WEBVTT 1 00:00:11.439 --> 00:00:14.880 I was with the prosecutor's office for thirty years and 2 00:00:15.519 --> 00:00:20.480 this was my last trial in my career. Being a 3 00:00:20.519 --> 00:00:26.280 prosecutor has a lifelong effect on you. There has to 4 00:00:26.320 --> 00:00:30.640 be some way to come back to humanity put the 5 00:00:30.760 --> 00:00:38.280 violence aside. This was an aggravated murder case. The victim's 6 00:00:38.359 --> 00:00:39.520 name is Gloria Troy. 7 00:00:40.399 --> 00:00:43.640 She was a hard working mom, a good role model, 8 00:00:43.920 --> 00:00:47.000 and Gloria's parents talk about how she was kind of 9 00:00:47.000 --> 00:00:50.039 their angel. She spent most of her life working in 10 00:00:50.079 --> 00:00:52.600 the family business of running hotels. 11 00:00:53.719 --> 00:00:57.119 She came off very shy and quiet, but she was 12 00:00:57.200 --> 00:01:02.479 nothing of those. She was passionate about her family and 13 00:01:02.560 --> 00:01:05.799 her son, had hopes and dreams for herself. 14 00:01:07.239 --> 00:01:11.719 What we know is there were four calls placed to 15 00:01:11.799 --> 00:01:14.760 law enforcement in the final fourty eight hours before she 16 00:01:14.879 --> 00:01:19.400 was killed. This person continues to stalk her, has slashed 17 00:01:19.439 --> 00:01:23.400 her tires, pistolen thousands of dollars worth of property. She 18 00:01:23.480 --> 00:01:26.760 called for help, and she was deprived of help that 19 00:01:26.799 --> 00:01:29.640 she's entitled to under the law, time and time again. 20 00:01:31.760 --> 00:01:34.560 The evening that she was murdered, she was going home, 21 00:01:34.799 --> 00:01:38.040 actually just taking a break to eat dinner. He was 22 00:01:38.159 --> 00:01:39.599 right behind her when she left. 23 00:01:40.400 --> 00:01:42.280 He knew everywhere she went. 24 00:01:42.920 --> 00:01:44.159 No, well, I'm much the location NC. 25 00:01:44.959 --> 00:01:47.079 I don't know where I am, but I'm scaring. 26 00:01:46.799 --> 00:01:49.799 To get out of my car. He forced her vehicle 27 00:01:50.239 --> 00:01:53.599 off the road. She doesn't know at that point who 28 00:01:53.599 --> 00:01:56.680 this is, and she's not able to drive anymore. 29 00:01:57.159 --> 00:02:00.000 I wanted to get police online because okay, history signed 30 00:02:00.120 --> 00:02:02.120 your caller. 31 00:02:04.280 --> 00:02:07.480 And he approaches her vehicle and she notices he has 32 00:02:07.480 --> 00:02:07.879 a gun. 33 00:02:10.639 --> 00:02:11.800 Hello, can you hear me? 34 00:02:12.360 --> 00:02:15.280 All of a sudden, we heard a rapid fire, about 35 00:02:15.280 --> 00:02:18.719 seven or eight shots, and you just unloaded. And I 36 00:02:18.840 --> 00:02:22.759 was just a shot and saw him disappear, And I 37 00:02:22.919 --> 00:02:24.080 then ran over and called. 38 00:02:23.879 --> 00:02:25.560 The police to pick up. 39 00:02:25.599 --> 00:02:28.879 There against the telephone pole with a life on motor running, 40 00:02:29.240 --> 00:02:30.560 I don't see anybody in it. 41 00:02:30.759 --> 00:02:32.080 So you heard three pops? 42 00:02:32.639 --> 00:02:33.879 No, we heard a lot more than that. 43 00:02:35.039 --> 00:02:40.280 So in all, fourteen shots just riddles her car with bullets. 44 00:02:40.400 --> 00:02:44.639 Right, he's close range. He's shooting right through her driver's 45 00:02:44.639 --> 00:02:46.000 side window. 46 00:02:48.560 --> 00:02:50.879 She should have been protected and she wasn't. 47 00:02:51.800 --> 00:02:54.159 Do you blame the police for not taking better care 48 00:02:54.199 --> 00:02:54.759 of your friend. 49 00:02:55.120 --> 00:02:59.919 I do blame the police for not taking it serious. 50 00:03:00.919 --> 00:03:04.719 You're a perpetrator who's escalating any law enforcement officer who's 51 00:03:04.800 --> 00:03:08.719 following the training wouldn't know this woman was in incredible danger. 