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[ cheers and applause ] >> nick: awesome job. mr. simon cowell. talk to them. >>. >> simon: i wish you weren't coming to me first because i didn't like that very much. >> oh, really? >> simon: not really. it was just a couple of guys with some lasers and a big face. i've just seen this kind of thing better. i like it when you feel like people are floating in the air, you're telling stories. i thought the first time you did it was way better. and i hated the music you used. >> heidi: hate? wow.

that's a strong word. in howie, do you feel differently? >> howie: i do feel differently. i was at a different show than simon cowell. i thought it was classic dance with this new kind of digital -- it was matrix the musical, you know? it was very futuristic and very now and very digital. i thought the music added to the feeling and the eeriness. simon, did we see the same show? >> simon: yes, we did, darling. in mel b, which show did you see? >> mel b: i was a bit confused at the beginning because i didn't quite get what was going on. then i did get night. but let me ask you a question. you died at the end? you went off to -- >> howie: no he was just injured. >> mel b: i'm just asking a question. so you floated up -- see, i got it. i liked it. i liked it. shut up, howie.

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[ cheers and applause ] >> nick: welcome back to "america's got talent." we are live from hollywood. now, this is your first chance to vote for your favorite act and tomorrow night, we'll get the results. seven will make it through, but which seven is all up to you. we will also have two agt winners here. last year's champion ventriloquist paul zerdin will be making a spectacular return and superstar magician mat franco will be taking a stage straight from his incredible show in las vegas. it all kicks off at 8:00/7:00 central. you all got to be here. now, here's our last act of the night. she's a young opera singer, singing since she was

4-years-old, mel b. put her through with the golden buzzer, her name is laura bretan. >> some people think of opera as old ladies in wigs. but it's what i love to do. it's beautiful. so, yeah. >> i like this color. it's really pretty. >> since my last audition, i turned 14. my friends from school, they are really excited. >> simon: i have never heard anything like that. >> i was so overwhelmed. i felt really special. my brother is like, if you get the million dollars, you have to give me some of it. i can't believe i'm here. >> you will be fine. >> since my first audition, people are starting to recognize me. oh my goodness. i can't believe all the people. being here means so much.

it's what i love to do and i hope they like it. [ cheers ] ♪ i pray you'll be ♪ our eyes and watch ♪ us where we go ♪ and help us to be wise ♪ in times when ♪ we don't know ♪ let this be our prayer ♪ when we lose our way ♪ lead us to the place

♪ guide us with your grace ♪ to a place where we'll be safe [ singing in italian ] ♪ [ singing in italian ] ♪

[cheers and applause ] >> nick: wow! come on down here, young lady. that was amazing. look at all these people standing up for you. mel b. is still clapping. she gave you the golden buzzer >> mel b: this is my golden buzzer and well-deserved! my gosh, halfway through that song, you turned into somebody else. where does this voice come from? it is incredible and so powerful. my gosh! like literally, i'm shaking inside.

>> nick: simon. >> simon: laura, this is why we made the show. so that we can find people like you. you are such a special talented person. the fact that your arms were all sort of flaming around, it was a bit awkward. and then you go into like the turbo gear halfway through. and just kill us with that vocal! i mean, i am so impressed! so happy for you! [ cheers and applause ] >> nick: heidi. >> heidi: what is so crazy to me is that the more challenging the notes get, the better you are! i mean, the harder and harder and harder it is the better you are. it is unbelievable! i mean, i have chills. every hair on my body is standing up. you are really incredible. >> simon: by the way, a brilliant brilliant song choice. >> mel b: yes. >> nick: mr. mandel.

