i took a moment to look outside and it made me really anxious. again, like last year, i just had to focus on the moment and focus on the fact that everything around me was okay and i got through it. >> reporter: a rainbow wall stopped people from getting into the book store where the proceeds went to pride. >> when we see this for lgbtq plus communities, this is highlighting the state that the country is in. i think that it has been over the past few years acceptable to really go out there and show your hate, your bigotry, your prejudiceness. >> reporter: a couple of scuffles even with security as protesters yelled about religion or their claim to stop grooming children. >> we're bringing little innocent children that have not formed their minds. i pray for the children that they don't have nightmares. >> reporter: for the families

who walked out, the children focused on the books. >> so many friends. >> we want to expose our kids to a variety of different people and make sure that they are open. >> i want to put my foot down and say they can't scare us in the lgbtq community. i'm not doing anything bad. i'm not doing anything in front of the children. >> reporter: so they said they will not stop hosting the drag story hours. there isn't another one on the calendar just yet. nbc bay area news. >> thank you. new details about the circumstances surrounding a deadly shooting by hayward police. it happened just before 10:00 last night on city center drive near the old city hall site. police say they responded to a man pointing a gun at people in the shopping center.

they pointed a gun at them. investigators say a bb gun was recovered at the scene. friends of the man told us the man shot goes by the name of anthony. they say he's been homeless for years and they believe he was drunk during that confrontation. they think police should have done more to de-escalate the situation. >> try to contain him better and actually shoot at him. there are other ways to stop him and we all know they have other means without firing. >> i will share that this is obviously a traumatic event for them. this is something that impacts somebody both physically, mentally, emotionally. >> police say the man had pointed a gun at two women before they arrived. both officers involved are now on routine administrative leave while the city is investigating. the last officer-involved shooting for the city was back in 2022. we're learning that a third teenager has been arrested in connection with that shooting at

skyline high school in oakland earlier this week. the police say they've recovered a second gun. on tuesday, someone fired a gun on campus triggering a lockdown. thankfully no one was injured. opd found one gun and arrested two teenagers on campus. that third teenager was arrested yesterday. all three face charges related to the shooting. the district closed skyline high yesterday. today, opd assigned an officer to the campus to help ease fears as students return to class. counsellors were also available for any student or teacher who wanted to talk. sick of the violence and something has to give. that is the message from upset parents, students and community members who took their concerns about james lick high school to the school board. it drastically changed after two students were stabbed on the san jose campus late last month. >> reporter: the group showed up here at the east side union high

school district calls itself a grassroots coalition, concerned about violence at james lick high school. not just the recent incident but an overall problem with the campus environment. so they took their concerns to the board. the group that crowded into the school board meeting had plenty to say and wanted to say it directly to the board members. coalition members said they're concerned about violence at james lick high school like this fight last month that ended with two teenage students being stabbed. both recovered. but the group pointed out, that stabbing was not the only violence on campus this year, and claimed just days before the stabbing, some teens and adults came to james lick and attacked students and even two staff members. and that's when the east side coalition, 300 members strong, formed. >> it's a chance for parents, teachers, students who feel like they need something different from the board to keep us safe and to improve the learning environment. >> reporter: students and teachers set up an altar at

james lick to allow for prayers for peace and unity. the school district set up an administrator around the campus perimeter and locked the grounds. but students who addressed the board want more, including actual law enforcement presence. >> most students, i can tell, are afraid to go to school. most know that any situation could happen and they might not come back home alive. >> reporter: some parents agreed to stabbings just showed part of the problem. >> my child has gone through several incidents. several incidents. where his life has been in danger inside the school and outside in the surroundings. >> reporter: the teacher onsite president said they worry about what role they have to play during violent incidents. >> we tell ourselves in our minds, we won't do anything. we'll call it in. but then you see someone being hurt. >> reporter: a student needed medical attention and the

coalition had a lot to say to the board. the district has yet to respond. we'll have more on its reaction tonight on our 11:00 newscast. in san jose, robert handa, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. right now, happening in the south bay, the vta board is discussing a possible housing plan for the homeless. that's putting it at odds with san jose's mayor. the city wants to build 200 temporary housing units for the homeless on a vta yard. they said they support the mayor's plan but already has plans to use that site to build easy infrastructure to help. they had a monthly board meeting tonight. they said they plan for other sites instead. it's been more than two months since the millennium tower was bolstered to bedrock on two sides. data shows it worked. the troubled luxury high rise is

not sinking any further. the reality is the millennium tower could be tilting the way it is now forever. the reporter has the exclusive story. >> reporter: new data slows the millennium tower is now supported on two sides, and has finally stopped sinking and tilting. that's a major accomplishment, says one nationally recognized engineer. >> i would say the building has stalled, from the designer's viewpoint, that was their objective. >> reporter: but the expert says there is also bad news. >> the objective of correcting the tilt to a significant extent, i fear that expectation has not been met. >> reporter: the millennium engineers were relying on this model. it tilted continuously over the first six months. that's the process of transferring some eastbound million pounds of the tower's weight on to the new support

pile. the latest monitoring data suggests the early progress is all but stopped after initially reversing three quarters of an inch of tilt in just nine days, you can see weeks have gone by with little or no progress since the end of it. he expects tilt recovery peaked right when jacking was done. >> unless you were imaginally able to jack the building up further, we are still left with a significant tilt of the building. >> reporter: that could leave the tower permanently tilting 29 inches, as measured at the northwest corner of the roof. while millennium officials acknowledge there has not been as much tilting and settlement improvement as the model predicted, they told us, given the many assumptions and simplifications inherent in such analysis, they see the measured behavior and the analysis as excellent. the city doesn't appear concerned either, saying at least the fixes stopped the problem from getting worse, and

any recovery is welcome news but is not the primary objective of the retrofit and would be expected to occur gradually over time. if it turns out there is no further long-term recovery, a fly-foot high underground wall we first told you about last year may be to blame. it is buried right under the higher side of the foundation that needs to sink if the tower is going to straighten even a few inches. millennium officials say their model predicts the wall will itself sink, along with the foundation over time. in san francisco, nbc bay area news. governor newsom will have a chance to sign a controversial drug bill into law. state lawmakers just passed a bill that will allow californians to possess limited a's psychedelic mushrooms, dnt. it will decriminalize several psychedelic drugs.

they say they could be used as a potential treatment for veterans and others with post-traumatic stress disorder. the bill let's to governor newsom's desk. if he approves it, it would take effect in 2025. big question. did you watch? the nfl is back right here on nbc and the lions beat the chiefs. >> the super bowl champions chiefs. they led with jared goff. next up, the 49ers kick off the season sunday in pittsburgh. today it was all about nick bosa's return to the locker room. here's nbc bay area's anthony flores. >> reporter: he's back. nick bosa rejoined the 49ers for the first time since becoming the highest paid defensive player in nfl history. now that the deal is done, the reigning nfl defensive player of the year has just three days to prepare for the season opener at pittsburgh. with the defensive teammates hitting the pads during practice, nick bosa was on the other end of the field doing

conditioning drills. all eyes, including head coach kyle shanahan were focused on number 97. today was the first time bosa worked out with the 49ers since signing the new five-year, $170 million contract extension. >> everybody is excited to be back in the building. we know that he makes us a better football team. >> reporter: the all pro edge rusher was limited in practice doing individual drills. last year's nfl sack leader missed all of training camp and the preseason because of the contract fights. the lack of practice time doesn't necessarily mean bosa will see limited snaps against the steelers. >> he's different. so it's not really trying to put a limit on what he can do. it's just trying to get a feel. >> reporter: bosa's return to the 49ers solidifies the defensive unit that many experts are projecting to be one of the best in the nfl. judging by the way from fred warner, it also adds a huge

boost to the locker room. >> a good morale boost to have one of our best players on the team. players and leaders, you know, i'm just excited. >> i think we're significantly better when we have him. >> reporter: nick bosa and the niners kick off sunday in pittsburgh. in santa clara, anthony flores, nbc bay area. do you think you could take this team to the super bowl? >> oh, yeah, you know that laugh. that's the legendary quarterback joe montana. the drama and bad blood continues with the a's as they plan to leave oakland. they're not ready to let go of the coliseum. the a's have rejected an offer to buy their half of the oakland coliseum.