52 00:03:57.360 --> 00:04:01.479 On January two, twenty twenty two, Gloria Choi placed that 53 00:04:01.759 --> 00:04:03.639 anguished call to nine one one. 54 00:04:05.319 --> 00:04:08.560 I am, I'm scared to get out of my car. Yeah, 55 00:04:09.800 --> 00:04:10.879 he's got collar. 56 00:04:12.039 --> 00:04:16.959 Seconds later, can you hear me? Multiple shots are fired. 57 00:04:17.480 --> 00:04:20.920 The audio is too graphic to play in full. It 58 00:04:21.040 --> 00:04:24.639 lasts about two minutes and dispatchers are trying to make 59 00:04:24.720 --> 00:04:26.360 sense of what they just heard. 60 00:04:27.199 --> 00:04:32.319 Hello, can anybody hear me? Hello? 61 00:04:32.759 --> 00:04:36.839 Officers from the Lakewood Police Department in Washington arrive within minutes. 62 00:04:38.160 --> 00:04:41.279 One of the officers that approached you can see him 63 00:04:41.319 --> 00:04:44.360 trying to get to her quickly, and the doors are locked. 64 00:04:45.240 --> 00:04:49.639 Former Pierce County Prosecutor Greg Greer describes what first responders 65 00:04:49.680 --> 00:04:51.160 did that. 66 00:04:51.120 --> 00:04:51.800 One I played with. 67 00:04:51.920 --> 00:04:58.959 They bust out a rear window smartly, wisely so they 68 00:04:59.000 --> 00:05:02.920 can preserve the evident, and they're able to extricate her 69 00:05:03.040 --> 00:05:03.720 pretty quickly. 70 00:05:06.519 --> 00:05:08.920 And did you see them pull out the victim at all? 71 00:05:09.160 --> 00:05:09.560 I did? 72 00:05:10.120 --> 00:05:10.439 Yeah. 73 00:05:11.199 --> 00:05:15.480 Terry Estevold gave police a detailed description of what he witnessed. 74 00:05:16.839 --> 00:05:20.240 And I was probably thirty feet away, and they put 75 00:05:20.240 --> 00:05:22.920 her on the ground and worked on her hard for 76 00:05:22.959 --> 00:05:23.680 several minutes. 77 00:05:24.120 --> 00:05:26.600 Had to be hard for you to witness that. 78 00:05:26.600 --> 00:05:29.319 It's terrible, and it still bothers me a lot to 79 00:05:29.360 --> 00:05:30.879 this day just thinking about it. 80 00:05:32.480 --> 00:05:35.399 Gloria was pronounced dead a short time later at a 81 00:05:35.439 --> 00:05:42.040 nearby hospital. Brianna Everlely soon heard the news that her 82 00:05:42.079 --> 00:05:45.800 best friend had been killed, but she couldn't quite accept it. 83 00:05:46.959 --> 00:05:51.560 And I repeatedly, repeatedly called Gloria's phone over and over again. 84 00:05:51.600 --> 00:05:53.879 No answer, no answer, no answer. And then I called 85 00:05:54.199 --> 00:05:59.319 her dad and then he finally answered, and I remember 86 00:05:59.600 --> 00:06:00.439 asking him. 87 00:06:00.360 --> 00:06:07.560 Is it true? Is she gone? Is it true? He said, yes, 88 00:06:07.639 --> 00:06:12.879 she's gone. 89 00:06:13.920 --> 00:06:16.600 Greer took us to the scene and walked us through 90 00:06:16.720 --> 00:06:19.040 what he learned from investigators. 91 00:06:19.720 --> 00:06:23.519 This would have been gravel shoulder, and somewhere in here 92 00:06:23.879 --> 00:06:28.399 he pinches her vehicle off and she's no longer able 93 00:06:28.439 --> 00:06:30.040 to move forward. He's blocking her. 94 00:06:31.160 --> 00:06:35.000 I think my boyfriend's following and he just hit my car. 95 00:06:35.839 --> 00:06:39.279 Gloria says the man is her boyfriend, but does not 96 00:06:39.360 --> 00:06:40.040 give a name. 97 00:06:41.439 --> 00:06:44.759 He gets out of the vehicle, and if you've heard 98 00:06:44.759 --> 00:06:48.120 the nine on one call, she describes exactly what he's doing. 99 00:06:48.920 --> 00:06:50.319 He's collar. 100 00:06:52.680 --> 00:06:56.000 Greer says, the shooter was standing next to Gloria's driver's 101 00:06:56.040 --> 00:06:58.519 side window. The door was locked. 102 00:06:59.480 --> 00:07:01.920 He's not true to talk to her. He immediately he's. 103 00:07:01.720 --> 00:07:03.600 There to kill her. He is there to kill her. 104 00:07:04.879 --> 00:07:08.439 After firing nine forty caliber bullets through the door and 105 00:07:08.600 --> 00:07:12.319 window of Gloria's truck, Grear says, the shooter begins to 106 00:07:12.480 --> 00:07:18.079 drive away. As he does, Gloria's truck moves forward until 107 00:07:18.120 --> 00:07:21.720 it hits a utility pull as shown in this police animation. 