>> howie: i have to say you just gave america the hardest night they're about to have. we started tonight with a 14-year-old brilliant singer. ended with a 14-year-old brilliant singer. this is the most talented sandwich we've ever been part of. they've got to vote. good luck, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] >> nick: good luck indeed. wow, how are you feeling? quite emotional? >> yeah. this just means so much to me. and being here tonight really means a lot. [ cheers and applause ] >> nick: outstanding job. okay, america. only seven acts can go through to the semifinals. keep voting, you have until 7:00 a.m. eastern tomorrow. big thanks tonight to howie mandel, mel b, heidi klum and of course simon cowell. tomorrow night we get the results and five acts will be heading home! it's going to get really intense. that's tomorrow at 8:00/7:00 central. i'm nick cannon from hollywood. good night, america! i'm nick cannon from hollywood.

good night, america. lywood. good night, america. watching us, girls, work at the palms. we didn't know if any of us were next. >> the predator theory got a boost that second day when, on a walking path near shauna's house, someone found bits from her purse -- i.d., makeup kit, personal things. what crosses your mind when you realize it's somebody walking away from the scene, discarding things? >> a stalker? >> absolutely. a predator. sexual predator. >> they spread out, got the rest of homicide involved. days off were cancelled. everybody out. they looked everywhere. >> there was considerable pressure. pressure from media. pressure from our administration. everybody wants this thing solved and put away quickly. >> and then quite suddenly, a break. a tipster on the crimestopper's

line with a story to tell. >> he had some information that he thought was connected to our murder. >> a wild goose chase? maybe. and maybe not. >> coming up, the tipster mentioned a detail about the crime, one that gets everyone's attention. >> no one knew that but the two of us. >> this guy brings it up. >> exactly. >> when "dateline" continues.

good job. >> yay. >> good singing. >> it's a terrible thing to bury a young mother in the prime of her life. especially in the shadow of murder. big sister paula had felt somehow frozen in a terrible dream that refused to end -- or make sense -- ever since her mother called with the news about shauna. what's it like to hear something like that? >> i don't know that you can describe it. you know, i mean, your heart just drops to your stomach. >> paula and shauna's family and friends gathered to mourn and remember how much they cared about her. the funeral itself was standing room only. >> it was a beautiful tribute to shauna. >> george's big sister, maria -- >> i could see george was

heartfelt and did what he could to express himself at a terrible time. it was all about showing that shauna was loved and cared for. >> meanwhile, las vegas homicide detectives worked diligently to identify and track down whoever killed her. >> do we have a predator? did she come home and they were burglarizing the house? is there an enemy somewhere that she made that we need to find? >> and then, they got lucky. a man who called himself "big will" pennix called the crimestoppers hotline. big will had a story to tell. >> he had spent time in prison. and he worked as a maintenance man. but he found satisfaction in helping others coming out of prison and helping them find the right path. >> one such man, said big will, was a homeless handyman who lived out in the desert. went by the name "greyhound."

>> he did a lot of drugs. drank a lot of alcohol. and was volatile. >> according to big will, this greyhound told a lot of tall tales, but will called police this time because greyhound bragged about killing someone -- a woman. and said he used a hammer to do it. >> and we had just come from autopsy that morning. marks that were seen on shauna's body, we thought that it was possibly a hammer. so no one knew that but the two of us. >> but this guy brings it up. that's -- >> exactly. >> a homeless, drug addicted ex-con with a volatile temper, said big will. certainly seemed to fit the profile of the potential predator detectives were looking for. but big will told them, finding greyhound might not be so easy. >> he told us that greyhound walks everywhere. he lives out in the desert.

>> but big will wanted to help, he said, so he agreed to take them to some of the places he thought greyhound liked to hang out. and, what do you know? they ran into him in the parking lot of a gas station. detective long approached him. sweet as pie, greyhound was. said he'd be perfectly willing to go to the station and have a chat. his real name was noel stevens. what did he tell you? >> he knows shauna. he knew where they lived. that he did yard work and handyman work for george and everybody else in the neighborhood. >> so someone shauna knew, someone george, the do-gooder, had tried to help. a thing not out of character for george. but greyhound, or, noel, was adamant that he had nothing to do with shauna's murder. then he agreed to show the detectives his campsite out in the desert. what did you find? >> swimsuit bottoms that in our search of shauna's house appeared to me that matched the

top that i had seen in her bedroom. there was also an extra small black dress, which, you know, shauna was very tiny. >> so greyhound was the burglar poking around shauna's personal things. and in fact, her friend recalled shauna had grown uncomfortable with this particular charity case who'd been doing work around the house. >> she didn't want noel in the house anymore. and she said, you know, you better get out of this house or i'm calling the police on you. >> so was he the killer? out at the campsite, detectives did not find any evidence linking him to the murder. so, they kept looking. >> one of the other things big will told us was that noel had a campsite number one and a campsite number two. >> a second campsite out there somewhere. but where? and what, if anything, was hidden there?

