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In . I was very confident coming in this race but sitting there throughout the day the confidence diminished quickly. So im happy to be holding this right here. Ron winchell. Gun runner rolls on the 34th breeders cup classic. One reason his confidence might have diminished throughout the day is horses near the lead in most of the dirt races were not doing well at all. Gun runner went totally against the grain with pressure almost at every single stride that he took going down the backside and the far turn. Bafferts instructions to collecteds jockey was go after him. And that he did. Yet gun runner was up to the task. And kudos to you. You were completely right at arrogate. You said that he just wasnt himself and he was unlikely to be himself today. You know, i love arrogate for what he gave us. Hes a champion. He took my breath away watching him win the dubai world cup. One of the greatest of our generations, but yes he goes off to the sunset on a kind of sour note but still accomplished a heck of a lot. Gun runner a 4yearold, coowned by ron winchell. Introduced to the sport by his late farr vern and Three Chimneys farm. Winchells been quoted of saying 50 50 chance win or lose that gun runner will continue to run next year. He mentioned the pegasus world cup as a possible next start for gun runner so well see how that shapes up. Gun runner a very deserving winner. Back now to bob costas. Thanks guys. So in the conclusion of two days of compelling breeders cup action. Gun runner picks up right where he left off over the summer and puts on another impressive performance to get the better of arrogate for the very first time and despite a fifth place finish, arrogate ends his career anaphase the highest earning racehorse in history. And will be remembered by most not for his defeats here at del mar but for his dominant displays during the seven straight wins that preceded those defeats. A special thanks to equibase, the industrys official db for thoroughbred racing and statistics information. Up and next on nbc, except here on the west coast, dateline, saturday night mystery and later tonight an all new saturday night live with host larry david. That has to be good and musical guest miley cyrus. Bob costas saying good night from southern california. Reporter as police looked at the crime scene and spoke to the witness, they learned Something Else the intruder had gone upstairs and shot the friend rachel first. They started to wonder if she might have been a target. I was blown away. All these different thoughts running through my head. Reporter wayne owens is rachels son. He couldnt imagine why anyone would want to hurt his mom. Describe your mom for us. Very caring and loving. Shes warm. Shes an extremely optimistic. Shes always able to see the good and the bad. Reporter wayne grew up an army brat, living overseas with his mom and his dad, greg, who was a decorated veteran from the first iraq war. Did you like traveling the world as a family . I definitely loved that experience cause i was raised an only child. So i definitely it was fun. I mean we always planned trips. Like, we were always going somewhere. Reporter dad later retired from the service, and began working for private military contractors. Thats when the family settled into a slower pace at this home in londonderry, New Hampshire. But now their quiet life had suddenly been turned upside down. Your mom has been shot multiple times. I was shocked. I was like, for a breakin . I didnt know what to think. Reporter wayne, who lived in rhode island, rushed to the hospital three hours away. We hopped in the car. I talked to my uncle and my aunt. I was like, whats going on . Like, can you, like, fill me in . I just couldnt wrap my brain around it. I couldnt really process it. Reporter one piece of good news, hed gotten a message from his dad, who was home in New Hampshire and hadnt been harmed. Its also really scary to think that that person is still out there. Oh, definitely, yeah. Reporter wayne arrived to find his mom was still alive but in intensive care. And he learned that, for her protection, police had kept her under an alias, with armed guards. They were concerned, because they didnt know if that person was at large or what the situation was or was she targeted . So they were just, you know wanted to be safe. Reporter as rachel was fighting for her life, investigators had a Violent Crime to solve, with a shooter still on the loose. Home invasions dont typically happen frequently in maine. It was befuddling from the beginning. Reporter police would have to learn a lot more about rachel owens. The investigation begins. I told him, your wife was shot. At that point mr. 