108 00:07:22.480 --> 00:07:25.680 Greer believes the truck moved because Gloria's foot was no 109 00:07:25.879 --> 00:07:27.600 longer applying pressure to the brake. 110 00:07:29.639 --> 00:07:32.120 He doesn't know whether she's alive or not, is what 111 00:07:32.319 --> 00:07:35.240 we believe is going through his mind. Because the vehicle's 112 00:07:35.279 --> 00:07:38.279 no longer it was. That's sixty yards west of where 113 00:07:38.319 --> 00:07:39.560 it was when he first shot her. 114 00:07:40.600 --> 00:07:43.519 The shooter makes a U turn and comes back around 115 00:07:43.560 --> 00:07:47.759 to Gloria's truck. He pulls his truck alongside so that 116 00:07:47.879 --> 00:07:51.959 his driver's side window is now next to hers, and 117 00:07:52.160 --> 00:07:54.480 this time he does not bother to get out of 118 00:07:54.560 --> 00:07:55.519 his car, Greer. 119 00:07:55.399 --> 00:07:58.759 Says, and he rolls this window down. Five more shots, 120 00:07:59.000 --> 00:08:02.800 just to make sure nine wasn't enough. Five more. Then 121 00:08:03.040 --> 00:08:05.160 after he's finished that, he immediately. 122 00:08:04.800 --> 00:08:09.600 Takes off, after firing fourteen shots and hitting Gloria at 123 00:08:09.759 --> 00:08:14.360 least ten times. Prosecutors say, the shooter disappears into the night. 124 00:08:17.439 --> 00:08:19.560 The first big break in the case came from one 125 00:08:19.560 --> 00:08:21.759 of the first officers at the crime scene. 126 00:08:23.360 --> 00:08:26.639 One of the officers she notices this lanyard that's on Gloria, 127 00:08:26.680 --> 00:08:29.439 and then she sees her name and that hits her hard. 128 00:08:30.959 --> 00:08:34.080 Gloria's lanyard was from a nearby holiday inn where she 129 00:08:34.240 --> 00:08:37.919 was the manager just days earlier. That officer took a 130 00:08:38.000 --> 00:08:41.480 report from Gloria after she called nine to one one. 131 00:08:42.200 --> 00:08:45.840 Gloria said her ex boyfriend had been following and harassing 132 00:08:45.919 --> 00:08:51.399 her and now they had a name, Billy Rickman, and. 133 00:08:51.919 --> 00:08:55.720 That becomes a lead to understanding what happened. 134 00:08:56.360 --> 00:09:00.759 Greer says. A detective subpoenat Rickman's phone records. Even without 135 00:09:00.840 --> 00:09:04.440 having his phone, police were able to read his text messages. 136 00:09:05.919 --> 00:09:09.279 At one point, he says where he is and it's 137 00:09:09.320 --> 00:09:10.039 the Home motel. 138 00:09:11.480 --> 00:09:14.000 The detective rushed to the motel, which is a six 139 00:09:14.080 --> 00:09:17.159 minute drive from the murder scene. Greer says the desk 140 00:09:17.240 --> 00:09:20.759 clerk told the detective that days earlier, Rickman attempted to 141 00:09:20.840 --> 00:09:24.200 sign in with a fake name, but the clerk insisted 142 00:09:24.279 --> 00:09:25.360 on proof of identity. 143 00:09:26.759 --> 00:09:30.600 We have him on surveillance video getting back to the motel. 144 00:09:31.720 --> 00:09:36.120 That was after the shooting, says prosecutor Karine Schneff. He 145 00:09:36.279 --> 00:09:37.320 appears in a hurry. 146 00:09:37.759 --> 00:09:40.320 He gets out of his vehicle and he immediately starts 147 00:09:40.399 --> 00:09:43.120 wiping down the side of the vehicle that might have 148 00:09:43.399 --> 00:09:47.320 any kind of evidence of gunpowder residue. You can see 149 00:09:47.440 --> 00:09:53.480 him on the phone. He's contacting people, she says. 150 00:09:53.559 --> 00:09:57.919 Investigators began checking surveillance from several businesses in the area 151 00:09:59.240 --> 00:10:02.600 and got another break at a nearby car rental business. 152 00:10:04.559 --> 00:10:05.799 This picture is very clear. 