the a's co-owned the site with alameda county. it is known as aaseg. that group wants to work with the city of oakland to build housing and restaurants on the property if and when the a's leave for las vegas. in the rejection letter, dave campbell said the team appreciates the offer but they're not interested in selling or otherwise disposing of their interests in the coliseum. up next, it is getting harder to insure home in the bay area because of wildfires. now another major company says it won't issue new policies in a lot of places. they're just taking all this property and going to ruin it. >> farmers against some silicon valley elites. the latest plan to build a whole new city near fairfield. right now, we're watching fog and some misty skies around san francisco. as we approach the weekend,

tropical clouds could bring showers and when 90-degree temperatures retur n

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get way more into what you're into when you stream on the xfinity 10g network. victims' advocates are raising a red flag. the prosecutors say every one of the county's five homicide victims this year was also a victim of domestic violence. today nbc bay area's thom jensen spoke to the family of one of those victims about the daunting discovery. >> reporter: on a rainy night in march, police believe a 27-year-old daly city woman was murdered by her partner in front of their small children. then this past weekend, 49-year-old grace goodman was allegedly murdered by her domestic partner leaving hinged a teenage son and an adult daughter. >> my mom was very outgoing shelf always made friends easily. >> reporter: her mom repeatedly assured her she was happy and there was no trouble in her relationship. >> they make it seem like everything is okay and everything is fine.

they won't share much information about the relationship. >> reporter: but grace's death and the murder of 27-year-old frances lucero in march shared one very troubling link. both domestic violence-related homicides, as were each of the other three murders in san mateo county this year. five out of five homicides, all domestic violence. investigators say while overall, homicides are down compared to prior years, the fact that all five share a common tie needs to be examined. >> it's worth thinking about and trying to see if there is any commonality in what happened in these 5 cases. >> reporter: in the previous four years, there were a total of seven dmv cases in the county and the deputy district attorney who used to work the homicide unit said the number have been steady. >> at thatally, if we had anywhere from eight to ten files, murder cases in a year, maybe one or two would be domestic violence. >> reporter: unique williams

said she homes talking publicly about her mom's murder will encourage others to become more aware of the signs of abuse and have deeper conversations with loved ones. >> to try to get them help or try to convince them to leave their abuser. so i think that is the biggest thing. >> reporter: good advice, according to the deputy d.a. who says sometimes clues can be subtle but it is important to watch for them, keep open dialogues with victims and don't ever give up. >> to keep these women safe, they said me to keep pushing. >> reporter: nbc bay area news. some other headlines, homeowners are increasingly facing another hurdle during wildfire season. a growing number of insurance companies are not offering new home owner policies because of our wildfire risk. usaa is the latest company to limit fire coverage. beginning next march, usaa will only issue new homeowner policies if the home has a wildfire risk score of 1 on a

32-point scale. the higher the number on the scale, the greater the wildfire risk. a recent report found an estimated 1.2 million single family homes are at high risk of wildfire. over the last year, major insurers like state farm and allstate also announced plans to stop issuing new homeowner policies in california. farmers insurance said it has started limiting policies within the state. we have new details on that mysterious land grab near fairfield. tell city of fairfield is pledging to keep residents there informed as they try to get more information on plans to build a utopian city next to travis air force base. many land owners are refusing to sell to a group of silicon valley investors. >> it breaks apply heart. it makes me sad and frustrated. they're just taking all this property and going to ruin it. >> reporter: today sandra describes how she feels about

the land grab that's been taking place near her solano county home. a company has bought up 50,000 acres around travis air force base. recently revealing plans to build a new utopian city there. but dana is one of the holdouts, refusing to sell the property she's called home for 23 years, despite repeated calls from flannery. >> it's at the point of, they call me and say they're flannery, i hang up. >> reporter: she said she and several of her neighbors aren't about to give up their land. >> we have horses, goats, ducks, dogs. >> reporter: she has farm animals and has raised her children in this country setting. it is her own utopia. >> my property is too valuable to me as a person, as a land owner to give up to some big company. >> reporter: meanwhile, local, state, and federal officials have been meeting with the mastermind of the project, the ceo of california forever.

flannery's parent company, who told us last week, the project is a positive one. >> we're very excited about it. there have been a lot of concerns and speculation but it is a good plan. >> reporter: the city of fairfield released a statement yesterday pledging to keep the community informed. but dana says many feel local leaders have dropped the ball. >> they look the other way when this all started and didn't do anything. now they're waiting four years, five years later. and now they want to do something and find out what's going on and get information. i think it is a little late for them now. >> reporter: dana said she's not afraid of flannery or their strong-arm tactics and doesn't plan to budge. >> let us live our life out there in the country. just leave us alone. >> reporter: in solano county, nbc bay area news. one week into september, we've got a little bit of a warm-up. i think the temperature are where they should be. >> right now, pretty close to the averages.

the weekend, probably bear chance of seeing 90s across the valley. for tomorrow morning, plan on more low clouds and drizzle in a few spots. we're seeing a little of that around san francisco. but not in san jose. we're at 66 degrees toward the tri-valley. plan on a little patchy low cloud cover for the morning. 69 in livermore and a lot of low clouds right now. san francisco, a good strong onshore breeze. we've been seeing the pattern. more low clouds for the morning including our inland valleys and then sunshine heading toward the afternoon. probably hanging on to some patchy areas of coastal fog into the afternoon. the morning, pretty comfortable. mid 50s for most places with the cloud cover to start and then by lunch time. our highs tomorrow ranging from about 81 in san jose to 69 near

san francisco. 75 in oakland. mid to upper 80s out toward solano county and the tri-valley. by the weekend, we'll begin to see two changes we're watching. the first will come in the form of some tropical clouds coming our way from the remnants of hurricane jova off to the west of mexico. the category 3 storm looks pretty impressive. fast forward, it won't be impressive, not like tropical storm hilary. the moisture associated with it, by the time it gets to saturday, does start to move toward central and southern california. so for areas monterey county southward, stay tuned. we'll see some tropical clouds along the south bay. any chances of showers are along the central coast. if you're heading to the tahoe region, toward yosemite, a slight chance of thunderstorms on saturday. in terms the weekend warm-up, we should see highs approaching the low 90s inland.

