michelle ellis is a rookie officer in training. this is her second beak working on prison grounds. >> my husband, you know, kind of was skeptical at first. i think he knows this is something i really want to do. >> i've always had a passion for law enforcement. it's just something i love. my kids were kind of excited. i don't think they really understand everything that's going on. you have to remember stay firm and consistent. you can't treat anybody any dichl we're all human. we are all men. you just have to remember. hey, this is the leiutenant again, can you send offender tye up to the custody, i need to speak to him. >> sense being caught with a cell phone charger, prison officials have suspended his contact visits. now they've just handed down a roof on his request to be married at the prison. >> and tonight, you get married at this time, your conduct history. >> how can they deny me? >> this is what they did. >> all i'm doing is relaying the reason. he wrote down here safety and security of the facility. >> i got caught with

>>> no one knew why roxanne ellis and michelle abdill were murdered. the motive didn't appear to be robbery. blood patterns indicated the women had been shot inside the truck. four shell casing from a .25 caliber pistol were found near the bodies. there were no foreign fingerprints inside the truck but there were several overlapping shoe prints from a man's shoe. >> this was on kind of the chrome-plated bumper area that had kind of a dirty grime, kind of oxidized layer on it. and when the individual stepped on the bumper, he left a negative impression. >> the autopsies revealed the women were killed the day they went missing, and there were no signs of sexual assault. the medical examiner found bluish-green polyester fibers in and around the fatal wounds. >> either the gun was fired through an item like a blanket or some intermediate object or intermediate target and then fired into the victims' heads. >> and there was a gash in roxanne's calf near the taped bindings, which suggested the killer bound the women inside the apartment, led them down to gar

ellie. you come over to this side of it, we've got a full poster-making set-up here. you can get in the action. michelle'save fun in new york? >> yes. >> thanks for coming to "today." then you can come over here. >> i've not seen you in a while. >> nice to see you, sweetheart. >> so if you want to register, it's a lot of fun. we have ipads, we're really fancy and high-tech. >> that's right. that's tina. >> tina. >> so why are they punching in her name? >> we want to know you're here. so we can make your experience much better. why are you here? >> you guys and my 40th birthday. >> happy birthday! you come here, check in on the kiosk, that way we know it's your birthday. >> it's a whole new experience out here on the plaza. you guys have got to come down. >> there's a staff, a website, a theme song. >> come on. >> there's margaritas. >> come and see us. come and -- there'll be margaritas later on. there should be. handing it back to matt. >> all right, hoda, carson. thanks very much. mr. roker and mayor de blasio will chat in a second. but right now, let's go inside the magic window and check in with natal