153 00:10:06.399 --> 00:10:09.279 Enterprise have had great video here. 154 00:10:09.360 --> 00:10:11.440 There's no denying who that is looking at that. 155 00:10:11.679 --> 00:10:16.279 You know Rickman rented a Chevy Colorado using his real name. 156 00:10:16.879 --> 00:10:20.000 It is the same vehicle in the motel video and 157 00:10:20.159 --> 00:10:23.960 the same vehicle police believe Rickman used to run Gloria 158 00:10:24.240 --> 00:10:27.159 off the road. The Lake With police put out an 159 00:10:27.200 --> 00:10:30.679 alert for Billy Rickman, but in the days that followed 160 00:10:31.120 --> 00:10:32.799 he was nowhere to be found. 161 00:10:52.000 --> 00:10:53.399 She was a part of my family, and my whole 162 00:10:53.399 --> 00:10:54.559 family knew her and they loved her. 163 00:10:55.559 --> 00:10:59.399 With Billy Rickman on the run, police questioned Gloria's friend 164 00:10:59.480 --> 00:11:04.960 Brianna Everly, about Rickman's relationship with Gloria. Brianna had known 165 00:11:05.000 --> 00:11:08.480 Gloria since twenty eighteen, when she hired her to help 166 00:11:08.519 --> 00:11:12.200 out at the Oyo Hotel, which was owned by Gloria's parents. 167 00:11:13.360 --> 00:11:15.919 She wanted to please her parents to the best of 168 00:11:15.960 --> 00:11:19.399 her ability. She was their lifeline. She did it all, 169 00:11:19.720 --> 00:11:22.440 and she did it all with grace, absolute grace. 170 00:11:23.759 --> 00:11:26.320 Gloria was the single mother of a seven year old. 171 00:11:26.720 --> 00:11:29.519 It's all about her kid. She was very fierce when 172 00:11:29.519 --> 00:11:30.320 it came to her son. 173 00:11:32.519 --> 00:11:35.799 And in May twenty twenty one, Billy Rickman checked into 174 00:11:35.879 --> 00:11:40.000 the hotel from California, a mystery man with a larger 175 00:11:40.080 --> 00:11:44.600 than life personality. Brianna says it didn't take long for 176 00:11:44.759 --> 00:11:46.360 Rickman to notice Gloria. 177 00:11:47.279 --> 00:11:51.600 Gloria was coming into the office. He walked up and 178 00:11:52.200 --> 00:11:56.639 introduced himself. He's like, you're very pretty, and she goes, well, 179 00:11:56.679 --> 00:11:59.360 thank you. She walked away and he's like, who's that 180 00:12:00.080 --> 00:12:01.399 and I'm like, her name's Gloria. 181 00:12:01.480 --> 00:12:01.960 Stay away. 182 00:12:03.320 --> 00:12:07.039 But Rickman did not stay away, and before long the 183 00:12:07.159 --> 00:12:09.080 two were texting a lot. 184 00:12:10.480 --> 00:12:12.879 She liked the way he talked to her and the 185 00:12:13.159 --> 00:12:15.600 things that he said to her. All she wanted to 186 00:12:15.679 --> 00:12:17.480 do is be loved by somebody. 187 00:12:18.200 --> 00:12:21.120 And Rickman made it seem like he could be that guy, 188 00:12:21.399 --> 00:12:24.240 says Megan Driscoll, the Choy family's lawyer. 189 00:12:25.000 --> 00:12:28.679 He really came across as this nice guy love bomb ter, 190 00:12:28.960 --> 00:12:31.639 meaning he's giving her gifts and kind of showering her 191 00:12:31.799 --> 00:12:33.080 with kindness. 192 00:12:34.559 --> 00:12:39.320 Weeks after meeting her, Rickmand sent Gloria this text. You're 193 00:12:39.360 --> 00:12:42.240 the light to my day every day. You make me 194 00:12:42.320 --> 00:12:45.480 feel so sexy and special, and I thank you for that. 195 00:12:46.080 --> 00:12:46.720 I want you. 196 00:12:47.399 --> 00:12:50.039 I want to be with you, Gloria CHOI. I can't 197 00:12:50.080 --> 00:12:52.120 wait to see what life has in store for us. 198 00:12:52.799 --> 00:12:56.799 My heart is yours. How was he with her son, 199 00:12:57.600 --> 00:12:59.159 Gloria's friend, Jacob Blue. 200 00:13:00.039 --> 00:13:02.360 What she liked about Rickman is that he had a 201 00:13:02.399 --> 00:13:04.840 lot of masculine energy that he was showing. 