Welcome back to postmortem. I'm your host 48 hours correspondent Anne Marie Green. And today we are discussing the case of Gloria Choi, who was shot in her car after being forced off the road by another vehicle in

Lakewood, Washington. Now, Gloria alleged that her ex-boyfriend, Billy Rickman, was stalking

and harassing her. And in a 48-hour period, two days before she was murdered, law enforcement

was contacted four separate times about Rickman's escalating behavior,

and Gloria's family believes that justice system failed her. So joining me today is 48 hours correspondent

Natalie Morales, who reported on this case. Natalie's good to speak with you again. Good to be back

with you, Anne-Marie. And you know, I think Gloria Choi's story is sadly a cautionary tale. I think a lot of people can relate to,

you know, falling in love with the wrong person sometimes. But from what we know, Gloria did

everything she could once she realized this relationship was not good for her. She tried to end it and she thought that the

police and that the law would protect her. Unfortunately, as you know, that was not the case in this tragedy.

Yeah, but I think there are a lot of lessons to be learned here. So we will get into this. I want to

remind everyone, if you haven't watched or listened to this episode, it's called

The Love Bombing of Gloria Choi. Go check it out right now and then come on back for our conversation.

So, Natalie, in watching The Hour, I felt I got a real sense of just how hardworking, how beloved

Gloria Choi was by her family, by her friends.

You know, she had this great career in the family business running these hotels.

She was really devoted to her son.

It is hard to be a single parent.

And so I'm always impressed when I hear about single parents succeeding.

And in May of 2021, she meets Billy Rickman,

who is staying at the hotel that she's managing. He has this larger than life personality

and immediately introduces himself to her. But what was it about Rickman that she was

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