i sat down with dennis murphy. he says scott stalked his victims in his own backyard. >> his m.o. was to put on his gear the ski mask with only the eyes showing, and crawl around the backyards of the neighborhoods where he lived. he would see the people during the day and at night he had this secret life and he was out there. >> you can watch more on tonight's "dateline" starting at 10:00 right here on nbc 4. >>> 4:48 now. today is a special one for the men and women who protect lawmakers, staff and visitors every day on capitol hill. the latest group of u.s. capitol police academy cadets will graduate. the ceremony starts today at 11:00. it will include awards presentations for marks man ship driving, academics and physical fitness. and the retirement of colors by the ceremonial unit. congrats. >>> back to business as usual for governor mcauliffe. a spokesman says the governor resumed his schedule of meetings and private events after he was released from the hospital yesterday. mcauliffe posted these pictures on flickr with some school kids at the executive mansion. he broke seve

"dateline's" dennis murphy stoped by our studios saying scott stalked his victims in his own backyard. >> his m.o. was to put on his gear right? the ski masks, only the eyes showing, and crawl around the backyards of the neighborhoods where he lived. would see the people during the day. and at night, had this secret life and was watch more on tonight's "dateline" starting at 10:00 right here on nbc 4. >>> we have a whooping cough warning. an anne arundel say it's include aglow-grade fever, runny nose and persistent cough, can be life threatening to infants and young children. call your doctor if you think you or your children may have it. >>> target says they are listening to what they're customers want and need. we'll tell you about the new clothing line and year-round schooling is closer to a reality for some students in northern virginia. how one school system is trying to make the changes that include a shorter summer break. >>> many of you with children in montgomery county schools, seems like you're glad when school does get started. i guess most parents feel that way, but in mo

i sat down with correspondent dennis murphy. he says scott stalked his victims in his own backyard. >> his m.o. was to put on his gear the ski mask so only the eyes showing. and crawl around the black yards of the neighborhoods where he lived. he would see the people during the day. and at night, he had some secret life and he was out there. >> you can watch more on tonight's dateline starting at 10:00 right here on nbc 4. and remember this case as he sort of stalked mothers and daughters. he'll do time for killing two. so just a really interesting behinds scenes look at this case. >>> let's check in with tom kierein for a look at the forecast. >> in my 32 years of frfting winter storms, every single one of them has its own personality. this one will be giving us a nasty mix of some snow some sleet and some icing. right now the storm team 4 radar is showing the leading edge of a lot of rain now into tennessee, it's into the carolinas. it is advancing off to the northeast, going to be getting closer to us by later this afternoon.

now nbc's "dateline" is profiling this case and reporter dennis murphy came here to our studio to talk about why he and the show became so fascinated with the complexity of this case. >> are you going to have the evidence to put together to go to a grand jury and get indictment a prosecutor who need to present to a jury to get a conviction? and there was kind of a watch and wait for a long time but they wanted to get the person who becomes the prime suspect off the street. the lead detective on the case told us later this is the most evil criminal person he's ever encountered. >> you can catch "dateline" at 10:00 followed by news4 at 11. >> rg3 is going to outrace everybody! >> this is footage from 2012 when robert griffin iii ran 76 yards for a touchdown against the minnesota vikings, but this visual edited out the team's logo on the side of his helmet. the national congress of american indians oppose the team's name and they released this video today to coincide with the super bowl. team owner dan snider says the name honors native americans and he has vowed never to change it. >>> s

i sat down with dennis murphy he says scott stalked his victims in his own backyard. >> his m.o. was to put on his gear the ski mask so only the eyes are showing, and crawl around the backyards of the neighborhoods where he lived. he would see the people during the day and at night, he had some secret life and he was out there. >> you can watch more on tonight's "dateline" starting at 10:00 here on nbc 4. >>> it's now 5:19. as the patriots prepare for the super bowl they can't shake deflate-gate. tom brady says he has no idea how the game balls became deflated during the a fmt cchltafc championship. he picked the balls before the game and didn't see them again until he was on the field. >> i don't know anything. and i was in the locker room preparing for a game. i don't know what happened or the course of the process with the footballs. >> brady's take on the ball controversy is the same as coach bill belichick's. belichick says he wasn't enaware there was a problem with the balls until monday morning. the nfl is investigating but has yet to interview the other patriot players. >

here's dennis murphy with "the unusual suspect." >> reporter: consider for a moment the cozy word "home" and all it evokes. warmth, family, shelter, security. got it? and now reflect on what happens when those four walls are breached, when nightmare stuff crawls through the window, kicks in the doors. when a haven becomes a house of horrors. so, how does that feel? just ask lloyd irvin. >> i'm laying on the couch. i wake up and there's two gunmen over top of me holding guns, pointing 'em at me, like, holding down. you're being robbed. don't move. >> reporter: more than six years have passed since that night in august 2008, here outside the nation's capital in a nice neighborhood in prince george's county, maryland. but lloyd and his wife vicki and their son -- just four years old at the time -- are still haunted by the image of the gunmen. two masked intruders. talk about your worst nightmares. this is it. >> yes. it's something you would never imagine would happen. >> reporter: what the robbers didn't count on was that lloyd is a nationally-renowned martial arts expert. and when one of

here's dennis murphy with "the mystery man". >> reporter: what's love got to do with it? well, as mischele lewis tells it, just about everything. love. her new guy, at long last, made her tingle as though ginger ale had filled her heart. >> i felt really good about myself. he was just a wonderful person. >> reporter: but, why oh why, should something so good and rare lead to such a dark place, a shadowy world where nothing was as it seemed, where secrets became goggles blinding the truth? >> this is so intricate and so dark. >> reporter: as she was pulled deeper into the riptide of her fiance's hidden underworld, she'd join forces with a woman an ocean away to uncover the truth. >> he has intruded on every part of your body, of your mind. >> reporter: would mischele be as patient at the game of revenge as she'd been in the game of love? mischele lewis is a born caregiver. as a little girl in southern new jersey, she daydreamed about working somewhere in medicine, helping people. >> i knew i always wanted to do something in medicine from when i was probably 8 or 9. but it

here's dennis murphy with "secrets of the snake river." >> reporter: in country so beautiful as the palouse, the wheat and bean fields running up and down the bumps and hollows of eastern washington as far as the eye can see, it's hard to imagine anything bad happening out here. but gaze, and listen closely, and sometimes you'll uncover secrets in the shadows. murder and betrayal as close as the stranger sleeping beside you. here in the city of clarkston, a 40-year old single mom was raising her two young sons. she also had two older daughters. rachael anderson was her name, just 5-foot and a bit, and how susie jepson enjoyed her company. >> we were just friends from the get-go. she was just spunky and fun. she love to laugh. >> reporter: her grown daughters were out of the house. >> she was my hero. she was my everything. she just had a really fun spirit about her. >> ashley. >> she raised us, gave us everything we need. taught us everything we needed to know. >> reporter: rachael had been married and divorced three times when by the spring of 2009 a new man had entered the picture. >> she