>> coming up -- >> under the bush he saw a pair of jeans that appeared to have blood on them. >> a dark discovery seems to provide answers, so why are detectives about to confront a series of new and troubling questions?

it's not on any sightseeing itinerary, not this way, but this, too, is las vegas. rugged desert terrain that is a kind of refuge or hiding place for the desperate and troubled. >> believe it or not, that whole area has homeless people that are up there. >> this is where greyhound took them. this is where he lived, he said. but out there somewhere, they were convinced there must be a second campsite with possible evidence about the killing of shauna tiaffay. so detective miller went up with the police air unit to have a look around. >> those two pilots decided that they were going to fly that whole area for us, and they actually located the second

campsite. >> and we entered and we found a citation in the name of noel stevens, so we were in the right place. >> so they spread out, kept looking. and pretty soon, one of them called out. >> about 175 feet from the tent, he found a bush. and under the bush he saw a pair of rolled up denim jeans that appeared to him to have blood on them. we put those in for immediate dna testing. >> how did that come back? >> it was shauna tiaffay's blood, and the pants were worn by noel stevens. >> that's kinda your story there, huh? >> that's kind of our story there. >> proof the homeless handyman george and shauna tried to help was a murderer. but could the story be that simple, really? listen to shauna's sister, paula, for example, and things start to sound a bit more complex. >> well, i just think that he always loved himself more than he loved anyone else. and it was all about him and what he wanted. >> that was george she was talking about. the selfless firefighter had another side, said paula. >> the verbal abuse, the

intimidation, the control. i mean, george was always a controlling guy. >> hold the camera in your hand. >> push it away from you. >> according to paula, george had become ever more controlling, and judgmental, especially about shauna's spending habits. >> first time at the beach. >> only got worse when shauna told george the marriage was over. >> he said, you know, "if you don't come back to me and we can't sort this out, you're going to lose custody of your daughter." and that was -- >> that was his threat. >> -- her number one fear. oh, absolutely. he used their daughter as a way to manipulate shauna, time and time again. >> shauna had been letting her work mates read the text messages george sent as things got worse in the marriage. >> one text, it would be nice, you know, short and sweet. like, "i love you. i've been thinking about you all day," "we need to work things out." and then, you know, we would be working. she wouldn't be able to text him

back right away, and ten minutes later, he's blowing up her phone cussing her out, calling her names. >> shauna's supporters remembered her funeral quite differently than george's people did. >> he had no emotion. no emotion at all. he did a eulogy, talking about how much money shauna liked to spend, and that there was one time she was at the gas station and accidentally left the pump in the car. >> in the eulogy? >> in the eulogy. >> paula watched george and his daughter at the cemetery and fumed. >> they hadn't even lowered her in the ground yet, and he said, "come on," and took her hand, "it's time to go." and i watched him walk off with my little niece, you know, 8 years-old, just lost her mom, and i watched him walk off with her. and i thought, you know, this is exactly what he wanted. he wanted all the control over my niece. >> paula told the police her suspicions, even before they began chasing down leads on greyhound.

so even though they had their killer, the idea that george was involved somehow was already in the back of their minds. on the other hand, george's family was just as eager to assure the police that those attacks on george's character from shauna's side were complete nonsense. >> i never saw shauna act cowed or afraid of my brother. she had an equal footing in the way they interacted with one another. so that's -- that's why i still can't believe the -- it -- the insinuation, the allegations that -- that he was abusive, or even controlling. >> george's friend, aaron solano, couldn't agree more. >> no matter where he finds himself, what challenging situation he finds himself in, he's always been consistently kind, consistently caring. >> so which george was the real one? the detectives decided to pay george a visit at his house,

though they didn't tell him what they'd heard about him. the good or the bad. >> mr. -- can i call you george? >> yeah, call me george. >> thank you. >> george said, sure, he knew greyhound. but said he'd never heard him called noel stevens before. >> you knew him as something else? >> i knew him as neal smith. >> george told detectives how he and shauna had befriended this neal smith. tried to help him get back on his feet. >> me and the wife kinda looked at him like our little charity case because he was a nice guy and he's down on his luck. >> by now, the detectives knew greyhound was an addict and a big drinker. so they asked george. >> was he a drug user? >> nothing. >> okay. alcohol? >> yes. he would drink alcohol, but not a lot. just a beer or two. >> just a beer or two every now and then? >> yeah. >> that raised the antenna a bit. in his interview with detectives, greyhound said he and george were great friends, worked out together, drank together a lot.