202 00:13:04.639 --> 00:13:08.399 On Billy and her son had a very instinct connection 203 00:13:08.759 --> 00:13:10.960 because he was like a kid himself, you know. 204 00:13:12.480 --> 00:13:16.000 Within weeks, Gloria and Rickman became a couple and he 205 00:13:16.080 --> 00:13:20.320 began staying in her apartment at the Oyo Hotel. Brianna says, 206 00:13:20.399 --> 00:13:24.279 Gloria's father did not approve of the relationship. 207 00:13:24.720 --> 00:13:27.360 And her parents basically drew a red line and said 208 00:13:27.399 --> 00:13:29.639 he can't be staying here at the hotel anymore. 209 00:13:31.320 --> 00:13:33.519 Gloria's father wanted him to move. 210 00:13:33.399 --> 00:13:38.320 Out, and Rickman went and approached her parents and told 211 00:13:38.360 --> 00:13:41.840 them he's not going anywhere and that Gloria is now 212 00:13:42.080 --> 00:13:45.120 his and if they don't like it, they can leave. 213 00:13:45.960 --> 00:13:46.159 Wow. 214 00:13:48.879 --> 00:13:53.000 Her dad basically gave her an ultimatum. She could stay 215 00:13:53.039 --> 00:13:57.320 on as a manager or she could leave, and she 216 00:13:57.639 --> 00:13:58.279 chose to leave. 217 00:14:00.120 --> 00:14:03.759 Gloria her son, Ann Rickman moved to an apartment in 218 00:14:03.879 --> 00:14:07.720 the town of Tumwater in September twenty twenty one, and 219 00:14:07.879 --> 00:14:15.720 her heartbroken parents chose to sell their hotel. That's when 220 00:14:15.759 --> 00:14:18.440 Gloria took a new job as manager of the Holiday 221 00:14:18.480 --> 00:14:21.559 and Express in Lakewood, right next to Tacoma. 222 00:14:22.240 --> 00:14:26.360 She was still very happy with what she had, but 223 00:14:26.519 --> 00:14:27.519 it didn't last. 224 00:14:27.440 --> 00:14:28.559 Long that happiness. 225 00:14:29.440 --> 00:14:33.159 Gloria told Brianna that Rickman had big dreams but no 226 00:14:33.360 --> 00:14:34.960 way of making them come true. 227 00:14:35.679 --> 00:14:38.279 And Gloria's like, well, who's going to fund all of this? 228 00:14:39.039 --> 00:14:42.200 You're not you don't have a job. Get a job, 229 00:14:42.759 --> 00:14:44.440 you know, and he refused. 230 00:14:44.960 --> 00:14:46.759 So was he asking her for money? 231 00:14:46.840 --> 00:14:46.960 Oh? 232 00:14:47.159 --> 00:14:51.159 Yeah, he drained her. She bought everything. 233 00:14:53.240 --> 00:14:56.840 Within weeks, Gloria saw a different side of Rickman. She 234 00:14:57.000 --> 00:15:02.240 told Brianna he was often mean, angry, and insecure. Gloria 235 00:15:02.279 --> 00:15:05.919 also told Brianna that Rickman was drinking to excess and 236 00:15:06.159 --> 00:15:10.279 using cocaine and marijuana and what did you tell her? 237 00:15:11.200 --> 00:15:13.080 Leif run away? 238 00:15:14.399 --> 00:15:17.759 Gloria chose to stay with Rickman, but two months later, 239 00:15:18.200 --> 00:15:21.519 in November, Jacob says he got a troubling call. 240 00:15:22.480 --> 00:15:25.320 She did express that he would become physical with her, 241 00:15:25.440 --> 00:15:29.840 push around, throw her around, and that she didn't feel 242 00:15:30.000 --> 00:15:32.159 safe just breaking things off with them. 243 00:15:34.639 --> 00:15:38.000 Jacob told Gloria she needed to leave him immediately, but 244 00:15:38.120 --> 00:15:41.799 Gloria said she was afraid that might trigger something inside Rickman. 245 00:15:42.519 --> 00:15:46.200 She didn't know how she was going to leave Billy. 246 00:15:46.879 --> 00:15:50.360 She was scared to leave him. What scared her possessiveness. 247 00:15:50.759 --> 00:15:53.080 He knew everywhere she went. 248 00:15:53.360 --> 00:15:55.720 She felt that he was tracking her every move. 249 00:15:56.039 --> 00:15:57.600 She found a tag. 250 00:15:58.919 --> 00:16:01.000 In her car, an AirTag. 251 00:16:02.080 --> 00:16:06.960 She's the one that told me about it later on, and. 252 00:16:07.039 --> 00:16:10.639 Gloria suspected there were other hidden Apple air tags in 253 00:16:10.720 --> 00:16:13.879 her truck. Are you concerned for your friend at this point. 254 00:16:14.039 --> 00:16:14.600 Absolutely. 