a u-haul receipt with dave simmons' name and number.he accounting of mike's cell phone bill from december 2001 right before he disappeared, which showed a number of phone calls with that same telephone number. >> you gave detective wilson all the documentation you had. >> yes. >> unfortunately, ellen no longer had the voice mail, the one she claims to have discovered on mike's cell phone. the sexually explicit one from dave simmons. >> the only proof that they had a relationship is the voice mails, which don't exist anymore. >> well, i think people if they knew mike, would know that he would never send anybody money ever unless there was some sort of relationship there. >> so mike was supporting this guy? >> i never found enough money that he was supporting him, but he was definitely helping him out. >> police tell us ellen's information didn't lead anywhere. the detective didn't locate mike in the caribbean, and when he tried to contact dave simmons from phoenix, he never got a response. that same albuquerque journal article, the one t

i told him that i know aut you and dave simmons. i know that you're gay. >> ellen recently had grown more courageous in her dealings with mike. on this night, she confronted her husband over what she says was a secret gay affair. >> i'm yelling at him and he's yelling at me. i said i'm going to tell everybody. i'm going to tell everybody about you. and he's telling me you will never tell anybody about you, you are not going to tell anything. there is nothing to tell. he's denying it. he's screaming at me. i have never seen him so angry ever. >> she says she ran to the bedroom and got the gun from the closet. the gun that her colleague frank had loaned her. >> i said i have a gun. he's laughing at me telling me i'm a coward. that i'm never ever going to tell anybody >> he's like taunting you? >> he's taunting me. >> saying you don't have the courage to shoot me? >> calling me, you know, a [ bleep ]. telling me what a rotten person i am. screaming at me. >> and in that moment of fear, ellen says, she pulled the trigger. not once, not

dave simmons and his family stayed up all night fighting the fire themselves. >> stopped trees from burning, put out grass, kept propane tank from blowing up. >> scary, especially blow all the embers at you. >> reporter: lost power and water and had to pump from the pool. house been in family for generations. it's okay. >> grandparents' house. grew up with all the neighbors. it's just hard. >> reporter: wind really kicked around this fire is we're seeing things like this, house totally destroyed but some homes and back yards completely spared, not touched whatsoever. it's eerie sight in this napa neighborhood by mt. george. we're seeing neighbors trying to come together and help each other but there's really no cell phone service out here. people meeting on the streets before the road closures to share information, anything they can tell friends and neighbors about the status of their homes. reporting live in napa, elissa harrington, abc7 news. >> nothing can replace lives. we know of four confirmed deaths as result of the fires. >> dan noyes is live with more of the unfortunate victims. >>

dave us. >> great answers. >> wayne simmons?pleasure. >> appreciate it. >> toughest player, i thought woe say pat gallen. missed opportunity right there all right, coming up later on at 6:00 we will continue to talk about the sixers, as they get set to take on the memphis grisslies in their first pre pre-season game of the pre-season. we will talk about wayne simmons, wayne simmons, excuse me, ben simmons, the other simmons in town. but for now, coming to you live from the wells fargo center, don bell, cbs 3, eyewitness sports. >> don't worry. that will happen a lot this year, though problem. thank you, sir. o.j. simpson talks about what his life is like after prison, coming up the in next half hour. >> plus, we know powerful sense of smell, uses their noses to alert humans about possible health problems, when "e ayep, and my teeth are yellow.? time for whitestrips. crest glamorous white whitestrips are the only ada-accepted whitening strips proven to be safe and effective. and they whiten 25x better than a leading whitening too