. >> three weeks later, david pietz returned to court for his senten presiding judge michae expressedisgust that strangled his wife, him. >> i don't know what w through her head as sh into the face of the m thought she loved as h life away. accordingly, the sente be -- >> judge haden sentenc pietz to 18 years in p maximum time allowed i second-degree murder c before her daughter's killer was led away, n mother had this to. >> i've let david take for the last seven and years. but i'm not going to any david, i forgive you. i'm not going to allow let you rule my life a. >> but gayle says she still like to ask her son-in-law a final que >> i wish david would why. and how could he ever a nice person. i mean, nici was -- wa good person. >> the hardest question, the "why?" the coldest fact, the woman gone too soon. >>> that's all for now. i'm lester holt. thanks f >>> gunfire at a popular san francisco. police searching for the gunman. plus a safety violations we uncovered at the chevron refinery. after two amusement ride accidents why you s ♪ what should i watch? show me sports. it's so flu