but then, listen to this. as george kept talking, the man he said he knew as neal became noel. >> she said, "can noel help us out with this?" if it was something i wasn't good at, well maybe noel is good at it. because noel seemed to be good at everything i wasn't good at. >> remember, george said he'd never heard the name noel stevens before. knew greyhound only as neal smith. so, was it an honest little slip or was george hiding something? >> is it possible he was confused about the name, that it, you know, greyhound used several different names? >> when you get nervous, you're gonna revert back to whatever is natural. and he reverted back to noel. he just got done telling us, "i've known this man for years as neal," and then, "noel helped me move." so i -- that's a tell. >> but why would george admit to knowing greyhound and then lie about the name? the detectives left george at

home and made a plan they hoped would shake out the truth. >> we decided to amp up the pressure. >> coming up, a bold calculation by detectives was about to trigger a stunning chain reaction. >> he was driving extremely fast and forcing vehicles off the road and then plowed straight into a cement barrier. the officer following said he just committed suicide. >> when "dateline" continues. ♪ ♪ hush my darling... ♪ don't fear my darling... ♪ the lion sleeps tonight. [snoring.] ♪ hush my darling... [snoring.] ♪ don't fear my darling...

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it's an old police tactic to stimulate -- maybe upset -- a suspect you haven't quite cornered, hoping for an overreaction. sometimes it works, sometimes not. so even though they didn't have solid a case yet, the detectives let word slip that they intended to arrest george, charge him with murder, hoping that he would do something rash and maybe incriminate himself. >> he was told by his former attorney that he was going to be arrested. at the same time, police officers were showing up at my mother's doorstep. >> what did george do? got into his truck, raced over to his mother's house, dropped off his daughter, roared off again, police watching. >> he was driving extremely fast. he was forcing vehicles out of his way, forcing vehicles off the road, and then plowed straight into a cement barrier. the officer following said, "he just committed suicide."

>> what did you think when you got that report, when you heard about that? >> well, i think -- it was a very good indication to us that we were definitely on the right track. >> but if suicide was his intent, as the detectives assumed, it didn't work. his injuries were not severe. still, it looked to detectives like a guilty george would rather kill himself than face a murder charge. and as george lay in a hospital bed recovering, noel stevens gave police the final piece they needed -- he confessed that he killed shauna and said his good pal, george, asked him to do it. >> so we went to see him at the hospital. we went in. told him that he was under arrest. >> did he say anything? >> he asked to speak with his attorney. >> i just knew that george had something to do with it. >> both george and noel were booked on murder and conspiracy and burglary charges. >> george is the one that wanted shauna dead.

george is the controling man that needed that control of shauna. and he had a tool at his disposal that worshipped him, that loved him, that would do what needed to be done. >> noel stevens pleaded guilty and spent the next three years cooperating with the investigation. while george, who pleaded not guilty, set up a ministry in the clark county detention center. and george's sister maria remained convinced he did not do it. why, the age-old conclusion, the husband always does it. >> he was a statistical suspect from day one for sure. my opinion is, they sandbagged around that to make a case. >> why, she asked, should anyone believe an addict and known liar over george? and the detective's theory that a guilty conscience led to a suicide attempt? that was hogwash, said maria. >> but let me tell ya, he has been on suicide prevention squads. he's an emt.