for saturday, then by sunday, the temperatures climb up a little more into the low 90s for the inland east bay valleys. very likely, the warmest day of the week will be next monday where we have the temperatures climbing into the mid 90s around the inland east bay. mid 70s from san francisco to oakland and mid 80s in san jose, and much like the trend of the summer, we get the warm-ups and they fade away pretty quickly after two to three days. san francisco, a good example of that. tuesday, we cool off into next week. a little bit of a weekend warm-up. not too bad. we cool back down heading toward the beginning of next week. >> it is still summer. this is how it should be. a mix. temperatures. >> thanks. up next, the one-chip challenge. have you done it? a spicy, very spicy chip is being pulled off the shelves. that's the path that i would love to go. >> she's ready for paris.

simone biles' exclusive

. have you heard of the one chip challenge? the company behind it is pulling the chips off the shelves after the death of a teenager. the company called paqui makes extremely spicy chips made from two of the hottest chili peoplers in the world. they've been releasing these chips since 2015, challenging customers to see if they can handle the chips, or the chip. doctors have warned about kids getting sick and ending up in the hospital after trying it. the concerns were rsed again after the death of a 14-year-old boy in massachusetts. he passed out last friday after he ate a chip at home and then he died later at a hospital. the company noted the chip was meant for adults. a potential tiktok ban on state government phones and devices in california has now been shelved. sb 74 would ban tiktok and other

high-risk apps on california government devices. it was shelved before the legislature adjourns next week. the senate passed the bill in may with an urgency clause that would have had to take effect immediately after being signed by the governor. however, the bill has been moved to an inactive file to work out some of the amendments and it won't be considered again until next year. she is the goat and she is back on the mat. the greatest of all time. simone biles officially has her eyes on paris now. she just won her record eight u.s. championship last month. it was her first competition back since she with drew from tokyo olympics. she's previously been reluctant to discuss the games until today when she sat down with today's hoda kotb. >> if i had $5 in my hand and i'm going to vegas and i said i will bet someone will go to the

olympics or not? where would i put my $5? >> i would say that's the path that i would love to go so i wouldn't mind if you put it in the yay. >> oh! she's going to paris! >> we were hoping that was the case. >> you heard it. biles also told hoda that she's been working on her mental health since the tokyo game. the u.s. gymnastics team will be officially announce in the june in minneapolis. right now, biles is on the national team and they will start the road competing in worlds and then eventually the olympic trials and then that will be announced who goes to the olympics toward the end of july. up next, we go one-on-one with another goat. joe montana. the legend tells us what he does on game days and his thoughts about the current 49ers roster. also, president biden on his way to india and vietnam. way to india and vietnam. what

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good evening. if you're just joining us, we're in prime time following the nfl kickoff right here on nbc. >> we start with president biden on his way to india for the g-20 summit. he is expected to discuss global economic challenges and the war in ukraine. alice barr has the latest from washington. >> reporter: spotlight on foreign policy today as president biden leaves for the g-20 summit in india followed by a visit to vietnam. he will be focused on strengthening economic and security partnerships to counter china. the war in ukraine, another key topic among world leaders as secretary of state antony blinken wrapped up his two-day visit aimed at drawing attention back to the grueling conflict. >> we've seen the horrific human consequences of the russian aggression against ukraine. >> reporter: the secretary going to see a school basement where russian soldiers held more than

100 men, women and children, captive. >> threaten by weapons. they were putting people together in groups. >> reporter: the ukrainian anthem scrawled on the wall alongside the children's drawings. more than 500 days into the russian invasion. >> it is about the people. it is about the mothers. it is about the children. >> reporter: secretary blinken toured a newly cleared minefield on what used to be a farm and offered richard engel his assessment of the ukrainian counteroffensive that has struggled to push back russian forces. >> they knew this would be a hard fight. especially over the last couple weeks, we are seeing progress. i heard a great deal from president zelenskyy. >> reporter: lawmakers on capitol hill battle over billions more in ukraine aid. top senators had a classified briefing today on the status of the war in ukraine as lawmakers

remain deeply divided over whether to keep spending to support ukrainians' efforts, and whether that aid should be separated from domestic disaster relief funding. in washington, alice barr, nbc news. >> thank you very much. six months ahead of the march primary, two democrats are emerging as the first responders in the race to replace long-time democratic senator diane feinstein. according to the latest berkeley poll, representatives adam schiff and katie porter are neck in neck with support with 20% and 17% of likely voters. barbara lee of oakland sits at 7%. now, under california's top two systems, the two candidates with the most votes in the primary will be the ones to advance to the general election. sfpd has released new video from a shooting last week that left a man seriously wounded. >> trying to help you. hey! all these people are here for you. we want to get you some help.

>> that's part of the body cam video released by sfpd during a town hall meeting. you can hear the officer trying to talk down a suspect. witnesses called 911 after everett started to threaten people with a knife on jones street in the tenderloin. police say officers spent about 15 minutes trying to get him to surrender but when he started moving toward them, at least four officers fired with both guns and less than lethal bean bag rounds. >> his knife was on the ground next to his right hand. officers observed that the knife appeared to be tied or tethered to his right wrist with a belt. >> everett survived the shooting and is now in police custody. the officers who fired were identified as gabriel ortega and russell lucha. the case is being reviewed by the district attorney. an effort to crack down on fentanyl. governor newsom said he's putting more national guard troops along the southern border

to catch drug smugglers. they released this video showing him at the san ysidro point of entry. they expanded the national guard troops last year to help find and confiscate drugs along the border. he said that led to a 600% jump in drugs found, including nearly 29,000 pounds of fentanyl. today he announced he's increasing the number of troops from 40 to 60. spread out along four ports of entry in california. he said so far this year, they've seized nearly 12,000 pounds of fentanyl. 30 years. that is the sentence "that '70s show" star danny masterson. he was convicted of raping two women in his hollywood hills home. today the judge handed down the staxt she gave them maximum in both cases. 15 years to life to be served consecutively. prosecutors say it is justice for the women who he hurt 20 years ago.

>> i have gotten to know the victims in this case quite well over the years. and i can tell you, they're strong. they were committed to making sure that justice gets served and today they got it. >> masterson has denied raping the women. his lawyers say they plan to appeal the case. writers and actors unions are pushing for lawmakers to grant unemployment benefits to the striking workers. right now california workers do know receive unemployment pay while they're on strike. the current sag-aftra strike. a proposed bill would extend benefits to workers who have been on strike for at least two weeks. both the writers' guild of america and sag-aftra have opposed it. the bill passed the assembly today and must pass both houses of the legislature by september 14th. it was exciting and you saw it right here. the nfl season kicking off

tonight. the lines beat the chiefs. >> for the 49ers, their season begins sunday in pittsburgh. we got to sit down with the four-time super bowl champ joe montana. take a look. >> do you think you could take this team to the super bowl? >> it would be fun to try. let's put it that way. >> either now or back then. >> this team has the ability to go to the super bowl as long as you have someone who understands and knows how to drive the team. it would be fun. it would be fun to have those kinds of weapons again. it was fun with jerry and joe and grant. we had a great defense and that's the thing about this team. they have a pretty good defense. they would be fun to watch again. >> how do you think your career might have been different if you were to have these new rules that frequent quarterbacks?

