Krista Lee
Appearances
Dateline NBC
Under the Bay Bridge
Bob made you feel immediately you could feel your worth. He was present in the conversation just like you and I are right now.
Dateline NBC
Under the Bay Bridge
It wasn't work. It was his happiness. It was his happy place. He loved his work. He loved the opportunity to make the world a better place.
Dateline NBC
Under the Bay Bridge
Exactly, yep, yep, Klingons only. Yeah, it was something that we did because it represented the two of us rather than some Napa wedding with a bunch of guests that we could care less about.
Dateline NBC
Under the Bay Bridge
We would have parties or, you know, yacht parties. Private jets were not an unfamiliar thing. Oh, he definitely spoiled us.
Dateline NBC
Under the Bay Bridge
No. No, it actually, I think he and I became more loving towards each other. We had a whole new found respect for each other.
Dateline NBC
Under the Bay Bridge
My son watched the footage, and his response to me was, it only showed me how strong my father was, that it looked like he was trying to survive whatever had happened to him. And I trust his opinion on that one.
Dateline NBC
Under the Bay Bridge
It was unreal. It felt like I was in a dream. It wasn't true, especially the way that he was taken from us. It just did not seem like it was reality.
Dateline NBC
Under the Bay Bridge
The main thing that people were saying was, oh, he must have gotten mugged. He was walking back home to his hotel. That one I did not believe because Bob never walked anywhere. He would have Ubered, especially at that time.
Dateline NBC
Under the Bay Bridge
Never. Not at all. Had Bob been approached by someone that was trying to mug him, he would have given him, you know, them, the shirt off his back, his wallet, his keys, his clothes. He would have said, hey, man, let me buy you a meal. Please don't hurt me.
Dateline NBC
Under the Bay Bridge
I heard that you were talking to the police. Please tell them to check the footage of the Millennium Tower. I'd like to remain anonymous. I fear that I will be stabbed too.
Dateline NBC
Under the Bay Bridge
I heard that you were talking to the police. I fear that I will be stabbed, too.
Dateline NBC
Under the Bay Bridge
A friend texted me, tell the police to check the footage of the Millennium Tower.
Dateline NBC
Under the Bay Bridge
That was a text that you got? Anonymous text. I fear that I will be stabbed too.
Dateline NBC
Under the Bay Bridge
This is not the way that Bob Lee should have died ever. He should have died an old man, a more successful man. The murderer robbed this world of a great mind. And I will never, ever forgive this family for what they did to him.
Dateline NBC
Under the Bay Bridge
I woke up around 6.30 like I usually do. When I grabbed my phone, I realized I had missed calls.
Dateline NBC
Under the Bay Bridge
It was San Francisco General Hospital. And... I found that to be a little strange.
Dateline NBC
Under the Bay Bridge
Exactly. So then, as I was taking Scout, our youngest, to school, I said, do me a favor. Check Dad's location for me really quick.
Dateline NBC
Under the Bay Bridge
I don't know why, but there was just a feeling, this pit in my stomach.
Dateline NBC
Under the Bay Bridge
I'm like, this is a little odd. I'm not going to let my overactive imagination take hold just yet.
Dateline NBC
Under the Bay Bridge
And the operator had said, oh, I'm so sorry. We were probably just verifying or confirming an appointment. And I thought, this is strange. I don't have appointments down there.
Dateline NBC
Under the Bay Bridge
Didn't hear back from him, which is very bizarre because by 10 a.m., Bob is up and running.
Dateline NBC
Under the Bay Bridge
Always, yeah. Either text, call, anything. We were always in contact with each other.
Dateline NBC
Under the Bay Bridge
It was very strange. By 10, 11 a.m., I still had not heard from him.
Dateline NBC
Under the Bay Bridge
He's like, I'm supposed to take him to the airport, and he's not picking up his phone. I'm like, I know he hasn't returned my messages either.
Dateline NBC
Under the Bay Bridge
And said, by any chance, is this guy by the name of Bob Lee here? And the woman said, are you family?
Dateline NBC
Under the Bay Bridge
I jumped in the car with my boyfriend and we sped as fast as we could down to the hospital. And every scenario at that time was going through my head. What? He's been mugged? Mugged. Car accident. Hit by a car. Hit by a self-driving car in San Francisco. You know, every little scenario.
Dateline NBC
Under the Bay Bridge
So we get there, and they escorted us back into a private waiting room, which at that point, too, I felt very, almost just sick to my stomach. Like, what is going on here? Is he in a coma? What happened? And shortly after that, the nurse and the attending doctor walked in and said, Are you Bob Lee's wife? Yes, I'm his former wife. And they said, Well, I'm so sorry.
Dateline NBC
Under the Bay Bridge
At that time, I just, I went blank. I stared at the doctor like, are you telling me that Bob is dead? And it was in that moment that, you know, you almost fall to the floor. You don't think it's real. My whole body, I mean, just went flush. This is not real. And that's all I kept thinking was, you have the wrong person. This isn't real. I need to get home to the kids right now.
Dateline NBC
Under the Bay Bridge
Like, they're getting out of school. It's 3 o'clock in the afternoon. I need to go now.
Dateline NBC
Under the Bay Bridge
I realized I had missed calls. There was just this pit in my stomach. The doctor said we were not able to save him. I went blank. Are you telling me that Bob is dead?