he is quite knowledgeable about what it takes to kill yourself in a vehicle. so, driving that large vehicle into a k-rail with your seat belt on is not how an expert tries to commit suicide. he did something stupid, but he didn't try to kill himself. >> and it wasn't just george's family who stood firmly behind him. fellow firefighters came to his defense, fellow west point grads, childhood friends. >> i truly believe he's innocent. he gives too much of himself, and i think that that is one of the reasons he finds himself in the situation he's in. >> were you surprised at the amount of support that george got? >> no. no. george, he makes lifelong connections. it's part of his generosity. >> and so on a searing hot summer day in late august, 2015 -- >> good morning. >> those life-long connections sat on one side of a las vegas courtroom. >> george was adamant that this go to trial. he would not accept any plea deals, anything.

we all agreed with him, family and friends. good. do that. we want to show people that this is all wrong. >> and on the other side, a sea of hot pink. >> there were just an outpouring every day. you know, lots of people that showed up wearing pink, and -- >> why that? >> pink was shauna's favorite color. and not pale pink, hot pink. >> ex-work mates were there, too. >> i wanted the jury to see that she wasn't just a vegas cocktail waitress. you know, that she was a good person, a beautiful person, a good human being. >> prosecutors mark digiacomo and pam weckerly told the jury that while noel "greyhound" stevens was the admitted killer of shauna tiaffay, he never would've done it had george not put him up to it. >> he's got this singular goal

of i need to kill my wife. and he has to keep pushing noel to do it. >> shauna's sister paula testified that she encouraged her sister to move out. >> i told her that, based on the things she was telling me about things that had been going on for quite a while, that i believed that she should separate herself from george and move to a different home. >> so she did, and george increased his contact with noel. his phone calls to stevens in the month before the murder proved a conspiracy, said the prosecutors. they showed the jury george's phone records. >> if you looked at how much he called noel, there's 87 phone calls. >> that's three or four calls a day. >> yes. his mother is about once a day. >> then they said, look at this. here are george and noel shopping together. buying gloves, dark clothing, a knife. and on four different occasions they bought hammers. >> this ends up at mr. tiaffay's

house where he happens to have two other perfectly good hammers in the garage. >> what else could all of this have been, they asked, but a murder kit? one final thing. greyhound told the cops that he got into shauna's place with a key george gave him. and look at this -- here's george at the hardware store, buying a key just like the key noel used. only one possible conclusion, said prosecutors. >> noel stevens used the hammer. the person who used noel stevens is george tiaffay. >> ahh, but -- >> it's a good story, it's real interesting, but it's not evidence yet. >> this is george's defense attorney, robert langford. >> there is absolute reasonable doubt, as to george tiaffay's involvement in this case. >> those surveillance videos, for example, that the prosecution found so damning? none of the hammers they bought was the actual murder weapon. and besides, most of what they bought together was simple and innocent camping gear. george helping a man in need, as

usual. >> he thought he was helping out noel stevens to live out where noel wanted to live, which was outside of town. >> as for the 87 phone calls that the prosecution said proved george and greyhound had conspired to kill shauna, there was nothing sinister there, said the defense, just a man trying to contact his charity case handyman. >> i live out in that area. and cell service is notoriously bad. on top of -- have you ever tried to call a handyman in this town? it is ridiculously difficult to get hold of those kinds of workers to come do work. >> in fact, said the defense, the only thing the state had tying george to the murder was noel stevens' word. >> without noel stevens' statement to the police, george is an innocent man. >> and how could the jury believe stevens, said the

defense, when even his own friend, the tipster big will said -- in court -- that the man was an habitual liar. >> honesty, i would put him at a scale of one through ten, i would put him at, a scale of maybe one and a half. >> ten being very honest and >> one and a half, meaning not honest at all. that's correct. >> george's attorney was itching to cross examine the habitual liar who'd condemned his client. which presented the prosecutors with a dilemma. the man at the center of their case against george might just destroy it. >> he could be a real problem. >> he could be a real problem. and there was a substantial amount of discussion between pam and i over whether or not we're calling him or not. >> does that imply that you disagreed? >> oh, yes, we disagreed. >> coming up, a risky decision looks like it might just backfire. >> do you hear voices? >> yes. >> i think everybody agreed that

noel stevens was as crazy as a rat. >> and then, why is it taking so long for a verdict? >> it was nerve-racking. ♪