you took so many violent hits. >> the biggest difference is i wouldn't have had 27 surgeries as of today. but it would be fun to play today as a quarterback, and the rules the way they are. we would have a pretty fun offense to watch. >> brock purdy, sensational last year. what makes him so effective? >> one of the things is the comfort in the offense and the understanding that he got pretty quickly. it is not easy to come in from college and learn a new offensive system and be able to form the way he did. so my hat is off to him. i think it is just predicting thing to come for people to watch and see. >> what does success look like for the niners this year? >> well, i think for the 49ers, and the players, they want to go, too. hopefully that happens for them. everybody thinks the way things ended last year, there was a

little clip on the shoulder that we want to get back there. and the team is pretty. intact from what it was. i think they had a fun team to watch. offensively and defensively. it will be an exciting year to be a 49er fan. >> thank you so much. >> that's so cool. >> we've only scratched the surface. that's what governor newsom says about artificial intelligence and he says he wants to dig even deeper. he signed an executive order to study the development of use and risk of certain times of ai by partnering with stanford and berkeley. agencies and departments would be asked to analyze potential threats on energy infrastructure. they'll then create general guidelines for public and for the public and state workers to use it. the governor says the goal is to further advance california as the world's ai leader. misleading political ads have been a concern but google

is preparing for a future with artificial intelligence as well. they would be upfront if e.i. was used in an ad. it can be used to make someone say something they didn't actually say or events that didn't actually happen. google says there must be a clear disclosure if used that way, placed in a spot where a viewer can't miss it. they didn't say what would happen if the campaign breaks the rules. up next, mexico is on track to elect its first woman president. and as we get toward the weekend, we're watching warming temperatures and how remnants from this hurricane offshore of ibo san lucas could

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finally home nearly 80 years after he died. the remains arrived today. the hearse headed to seaside and officers from several bay area police departments. quite a sight to see. his plane was shot down in september 1945 near the palau islands. search crews were not able to find the wreckage. in 2003 the operation recover found the plane but his remains weren't found until 2019. dna analysis confirmed it was him earlier this area. a funeral is set for next monday. mexico is making history. for the first time, the company is poised to elect a female president with two women about to run. one of the leading candidates, it turns out, has a bay area tie. >> reporter: it came as great

news in this largely immigrant community of san jose. many say mexico needs a big change. it is as if they are already celebrating at the shopping center in san jose. the news here, mexico is poised to elect its first woman to that nation's highest office. she says she likes it because it's always been a man occupying the presidency and she believes mexico needs change. home run friend maria agrees. the current president's party had nominated claudia sheinbaum. she also obtained a phd at berkeley. it is made up of three political parties with different ideologies. it nominated xochitl galvez.

he teaches studiesan politics. he believes affirmative action helped bring in this moment. >> a different level of government that they have where they have a requirement for there to be a certain number of female representatives. >> reporter: he says he feels that mexico is a male-dominated, somewhat misogynistic country. >> that's what a lot of outsiders are focusing on. if you look at the policies they've been passing recently, the last couple decades, there are significant amounts of progressive policies passed in mexico. >> reporter: we asked an old rancher from the state of durango what he thought. why do you like it? he says women are just better than men. an historic move south of the border that has the whole world watching. in the south bay, damian

trujillo. nbc bay area news. many small businesses have been left without a way to process purchases. there is a lower cost option for small businesses to take credit card purchases. the statement on the company's website, square said it began investigating the service disruption this morning. the companyaid it is still working on a fix and working to identify the cause of that disruption. businesses say they've lost almost a full day of business by not being able to process the transaction. the music industry is coming together to support maui. it comes nearly a month after the deadly wailed fires. the special event is being live streamed on youtube. it will feature appearances by ll cool j, mick fleetwood and more. the event will raise funds to support the maui strong fund which is providing immediate relief and aid. people can donate directly on the live stream watch page.

it will stream live on the official youtube channel beginning tomorrow evening. hawaii tourism official are urging people to come back and vacation and spend money. the lack of tourists is causing some restaurants ander too company to lay off worker. unemployment on maui is surging. nearly 8,000 people file for unemployment in august, compared to fewer than 300 people in august of last year. reimagining san francisco. a new citywide alliance announced plans to help improve the health of people and nature in the city. they've been working for more than a year and it is made up of other agencies and nonprofits. the presidio trust and even the exploratorium. tell highlights are making the city greener by 2040. >> it requires healthy human and vice versa. ultimately our shared vision is to increase the ecological help

of san francisco and equitably distribute the benefits of local name to all of. >> as a symbol of their goal, the native plants today. >> all right. rob mayeda is here. we have football. we have to wait another three days before the all the others. >> it's not that long of a wait. >> it is a long wait. >> we have two this week. >> and college football saturday. and more. >> okay. >> he's been doing sports. >> speaking of san francisco, tomorrow night, of course, we have giants baseball. let's see how things are looking where it is 56 degrees and look at the misty skies and fog. the ocean air conditioning on overdrive right now. there it is. giants baseball on nbc bay area, giants and rockies. we'll see similar temperatures that we had today with numbers

cooling through the low 60s and some patchy low clouds around game time. so it is looking pretty good with the typical sea breeze keeping things cool. tomorrow morning, it will involve some drizzle at times. especially around the peninsula and coast. sunshine inland and some pretty mild temperatures for one more day before temperatures claim. light jacket weather for the morning. you have the east bay temperatures and areas south of san ho in the 70s to near 80s. it should get into the mid to upper 80s. the warmest places tomorrow. fairfield and livermore, 81 degrees in san jose. 69 near san francisco, and 75 in oakland. the weekend will have a warm-up. you see 30th on the seven-day forecast. there is another complicating factor in that weekend forecast. with a becomes of moisture, remnant moisture from hurricane jova here. still a category 3. it will curve to the west of

baja california. it never really gets into california but it will lift away from the storm. that's what we're watching into saturday. you may notice in the south bay, the humidity may go up for a time. the best chance of showers staying off to the south and east of monterey. it may impact weekend plans. especially around yosemite. so watch for that. a chance of showers this weekend and the inland temperatures for the weekend, 80s to low nays. a little warm-up as we head toward sunday. mid 80s in san jose. mid 70s closer to san francisco. sunday and monday, the warmest days in the seven-day forecast. and then we cool down again. so it looks like we're saving the warmest weather for the weekend. and then cooling as we head toward the middle parts of next week. a bit of a warm-up. nothing too extreme. pretty good air quality and pleasant temperatures to be outside. >> any other game you missed? >> no. i'll have to check the schedule. >> do you want to do the lions

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that's a pick six. david montgomery punching it in for the lions. that's it. 21-20. the lions beat the chiefs in kc. here's goff. >> he's a hell of a player and he has been for a long time. and he can do it from time to time but our defense did it today. we've seen him like grow up, jared goff. the teams were without their star tight end, travis kelce. it didn't matter. the lions up next play the seahawks. the chiefs go to jacksonville. for the 49ers, they open up in pittsburgh. and the raiders open the season sunday in denver. up next, a little musical magic about to be sprinkled around san francisco where you will see a bunch of

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a twisted trail of betrayal and greed. where would it lead? i'm lester holt, and this is "dateline." >> i just got home, and i opened the door, and my husband is dead on the floor.

