somebody else there a very beautiful darkhaired woman they note that she has these
tattoos and they also probably figured that Forest didn't meet her like you know a parent teacher night this
is Alex tickman do you think Alex tickman knew that Forest Hayes was dying right there
in front of her I don't see how she didn't know detectives then discovered that this was
not the first time Alex tickman had been with somebody who died of a drug overdose is this woman a coldblooded
killer she's a killer and she certainly was cold

The mysterious death of a Google executive and his last night with an exotic beauty captured on video -- now a court decides her fate. "48 Hours" correspondent Maureen Maher updates the case Saturday, July 30 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.

Brief Summary

Forest Hayes died of a heroin overdose on his yacht, raising questions about Alex Tickman's involvement.

Key points

The Mysterious Death of Forest Hayes. Forest Hayes, a Silicon Valley executive, is found dead on his yacht under suspicious circumstances.

Episode highlights

The Mysterious Death of Forest HayesForest Hayes, a Silicon Valley executive, is found dead on his yacht under suspicious circumstances.“What is the truth behind how Forest Hayes died?”2:14Jan 22, 2015

Episode quotes

It's a place where the blind could go sightseeing.

Describing Santa Cruz's beauty.

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