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prosecutors marc digiacomo and pam weckerly had a big problem, and they knew it. the problem had a name, noel

stevens. greyhound. >> noel is a very important piece of information, but he's also the biggest risk. >> sure. in the credibility sweepstakes, he's way down here somewhere. >> absolutely. >> your defendant is way up there. and so they argued, these two prosecutors. she said, put him on the stand. >> my thought was, you don't understand who george is and how sinister this was until you meet noel and say, this is the person that he gave access to. >> he said don't take the chance. >> they could say this crazy, psychotic, homeless man did it on his own. >> who prevailed? she did. >> the state calls noel stevens. >> and so up went greyhound to the witness stand and offered his grisly story. >> i hit her in the head. >> when you hit her in the head, what happened? >> she hits the floor. >> and after she hits the floor,

what do you do? >> i jump on top of her. >> and after you jump on top of her, what do you do? >> i keep on hitting her. >> how long do you hit her for? >> i hit her until she doesn't move anymore. >> why? because, he said, someone told him to. >> who told you to kill shauna? >> george. >> but was it true? now the defense got to ask greyhound about, for starters, his addictions. >> wild turkey 101? >> yes and vodka. whatever i could get my hands on. >> you'd drink it every day? >> every day. >> just one or two? >> i drink until i ain't got no more money or i drink. >> yes, and he smoked weed, he admitted, and did speed. but it got worse. >> do you hear voices? >> yes. >> do you remember saying to that person that they sounded like monsters? >> yes. >> hallucinations, too. >> what kind of hallucinations?

>> i see shauna sometimes. >> sometimes? >> yes. >> do you see other people? >> sometimes. >> well, i think everybody agreed that noel stevens is as crazy as an outhouse rat. >> how could you believe a man as crazy as that? >> you are outside of reality at that point. >> you can't trust the primary witness. they just didn't have it. >> so, a man who hears voices? that got the jury's attention. one juror even submitted a question read by the judge. >> "did the voices you said you would hear from time to time ever tell you to kill shauna?" >> no. >> there was the choice for the jury. george used noel as a murder weapon or the drunk who heard voices killed shauna and blamed an innocent man. the lawyers, the friends, the family -- from both sides, could only sit. and wait. >> it was nerve-racking.

>> for three days they waited. the prosecutors, once confident, worried. the hung jury. >> it's the hung jury situation. and so by day three, you think is there a hold-up? >> and then finally. here it was. >> guilty of first-degree murder. >> guilty. george tiaffay, his face almost serene, absorbed the verdict. >> it was so much relief. >> closure. >> it was just this big weight taken off my shoulders, you know, because -- i felt this entire time that shauna hasn't had a voice in this, and, i've been so worried about representing her right, and saying the right things, and making sure that i portray her as the -- the wonderful person that she was. >> both and george and noel were

sentenced to life. george has no chance at parole. but what felt like justice to some, to others did not. and here's this little kid who was happy-go-lucky and smart and valedictorian and the football player and the west point grad and the upstanding guy you could all look up to. >> yeah. right. good guy. >> locked away forever. >> he's gonna be in that horrible place. i hope, pending appeal, he finds purpose for himself there, and i think he will. he's that kind of person. >> and now the young girl at the heart of a tragedy is living without either parent, and with a story that is different, depending on which side of the family is telling it. >> i really do feel that my niece is the true victim in all of this. it's so tragic, and i just don't have words for what she's going to have to come to terms with and understand as she gets older, you know? it's, it's really tough.

>> she lives with george's mother, the woman with whom she has spent so much of her life. and paula? paula plans to make sure the daughter of shauna tiaffay never forgets. >> we talk about her mom, and how much she loved her, and what we think her mom would want for her now. >> that's all for this edition of "dateline." i'm lester holt. thanks for joining us. a. next at 11:00, the fight to stay alive, eight trackers trapped deep behind fire lines, how they managed to survive without food or water and bill clinton's strategy for putting his wife in line for the presidency.

and i can't believe we just put the biggest crack in that glass ceiling yet. >> right now, at 11:00, hillary clinton makes history becoming the first woman as the presidential nominee for a major political party. the news at 11:00 starts now. thank you for joining us. >> regardless who you are voting for we are witnessing american history in real time. nbc bay area is joining us from philadelphia at