>> his torso was laying in the hallway in a pool of blood. >> i didn't believe it. did he hit his head? did he have a heart attack? >> i said, "something's wrong. something's wrong. >> i think in the back of my mind, i already knew it wasn't a natural death. >> there's two bullets in his body. two different calibers. >> reporter: wait a minute. two guns. does that mean two shooters? >> one could argue that. there was a seething hatred. >> reporter: there was some planning at work here? >> for quite some time. it was a game. everybody else was basically collateral damage. >> it just destroyed my heart. i'm angry now. and i was never a very angry person. ♪ >> here's keith morrison with, "the secret keepers." ♪ >> reporter: it was a warm colorado morning on the ripe

side of summer. the road beneath his wheels, the vast blue canopy above, renewed possibilities in his heart. randy baker, recovering heart patient, cruised through the sun to the job he loved. better now. back to sweet routine. so why this morning fatigue? randy felt the warm day wrap his big body like a sleeping pill. he struggled to lift his leaden eyelids. so tired, so tired. >> what was told to me was that he probably fell asleep and swerved. >> reporter: it could have been catastrophic. it wasn't. his pontiac took a ding. but the cops who responded said he seemed okay. >> these officers had made sure he was all right and essentially let him off with a warning. >> reporter: perhaps those cops didn't know.

it was the fifth time he'd dozed off at the wheel. his fifth brush with death in a month. lucky for a moment. here on the last day of his life. >> 9-1-1, what is your name? >> kelly baker. >> reporter: next morning, wednesday, august 16, 2017. 8:30am. >> ok, tell me exactly what happened. >> i just got home. and i opened the door. and my husband is dead on the floor. >> reporter: officer doug medhurst of the greeley, colorado police got the call. found the big quiet house at the end of a fine, leafy cul-de-sac, where a shaken kelly baker was waiting. >> when i got here, kelly baker was sitting on the steps over there. >> reporter: just right there? >> i asked her what had happened. and she told me her husband randy baker was dead in the house. >> reporter: she'd been away overnight. and in the morning, she opened the garage door. and there he was.

>> so randy baker was layin' right here. his torso was layin' in the hallway. and his head was inside the door frame here, was right in front of -- >> reporter: a little -- >> that sink. >> reporter: pool of blood down there, huh? >> in a pool of blood. he was layin' on his right side and obviously dead. he had a bag a fast food with him and a drink cup from the local fast food restaurant. >> reporter: as if he'd just picked up his dinner. >> it's what it looked like to me. he was layin' on the floor with that spilled next to him and his cell phone layin' there. >> reporter: kelly, the victim's wife, gave officer medhurst a little background. randy had a bad heart. his health was failing. and he'd been falling asleep at the wheel. >> i continued to talk to kelly. and randy's sister carol baker had arrived. >> reporter: as the women huddled with officer medhurst, trying to make sense of this awful thing, the coroner's investigator arrived. >> i told him of the health issues. and i believe he spoke to kelly baker as well. and then he did a cursory examination. and he told me that he thought

possibly -- he died of natural causes with all the health issues. >> reporter: did that surprise you? >> well, wasn't sure. i mean, it was possible with the health issues. but i didn't really know at that time. could be anything. >> reporter: indeed. kelly called randy's daughter, her stepdaughter. betty winick knew her dad's heart would eventually give out. >> i pictured the day for a really long time, but you never can picture it. i was angry. i didn't think i'd be angry. but i just remember yelling at my husband to get there faster. 'cause i didn't believe it. >> reporter: i'm just trying to put in context what that morning must have been like for you. it just can't put -- i can't. >> i put on a strong face for people though. so because there was -- kelly was there. my aunt carol was there. and the police were still there. i -- i broke down for a split second and then composed myself.

and i was okay. >> reporter: she had to tell her mother, dori, about randy's death. it wasn't easy. dori and randy had divorced years before. but she still loved him. >> i could tell she's been cryin'. i said, "betty's what's wrong?" and she goes, "dad's gone." and i said, "no, no." and she goes, "mom, they found him this morning. but i said, "betty, something's wrong. something's wrong. something's wrong. >> reporter: thing is, back at the house that morning, officer medhurst was thinking the very same thing especially after kelly told him the pontiac was missing along with his keys and his wallet. could be some innocent reason of course. he had dinged his car. so maybe he had taken it in for repairs. >> so i ask kelly if there was a mechanic that randy used. and she named a local mechanic. and i called them. and i said, "is this car there?" and they said, "no, it wasn't there." >> reporter: so where was it? had he driven it home? did he have it when he bought his mexican takeout?

the owner of the restaurant showed me their video surveillance. i was able to find a car. it appeared to be randy's driving through the drive-thru to get an order matching the food that i found next to him, his body. so now you know a lot more. i knew the car had made it to greeley. >> reporter: and probably all the way home, with randy. but after that? >> i had no idea. >> reporter: two days later, medhurst got the news. during the autopsy, the medical examiner had taken a closer look, scraped the blood away from randy's head and shoulder. and what do you know? >> my phone started ringin' off the hook. and the investigation sergeant notified me that randy had died from two gunshot wounds. >> reporter: what did you think when you heard that? >> i thought, "boy, i was right." >> reporter: natural causes? please. this was murder.

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>> reporter: betty winick's father had a very bad heart. she knew she could lose him soon. thought she was ready.

but, she wasn't, not at all. grief like a sledgehammer. >> i don't know if you watch grey's anatomy, but that term, "my person." yes, he was my person. so i went to him for anything and everything. >> reporter: of course, police knew randy had been shot to death and his killer must have taken his car, but they didn't tell betty, or the rest of the family. not right away. >> they kept asking about guns, and i was like, "all right, this is weird." >> reporter: so after a couple of hours, they told you what? >> my father's case was considered a murder case. i think in the back of my mind i already knew it wasn't a natural death. >> reporter: by this time, detectives had pieced together randy's final hours. had collected security camera footage showing randy leaving work at about 5:35 p.m., and that video from the mexican take-out place at 7:30. >> thank you so much for choosing santiago's. >> reporter: the restaurant is about a ten minute drive from the house, meaning randy must

have been murdered around 7:45. but by whom? the answer, police knew, might depend a lot on randy himself, something in his behavior, his life, which betty told them, had been rough sometimes. >> he was a counselor since i was four or five. >> reporter: what kind of counseling did he do? >> drug and alcohol addiction counseling. >> reporter: he had some experience with that? >> yes, he had a lot of experience with that, so. >> reporter: what did you know about that? >> not a lot. he didn't like to talk about it. just that he almost died. >> reporter: when randy was 28, a strapping bear of a man, 6'5" tall, he was a lineman for the local power company. dori baker, betty's mother and randy's first wife, could tell that story. >> he was on the line and -- and he got a jolt. he -- he -- he was electrocuted. >> reporter: he was never the same after that. heart permanently damaged, terrible pain, depression.