255 00:16:16.039 --> 00:16:19.440 In November twenty twenty one, just six months after they met, 256 00:16:19.919 --> 00:16:22.840 Brianna says, Gloria made up her mind to leave Rickman. 257 00:16:23.879 --> 00:16:26.679 She looked at me down in the face and said, 258 00:16:26.679 --> 00:16:30.120 I'm leaving. And I asked her, you know what's your plan? 259 00:16:30.399 --> 00:16:31.720 She goes, I'm going to go to my parents. 260 00:16:32.840 --> 00:16:35.759 Her parents welcomed Gloria and her son into their home, 261 00:16:40.720 --> 00:16:43.159 but it was not so easy to get rid of Rickman. 262 00:16:43.679 --> 00:16:47.320 He had borrowed Gloria's truck and refused to give it back. 263 00:16:48.120 --> 00:16:51.559 So on November twenty eighth, Gloria went to the Tumwater 264 00:16:51.720 --> 00:16:55.039 police to file a report about the truck, and while 265 00:16:55.120 --> 00:16:57.840 she was there, she told the officer taking the report 266 00:16:58.039 --> 00:17:02.799 about Rickman. When Billy is sober, he is calm, but 267 00:17:02.919 --> 00:17:05.480 when he drinks, he has a short fuse and is 268 00:17:05.720 --> 00:17:09.000 very angry. I wish him well, but choosing to not 269 00:17:09.160 --> 00:17:11.720 be a part of his life anymore for the safety 270 00:17:11.799 --> 00:17:17.079 and stability for my son and I. Attorney Megan Driscoll, 271 00:17:17.160 --> 00:17:20.279 who represents the Troy family, said it was clear the 272 00:17:20.359 --> 00:17:25.079 Tumwater officer believed Gloria was at risk. The officer reported 273 00:17:25.119 --> 00:17:29.279 that Rickman was potentially tracking Gloria with Apple air tags, 274 00:17:29.680 --> 00:17:34.240 owned numerous firearms, and appeared to be extremely manipulative. 275 00:17:35.000 --> 00:17:38.400 He actually becomes really concerned for her and her safety, 276 00:17:38.759 --> 00:17:42.680 so the officer actually tells Gloria and tells the court 277 00:17:42.799 --> 00:17:45.160 to issue a domestic violence no contact order. 278 00:17:46.720 --> 00:17:51.240 Almost immediately, Rickman was arrested for taking Gloria's truck, and 279 00:17:51.400 --> 00:17:53.599 he agreed to this recorded interview. 280 00:17:54.480 --> 00:17:56.680 It's both of our cars, like we lived together. That 281 00:17:56.799 --> 00:17:59.000 it's not like I'm a neighbor or something. 282 00:17:59.119 --> 00:18:01.640 What do you think her opinion, his own dreams don't 283 00:18:01.759 --> 00:18:04.279 like do you think like maybe should I feel like 284 00:18:04.400 --> 00:18:06.160 uncomfortable or scared? 285 00:18:06.480 --> 00:18:09.200 I'll tell you this much, if I had a shot 286 00:18:09.319 --> 00:18:11.640 with my girl again, man, I would never drink another 287 00:18:11.720 --> 00:18:12.599 trick of alcohol. 288 00:18:12.680 --> 00:18:13.880 And that's the August that got you. 289 00:18:15.799 --> 00:18:19.200 Rickman was jailed for three days for taking Gloria's trunk, 290 00:18:19.720 --> 00:18:22.960 and on December one, twenty twenty one, he was brought 291 00:18:23.000 --> 00:18:25.759 before a judge who slapped him with a strict no 292 00:18:26.079 --> 00:18:31.279 contact order, but Brianna says the order did not phase Rickman. 293 00:18:31.640 --> 00:18:34.400 The day he got out of jail, he told Brianna 294 00:18:34.559 --> 00:18:36.920 he was unconcerned with the legalities. 295 00:18:38.039 --> 00:18:43.039 He didn't care. He was like, so I'm still going 296 00:18:43.079 --> 00:18:43.559 to talk to her. 297 00:19:01.559 --> 00:19:05.279 In early December twenty twenty one, Gloria Choi was back 298 00:19:05.400 --> 00:19:08.519 living with her parents, hoping she had rid herself of 299 00:19:08.599 --> 00:19:12.279 Billy Rickman once and for all. But Brianna said Rickman 300 00:19:12.400 --> 00:19:14.880 had other ideas, as he told her the day he 301 00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:18.079 got out of jail for taking Gloria's truck, which had 302 00:19:18.160 --> 00:19:19.119 been returned. 