Anne-Marie Green

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 the justice system failed her.

So joining me today is 48 Hours correspondent Natalie Morales, who reported on this case yesterday.

Natalie, it's good to speak with you again.

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.