not hard to guess the next part. he tried to escape his misery with drugs. >> there was just so much pain there. and he didn't know what to do with it. >> reporter: he wallowed in his addiction. got so bad he was even dealing drugs. but then, after three hard years, he cleaned up his life. no more drugs or dealing, and that's when he promised to help others get clean too. it's what made him a committed counselor, as much as anything else, yeah? >> pretty much, pretty much. >> reporter: randy helped a lot of people. strangers, friends, family. one of his nephews, having trouble with drugs himself, texted this father's day wish in 2015. "my dearest uncle, not only have you been a role model and inspiration to me, but the closest person i have ever had as a real father figure. thank you for believing in me and happy father's day." so randy triumphed over his demons. even got his health back, and

then one day a local hairdresser named kelly entered their lives. >> reporter: and she actually cut your dad's hair, and your mom's hair too? >> yes, yup. we lived a few houses away from each other. >> reporter: well, tell me about her. >> very cute, very sweet and quiet. and when i saw kelly actually look at my husband with the look that -- i knew i was in trouble. >> reporter: what was the look? >> she was gaga over my man. and i said, yeah, it's over. >> reporter: she was right. dori found herself replaced by kelly the hairdresser. >> it broke my heart. i -- i was very depressed. >> reporter: were you angry at him for a while? >> i think i was young enough that i didn't understand it. we were actually pretty close. they were married 18 years. i called her mom. >> reporter: kelly set up her new hair salon in randy's basement, and randy reveled in his new life. kelly, her kids, his kid and the

other love of his life, his harley. >> harley davidson road king, i think, like, '95. it was his thing, and he didn't ride it often, especially the last, like, ten years, 'cause he was sick. >> reporter: his heart again, cardiomyopathy. wasn't easy, for him or kelly. >> he was on many medications. she would do, like, clean -- the house was pretty big. and, you know, she would be the caretaker, even though he didn't need one. >> reporter: but betty said randy wanted kelly to care for him, and she did for years, until she just couldn't anymore. >> she was 11 years younger, and i think it was starting to get to her that she was still kind of pretty young. >> reporter: it was in the spring of 2017, when randy was recovering from open heart surgery, that kelly said she couldn't take it anymore, and moved out. >> and at first i was like, "i i could kind of understand that.

>> reporter: but two months later, randy was dead, and police were calling in family members to tell them exactly how he died. kelly had trouble dealing with it. still, they asked for her help. >> i can't -- i can't do it. i just can't. >> reporter: but she calmed herself, and she did mention randy's dedication to his job. >> he was a very good counselor and he wanted to change and help these people. >> reporter: but, said kelly, he'd been one of them once. so maybe he'd made some enemies. >> he was a huge drug dealer. >> okay. >> and i don't -- i just thought maybe it's just a possibility somebody got released because if randy didn't go to prison, then he must have narc'd on, or maybe that's not the right word. >> reporter: and then, they looked at the bullets that killed randy baker more closely. he wasn't shot with a gun.

there were two. two guns. so a drug-related hit? maybe kelly was on to something. coming up. >> reporter: two shooters? >> one could argue that. >> another side of randy baker. >> i just couldn't take it anymore. >> and another man enters the picture. >> have you been seeing anyone else? else? >> do i have to answer that? here in the bay, our cars take us and all of our stuff where

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>> reporter: randy baker's life began in the same random way all life begins. but its end? that was no accident. somebody, or somebodies, made double sure with two bullets from two different guns. does that mean two shooters? >> one could argue that. >> reporter: you didn't know. >> no. >> reporter: veteran detectives chris onderlinde and mike prill were assigned to the case. it was still early. lot to figure out. >> we're still just trying to get ahead of the ballgame or

catch up -- and find out what everyone's statements are. where were they? what issues there may or may not be there. >> reporter: first they had to clear the usual suspects. they'd brought kelly in of course. she was the murdered man's spouse. so would she benefit from his death? did randy have any, like, life insurance policies or anything like that? >> yes. there was actually two. but they're $5,000 each. so a total of $10,000. >> pretty nominal amounts. >> reporter: so not really worth killing somebody for -- >> right. >> reporter: as for their relationship, well, kelly offered a different view of randy. >> so you're separated. what was the reason for the separation? >> randy was just kind of mean and i just couldn't take it anymore. >> reporter: she explained that randy was not necessarily nice to her. often that he was volatile. that she had moved out of the home and was staying with her friend, teri. then, about an hour and a half into the interview, the detective kinda off handedly

asked kelly a question she clearly didn't want to answer. >> have you been seeing anyone else? >> do i have to answer that? >> what's that? >> do i have to answer that? >> you don't have to. >> i'm not answering. >> reporter: well, now, that was interesting. a non-answer like a neon sign. couldn't ignore that. >> i don't wanna be a jerk or anything, but it's just the harsh reality of this drill. so is there someone we need to talk to? >> yeah. teri's brother, clint laeger. >> reporter: what did you think when you heard that? >> unfortunately, it's not an uncommon thing. okay. she's -- she's having an affair. does that -- does that mean clint could be a suspect? well, obviously we're gonna ask and talk to him. >> reporter: and they did. and clint admitted the affair. he and kelly were together, in bed, all night the night her husband was murdered. kelly baker, meanwhile, told her step daughter, betty, what it was like to get what felt to her like the third degree. >> she was like, "they almost treated me like a suspect." she was like, "i guess that's

normal though, 'cause i'm the -- like, was almost an ex-wife, and i had left." >> reporter: betty's head was in a haze during those first few days after her father's death. and desperate to have something to remember him by, she asked if she could have her dad's harley. and so it was a shock when her stepmom told her it was gone. >> she said that he sold it and that it's not in her hands. she knew nothing about the sale, essentially is what she told me. >> reporter: and that was the last of it? >> yes. yup. >> reporter: odd. why would he sell his prized bike? and then, just as the detectives were starting to dig into that puzzle, what do you know? five days after randy baker was murdered, somebody found his missing pontiac. >> this is randy baker's pontiac g-6. this is the one he was driving the day he was murdered. >> reporter: so how does it wind up here in the police lot? >> a citizen actually called from south greeley and spotted it in a -- in an alley down by the college.

it had been abandoned. the plates had been removed. and the key was locked in on -- inside on the floorboard. and the car had obviously been wiped down. >> reporter: who ditched the car? the investigators didn't know. but the police asked the public for help. and a few days later, a tip came in. randy's pontiac had been listed for sale on facebook. >> and so we followed up on that facebook post and tracked down this -- this female that was trying to offload randy's car. >> i -- i didn't know. i really -- >> don't start. don't try the tears. i don't want to get to that extent -- and that led to yet another career criminal to another to another. >> reporter: a motley crew. they brought them in. asked some personal questions like, "where were you when randy was shot? how'd you get the car?" and that's when this ragged band of walking felonies offered up a true shocker. they'd gotten the car, they

said, from someone close to randy baker. someone not named kelly. coming up -- >> cell phone secrets reveal a loved one with no love lost for randy. >> the phone records were confirming that there was a seething hatred between the two.