303 00:19:18.759 --> 00:19:22.480 To her, Billy showed up at my place and he's like, 304 00:19:22.640 --> 00:19:26.559 I need your help, and he begged me to talk 305 00:19:26.599 --> 00:19:29.839 to her about getting back together. He said that he 306 00:19:29.880 --> 00:19:33.720 would change, he would stop drinking, he'd be a better 307 00:19:33.799 --> 00:19:34.400 person to her. 308 00:19:35.160 --> 00:19:36.759 And in the back of my mind, I'm. 309 00:19:36.680 --> 00:19:39.440 Like, no, you didn't believe him, then I didn't. And 310 00:19:39.519 --> 00:19:41.839 what's your understanding of a no contact order? 311 00:19:42.039 --> 00:19:44.200 No contact order means you can't come and contact that 312 00:19:44.279 --> 00:19:49.839 person text, phone, calls, physical location, anything of that sort, and. 313 00:19:50.119 --> 00:19:51.799 If you do what happened, you go to jail. 314 00:19:53.200 --> 00:19:56.160 Brianna told Rickman that he'd be arrested if he broke 315 00:19:56.400 --> 00:20:00.319 any of those conditions, but two weeks later, she got 316 00:20:00.359 --> 00:20:03.279 a call from a friend telling her Gloria was hiding 317 00:20:03.359 --> 00:20:07.079 from Rickman in the bathroom of this coffee shop. Brianna 318 00:20:07.160 --> 00:20:08.759 wasted no time getting there. 319 00:20:09.319 --> 00:20:14.599 As I was pulling in, I saw Billy Rickman's car 320 00:20:15.319 --> 00:20:16.799 was parked over there. 321 00:20:17.319 --> 00:20:18.599 We made eye contact. 322 00:20:19.680 --> 00:20:21.880 I went to the bathroom and knocked on the door 323 00:20:22.240 --> 00:20:25.200 and she opened it. She knew that Billy was here. 324 00:20:25.880 --> 00:20:28.880 It was another reminder to Gloria that Rickman seemed to 325 00:20:28.960 --> 00:20:32.640 be tracking her every move, and you said she was 326 00:20:32.759 --> 00:20:35.079 very emotional in lossues of the bathroom. 327 00:20:35.079 --> 00:20:38.400 She was petrified, she was crying, she was shaking. She 328 00:20:38.559 --> 00:20:40.960 refused to come out until she knew he was gone. 329 00:20:42.720 --> 00:20:49.039 It's not clear if police were ever called. Three days later, 330 00:20:49.359 --> 00:20:52.640 Brianna said that Gloria told her that Rickman confronted her 331 00:20:53.079 --> 00:20:55.960 in the Capitol Mall while she was shopping with her son. 332 00:20:56.680 --> 00:20:59.640 Brianna said Gloria told her that Rickman pleaded with her 333 00:21:00.119 --> 00:21:04.359 to drop the no contact order, but she refused. 334 00:21:05.519 --> 00:21:07.759 He was putting himself in her path so that he 335 00:21:07.839 --> 00:21:12.240 could rekindle the lost relationship that lost relationships. 336 00:21:12.279 --> 00:21:15.960 As prosecutor, Kareine Schneff was on Rickman's mind when he 337 00:21:16.079 --> 00:21:19.279 made these cell phone videos directed at Gloria. 338 00:21:19.640 --> 00:21:21.839 You can see the videos that he created to try 339 00:21:21.839 --> 00:21:24.680 and make her feel bad about leaving him. 340 00:21:25.039 --> 00:21:28.839 This is what Christmas alone looks like, the pardoning lot 341 00:21:28.920 --> 00:21:31.079 of the hotel, because you ain't got nowhere to go, 342 00:21:31.200 --> 00:21:31.880 because you know your. 343 00:21:31.839 --> 00:21:32.960 Girl puts you out in the street. 344 00:21:34.839 --> 00:21:38.599 Prosecutors say everything came to a head on the last 345 00:21:38.680 --> 00:21:43.359 two days of twenty twenty one. It started on December thirtieth, 346 00:21:43.880 --> 00:21:47.119 when Rickman sent Gloria an email after he spotted her 347 00:21:47.200 --> 00:21:50.119 with Jacob Blue at a coffee shop. And I guess 348 00:21:50.240 --> 00:21:53.279 Rickman did write an email to Gloria that read you 349 00:21:53.480 --> 00:21:55.359 left me for another guy. Wow. 350 00:21:55.759 --> 00:21:56.119 Correct. 