>> reporter: families can be such a fascinating little study, can't they? most are warm, protective, loving. but randy baker's family? well, consider this. the person who gave randy baker's car to those criminal bottom feeders was none other than his big sister, carol. >> she had received the car within about two hours of randy's murder. >> reporter: and she's gotta be involved in this somehow. >> right. >> reporter: how did carol baker get her dead brother's car?

investigators didn't know, but they had reached at least one conclusion. >> carol's a little simple. >> reporter: she have a little trouble keeping up with things? >> yeah. she seemed to answer questions fine, but at the same time, i think at one point she even said, "i'm slow." >> reporter: really? >> yeah. >> reporter: and then there was something else. >> we were learning that randy and carol's relationship was -- was strained - - so much so that they preferred not to be around each other >> reporter: betty said the tension between randy and carol went way back to their childhood days. >> and he would talk about how she secretly loved being an only child, and once he came she, like, hated it, was his version. and then she would talk about how she would pick on him. >> reporter: not the best sibling relationship. >> no. >> reporter: once grown, randy went his way, carol went hers. randy ended up in college, carol did odd jobs. both married and started families, but said randy's first wife dori, carol could never leave well enough alone. >> she tried to ruin everything.

she tried to ruin our relationship from the beginning. >> reporter: it worked. carol was the one who introduced kelly, the hairdresser, to randy. betty was just a little kid when her father married kelly. but she was old enough to see her dad's relationship with his sister did not improve. >> it was kind of kelly and carol versus my dad a lot. and it became that way big time once all of us kids were out of the house. >> reporter: now that certainly caught detective prill's attention. carol did not like randy and carol had access to his house. who was the last person known to have been in the house before the shooting occurred? >> carol. >> reporter: that's right, carol told detective onderlinde she'd gone to the house that night to do some chores for kelly. >> she was, you know, the last person at the house, roughly an

hour before randy was murdered. she drew the blinds, put the dog in the kennel. >> reporter: the hounds had the scent, or so they thought. all they needed were the granular details. and that's when the investigation took a deep dive into the greatest keeper of secrets in the 21st century. the cell phone. >> they have to have those phones. >> reporter: you take 'em away, my goodness. >> and what's inside? what stories they tell. >> reporter: detective prill's specialty is phone forensics. meaning, he can coax those phones to give up who was calling whom and when and where they were what they said in text messages. the detective hunkered down in his cubicle. how much time did you spend in here? >> somewhere around 12 hours a day, seven days a week, for a month. >> reporter: the detective had seen his share family spats and lusty intrigues over the years. but, he'd never seen anything quite like the story told by those cell phones that spring and summer kelly and carol, exchanged roughly 4,500 text messages. an average of 50 a day. how close were these women? >> well, the 4,500 text messages

alone is -- >> reporter: yeah. >> -- mind numbing. but the -- the constant -- exchange of i love you's, i love you, sister, i love you, sissy, i love you to the moon and back. >> reporter: and while that was going on, kelly was also texting her husband randy, who was still recovering from that open heart surgery. no hearts and flowers there. >> she's saying, it's been 14 years. do you hear me? 14 years. i don't want any more death. so i shut you out. >> reporter: wow. >> at 8:48, she's saying that, but then she's telling carol, "i love you so much." >> reporter: that was two months before the murder, right about when kelly had moved out of the house. through texts, prill could plainly see that randy still had hopes of salvaging the marriage. >> it was difficult to read through his inner feelings for her. he didn't want her gone. he wanted her home. >> reporter: right here at his desk, mike prill was seeing what looked to him like, motive. >> the phone records were -- were confirming that there was a seething hatred between the two,

towards randy. >> reporter: still, both kelly and carol had unassailable alibis. carol had been with her aunt at the time of the murder. kelly had been miles away with her lover. but then, detective prill found this. >> this message carol sent to kelly baker, where it said, "put it under sonia." and then a phone number. >> reporter: "put it under sonia." put what under sonia? >> well, about ten minutes after that message, kelly baker added this phone number in her contacts under the name "sonia." >> reporter: who in heaven's name was sonia? coming up -- an arrest in the case. >> he just ran into the garage, dumped his vest that had a .357 revolver inside of it, and came out and surrendered. >> reporter: so who was the killer? >> i just remember him telling me. >> reporter: feel like falling off the bench? >> yes. >> when "dateline" continues.

♪ >> reporter: all those hours spent poking around kelly and carol's phones were yielding splendid results.

like the name sonia. who was she? well, in fact she was a he. and not exactly a guy you'd bring home to your mother. >> he had ties with -- a white supremist gang prominent in colorado, a prison gang by the name of 211 crew. >> reporter: he goes by "griz." but his mother named him kelly. and who would his mother be? >> he's -- a s -- a biological son of carol baker. >> reporter: yep. carol's son and randy's nephew. >> not a nice guy. >> no. >> reporter: griz had a long prison stretch under his belt for attempted murder -- he also, on close examination, had a significant presence on that string of text messages prill uncovered. >> i came to realize that carol was forwarding text messages

from griz to kelly baker. >> messages to do what? >> well, in the end, it was certain to me, to murder randy. >> reporter: police here in greeley had never seen anything like it. a wayward wife, a dim-witted sister, a gang-banger nephew, had they all conspired to kill their uncle/brother/husband? about five weeks after randy's murder, police brought kelly back in. and she was chatty as she offered up more theories about the murder. >> i leave my garage door open. what if somebody was in the garage when i left at 5:45? >> reporter: at this point, detectives did not show their cards. they had a plan. >> i wish you guys luck. >> oh, thanks. well, i'm glad you're doing fairly well all things considered. >> reporter: next, they brought in carol, randy's sister. they let her believe they had connected her son griz to the murder and then they let her think that kelly had just sold her out. and that's when carol folded like a cheap tent. said the mastermind behind the

murder was kelly. >> why did she feel she had to murder randy baker? >> she said he'd never leave her alone. >> reporter: and after implicating her sister-in-law, carol gave up her own flesh and blood, her son kelly raisely, aka "griz." >> so that was the plan. that -- that kelly raisley was gonna shoot and kill him. is that correct? >> or some other way. >> okay. >> i think i need an attorney. >> you do? okay. well, you're under arrest for first degree murder and conspiracy for first degree murder. >> reporter: they arrested kelly that same day, and charged her with murdering her husband. and after they gave randy's daughter betty the news. >> and i just remember sitting down and him telling me like, "we've arrested -- kelly and carol." >> feel like falling off the bench? >> yes. i stared at my phone for quite a while, shaking. >> reporter: and griz -- was holed up at a friend's house near denver. >> the house was surrounded. he just ran into the garage,

dumped his -- vest that had a .357 revolver inside of it-- and came out and surrendered. >> reporter: griz stewed in jail for seven months. and then he wrote to prosecutor robb miller. >> he wrote a letter exaggerating how he committed the crime, but ultimately admitting to it, saying, "i've been played by these two ladies--" >> reporter: pretty soon griz was cutting a deal. arrangements were made for -- griz to confess the entire murder in exchange for -- the state not pursuing the death penalty. >> reporter: griz was specific. his mother and kelly had pushed him to do the killing. mom drove him to the scene, dropped him off -- and he shot randy as he walked in the door. >> did you honestly know you had hit him in the head when you fired? >> i seen it. >> reporter: and to solve the mystery posed by the forensics -- two guns equaled two shooters? nope. >> why'd you bring two guns?

>> um. i always have two guns on me. >> reporter: that's just how he rolls. and after the killing, he explained, he drove off in randy's pontiac. there was one more revelation, too. remember randy's beloved harley, the one he supposedly sold? >> were you approached ultimately, and talked about what you'd be paid for doing this? >> kelly would give me the $10,000 and the motorcycle. >> reporter: griz really wanted that harley. but he also wanted to get something off his chest, and that part is still hard to figure. >> it was important to him that people knew that randy was a great guy. >> reporter: he was, in fact, the same nephew who sent randy that nice father's day text two years earlier -- not only have you been a role model and inspiration to me, but the closest person i have ever

had as a real father figure. >> how did griz explain the fact that he could kill someone after he had this great relationship with him? >> he believed that kelly and carol baker manipulated him, fed him information that he now knew was not true; that -- that randy was abusive to both carol and kelly. >> reporter: police had also developed a more solid theory about motive. kelly, remember, had told police the life insurance was only about $10,000. >> as you dug in, what'd you find? >> we found six policies. >> what? >> yeah. they totaled more than $130,000. >> wow. >> right. >> who was the beneficiary of all these policies? >> kelly. >> reporter: the house, too, of course, at the end of that green and quiet cul-de-sac. lots of equity. >> she was looking at somewhere near $400,000 with randy dead -- >> reporter: so, a murder mystery solved? why no indeed. kelly said she was innocent. a victim herself.

detective prill didn't buy it. >> prill continued: this woman could enter a room and whisper lies to every ear in there and turn everyone against everyone else but kelly. she would control the room with her lies and remarkably, no one caught onto it. >> reporter: now all she had to do was work her magic on the jury. coming up -- the widow baker spins a frightening tale. >> he slammed his hands as hard as he could on the table looked me right in the eye and said, "i will kill you and then i will kill myself." >> she's a manipulator. to her it was a game. >> who would win? trust falls? really? ah, come on, jack. it'll be great for morale. if i wanted to raise morale, i'd offer a choice of two sandwiches, plus curly fries, a taco, and a drink for only $6. fantastic. thanks, jack! i trusted you guys. try my $6 jack pack today.

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♪ >> reporter: as the harsh colorado winter melted into spring, a curious cast of characters filed in to the weld county courthouse. here was a family turned circular firing squad, finger-pointing blame for the sordid events that ended randy

baker's life. >> sometimes, life is stranger than fiction. >> reporter: kelly baker had pleaded not guilty, denied she had a thing to do with the murder. well, armed with confessions and plea deals from carol baker and her son. attorney thea carrasco and ada robb miller aimed to prove that in fact kelly was the ring leader of this gang of deadly relatives. >> randy baker's own wife and his own sister were plotting with his own nephew to give this woman the day she felt like she had waited far too long for already. >> reporter: little bit byzantine or something. there was some -- planning at work here? >> for quite some time. >> reporter: for three long months. and plan a was -- well, odd. remember those falling-asleep car accidents? the prosecutors said kelly spiked randy's morning smoothies with overdoses of his own meds, hoping an accident would kill him.

randy's nephew griz thought that one up. >> they were sweet, anyway. you can't even taste them. and they're not going to do a toxicology looking or them because he was already on them. >> reporter: when that didn't work. griz finished the job with two bullets. >> do you swear or affirm under penalty of perjury. >> reporter: now, prosecutors just needed him to say all the same things to the jury. fine plan. but listen to what happened. >> do you recall having discussions with your mom or kelly baker about a plan to harm randy baker? >> no. i don't. >> reporter: griz was clamming up. he knew if he, quote-unquote, "snitched" that it would be a rough rest of his natural life in prison. >> reporter: over and over, griz played dumb. >> you got a harley davidson for this murder is that right? >> i got a harley davidson, correct. >> reporter: the prosecutors did

what they could. they played griz's confession tape for the jury. >> kelly would give me the $10,000. and the motorcycle. >> reporter: dear mother was a little more talkative. about how kelly was at the end of her rope that summer before randy's murder. >> we talked about how she can't believe he's still alive and you know, he's sickly. and he just doesn't want to be here anymore. >> we got to know the real kelly baker. what became clear to us, is that she's a manipulator. >> reporter: so they called her a puppet master, a liar, a killer. question was, would the jury believe it? but now, the defense got its turn. and attorney robert ray turned loose his very best counterattack. kelly baker herself. >> kelly baker had to take the stand in this case in my -- my view. >> reporter: the jury was about to get a first-hand look at a different kelly baker, demure,

kind, long suffering. hers was a very different story. about herself not as killer, but as a patient caretaker. she talked about randy in the early days... >> what was your life like during that time period? >> it was great. it was a really good marriage with him being a therapist and a counselor. we had our small issues with blending and disciplining our kids but other than that for ourselves, we loved each other very much. >> reporter: but then her life, she said, began to resemble the sad bits of cinderella. and her randy was no prince charming. >> he was somewhat controlling, he wanted to tell me who i could be with and how i could do things, going out to eat with somebody else, or movie night, or having the girls over. i was never allowed to do anything like that.

>> was there ever any violence in your marriage? >> there was a small amount yes. >> what kind of violence? >> well he wanted to physically stop me from leaving if we were having an argument. >> reporter: and that summer of 2017 kelly said she just needed a change. but when she talked to randy about it? >> he slammed his hands as hard as he could on the table, scared the crap out of me. he looked me right in the eye and, "i will kill you, and then i will kill myself because i have nothing to lose." >> reporter: so with her good friend carol at her side, kelly fled. she was moving on, but that decision weighed on her. >> i was still feeling lost. you know? am i doing the right thing? am i making the right decision? >> reporter: and despite her plan for a new life, she insisted, she swore, she loved randy. and she did not kill him. >> she didn't know anything about the planned murder kelly baker just found the body that morning when she came to the house.

>> reporter: and really, what physical evidence did the prosecutors have? well one little something. a killer's mistake. an excess of impatient greed. yeah, so the -- the check. >> the $420 check was a huge piece of evidence in the case. >> reporter: here was their proof, said the prosecutors. and you didn't need to believe carol or griz for this one. just follow the money -- and pay attention. >> there were two text messages from randy where he told her that he was coming home with the $420 check. >> reporter: that's right, the day he was murdered, randy told kelly he'd have the check in his wallet, $420, when he got home. but remember, he left his wallet in the car. and then griz killed randy and took the car -- drove away with the wallet and the check. >> at 3:46 in the afternoon on august 16th, the same day that kelly baker found randy's body, she cashed this $420 check.

>> reporter: so how did kelly get that check? in her final moments of cross examination, carrasco used kelly herself to lay out the the prosecution's theory. >> that means that you deposited a check from a dead man's wallet right? >> correct. >> a wallet that was missing, right? >> right. >> from a car that was stolen? >> correct. >> stolen by a killer. >> correct. >> who shot your husband. >> correct. >> in a murder you claim you had absolutely nothing to do with? >> right. >> i'm done with this witness, judge. >> reporter: almost like you were disgusted. >> i was, and i think the jury was at that point. because to her it was a game. >> reporter: and when the game was over -- kelly lost. >> we the jury find the dftd kelly baker guilty of murder in the first degree. >> reporter: guilty. kelly was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. and despite his witness amnesia, griz got exactly the same sentence. carol baker got 30 years.

at sentencing, betty winick brought to court, the namesake randy baker got toe meet. >> this is randal james. >> reporter: betty clings to her new baby randy, her daughters and her husband -- but it's hard she said-- missing her dad. >> this situation has made me feel like i'm not in control of anything in my life. and the one person who made me feel like i could be in control of it was him. and i can't call him to see if i'm handling this the right way. >> reporter: although, i must tell you, as you were sitting here talking, you've been calling on him. again and again. >> i like to think that. >> reporter: and in the end, for all her smiles and boundless good manners -- randy baker's daughter is just as tough as he was. maybe tougher. maybe she just doesn't know it

yet. that's all for now. i'm lester holt. thanks for joining us.