351 00:21:57.200 --> 00:22:00.960 The email was sent in real time, Andloria began getting 352 00:22:01.039 --> 00:22:04.799 calls from a block number. When she answered, Rickman was 353 00:22:04.880 --> 00:22:06.319 on the line yelling at her. 354 00:22:06.400 --> 00:22:10.079 According to Jacob, he believed that this Jacob Blue was 355 00:22:10.200 --> 00:22:12.119 a potential boyfriend. 356 00:22:13.200 --> 00:22:16.039 They moved on to a sushi restaurant, but Gloria was 357 00:22:16.119 --> 00:22:19.920 becoming increasingly bothered by the headlights of a car which 358 00:22:20.000 --> 00:22:23.519 were pointed at the restaurant, and Jacob says Gloria believed 359 00:22:23.599 --> 00:22:25.279 Rickman was behind the wheel. 360 00:22:25.720 --> 00:22:28.359 She says, I know that car, and I know that 361 00:22:28.480 --> 00:22:32.440 it's watching us right now, and she got really uncomfortable. 362 00:22:33.119 --> 00:22:36.720 Jacob says they left the restaurant and discovered someone had 363 00:22:36.839 --> 00:22:41.279 stolen their computers from Gloria's truck. They also discovered one 364 00:22:41.319 --> 00:22:45.799 of her truck's tires was slashed. Gloria called the police 365 00:22:46.000 --> 00:22:48.799 and asked for their help. It was the first of 366 00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:52.799 four calls about Rickman over a forty eight hour period. 367 00:22:53.559 --> 00:22:58.279 And what do he damage on my front driver's side tires? 368 00:22:58.599 --> 00:23:01.039 And he went through all the stuff been the truck. 369 00:23:00.880 --> 00:23:05.119 Extole my backpack with my laptop and my friend's laptop 370 00:23:05.279 --> 00:23:06.079 bag as well. 371 00:23:07.079 --> 00:23:08.359 Okay, I'll have an after call you. 372 00:23:08.720 --> 00:23:11.440 And did Gloria express that she thought it was Rickman? 373 00:23:11.759 --> 00:23:13.759 She was confident it was Rickman. 374 00:23:14.440 --> 00:23:18.160 Gloria told police that only Rickman knew the truck's keypad 375 00:23:18.240 --> 00:23:21.400 code to gain entry. She gave them a description of 376 00:23:21.440 --> 00:23:25.000 his black BMW and told the officer about the no 377 00:23:25.240 --> 00:23:29.519 contact order. The officer said he left Rickman a voicemail 378 00:23:29.599 --> 00:23:32.880 message letting him know the police wanted to speak with him. 379 00:23:34.119 --> 00:23:36.680 Gloria and Jacob then drove to the Holiday Inn to 380 00:23:36.759 --> 00:23:40.960 retrieve Jacob's jeep, and that's when Jacob discovered that two 381 00:23:41.039 --> 00:23:43.279 of his tires had been slashed. 382 00:23:43.640 --> 00:23:46.559 This is a snowy night, there's snow on the ground. 383 00:23:46.920 --> 00:23:50.720 Gloria took this cell phoned video following the footsteps she 384 00:23:50.920 --> 00:23:52.119 thought were Rickman's. 385 00:23:52.519 --> 00:23:56.480 Here is his footsteps. 386 00:23:58.240 --> 00:24:01.599 Because Gloria managed that and she was able to get 387 00:24:01.640 --> 00:24:05.680 the surveillance footage, these videos have never been seen by 388 00:24:05.720 --> 00:24:06.799 the public before. 389 00:24:06.960 --> 00:24:11.359 Now we see a man come in and sneaking through 390 00:24:11.400 --> 00:24:13.319 the shadows. He comes up to my jeep and he 391 00:24:13.880 --> 00:24:17.559 punctures both my tires in and walks off. 392 00:24:18.119 --> 00:24:21.319 They called police a second time and gave them the video. 393 00:24:21.920 --> 00:24:25.319 Both Jacob and Gloria identified the man as Billy Rickman 394 00:24:25.799 --> 00:24:29.400 by his distinctive walk, but officers said the video was 395 00:24:29.480 --> 00:24:31.599 not clear enough to make an arrest. 396 00:24:31.880 --> 00:24:34.359 And the police were like, I'm sorry without us being 397 00:24:34.400 --> 00:24:36.880 able to see his face, there's really not a whole 398 00:24:36.920 --> 00:24:37.880 lot to go off of. 399 00:24:38.440 --> 00:24:39.519 Not much we can do. 400 00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:44.680 The next day was December thirty, first New Year's Eve. 401 00:24:45.079 --> 00:24:48.759