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So the officers helped him to the ground, sat him down. Reporter it turned out it wasnt a heart attack. Hed apparently gone into shock. Greg was eager to go see his wife. But first he went down to the police station, full of questions about her condition. Status of my wife. Yeah. Shes at the hospital right now. Shes alive . Shes alive. Prognosis . Were not sure right now. Shes still in surgery. But she is, you know, still alive right now. Any idea what happened . Uh, were trying maines trying to get some background information. Theyre investigating it on their side. Reporter greg explained that his wife had gone up to maine for a few days to stay with friends. He said she had been struggling with her health recently and needed a getaway. What is the issue . Theyre saying that its early onset dementia. He said she had trouble taking care of herself and remembering. He described how he really was the caretaker, had to make sure she ate. Reporter greg said he thought the visit to maine would do rachel some good. He described a very loving relationship with him and his wife and their family. Reporter now as he talked about her, he could barely contain his emotions. Im sorry, sir. Go ahead. Its okay. Do you know anybody that would wanna hurt either your your wife or not to my knowledge, sir. My no. Thats why when you told me about when the officer told me my wife had been shot i damn near had a heart attack. Theres no nobody up there that would hurt or harm her to the best of my knowledge. Mmhmm. Reporter as police spoke to greg, another theory of the crime occurred to them. How about yourself . Ith your line of work. Considering the type of stuff you work on. Reporter greg described that work he did for military contractors, which often involved counterterrorism and sensitive security issues. Would anybody have thought you may have been a target for this . I hadnt even considered that thought. But no, sir. I dont think theres anybody associated in my line of work that would wanna target me or my wife. Reporter of course, whether it was a robbery gone bad or a targeted attack, one more theory had to be looked at too. After all, he was the husband. So before taking greg to see his wounded wife, investigators took him through a timeline of his night. Did you go to maine at all last night at all . No, sir. I did not. Reporter he told them hed worked all night on his computer, writing a proposal. And said he left his house twice. Once at night to go to the local circle k to get some cigarettes, and once in the morning to grab coffee. Mr. Owens was very open and willing to come talk to us and help out with our investigation. Reporter greg assured police he completely understood why they had to ask him so many questions. Aye done my fair share of on scene battlefield interrogations. We look for the discrepancies. And thats, again thats why people ask, ask, ask. Somebody hurt my baby. He was essentially there as a helper on our end to help us build information for this case. Obviously if information comes in regarding obviously. The best thing is, my wifes alive. Reporter and greg told police he was desperate to see her, so they wrapped up their interview. I understand im being cleared. Reporter and promptly escorted him up to maine to be by his wifes side, along with their son wayne. Doctors had to make a tough call about that bullet still lodged in the back of rachels head. They were making a decision whether to operate or not operate. And then she had to go in for an angiogram to determine, like, the impact of what the bullet was doing, like, on a vein in her in her head. Reporter rachel was in and out of consciousness. Wayne spoke to her hoping she could hear him. Reporter what did you say to her . I just told her i was here. And that i was sorry. And that i would be here until she got better. Reporter that must have been so important, just seeing your face. I think it was. I hope so. Reporter and investigators had their own hopes. If rachel could pull through, maybe she could help identify the shooter. A step in the right direction. They had discovered a footprint that was left in a flower bed. Who left it . And what were they really after . There was no burglary. Nothing was stolen. No computers, no electronic devices. Be sensational lash sensational full fan effect mascara from Maybelline New York. Our unique fanning brush reveals layers of lashes for the sensational fullfan effect. Lash sensational mascara. Make it happen Maybelline New York at longhorn, step into wood. Stone. Steak. Dont prepare a meal for yourself. Prepare yourself for a meal. Feast on one of longhorns steakhouse cuts. 12 oz new york strip, centercut flos filet, for a limited time, 14 ounce delmonico. The feeling. The flavor. The place. Longhorn steakhouse. You cant fake steak. A bridge shut down over politics. Their biggest triumph was a traffic jam. 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Reporter rachel was going to make it. That pit just thats in your stomach like just kind of dissolves. I mean, someone should be dead if theyre shot in the head. You would think. Its amazing how lucky she was, and that maybe it wasnt maybe like one centimeter to the left or right. Hit just that right angle where it didnt impact too far. Reporter rachel gradually woke up, began to heal, started her long road to recovery, and here is rachel today. She still feels the effects of her injuries, but sat down to tell us her story. This has been an incredible ordeal. Reporter does it surprise even you sometimes that that here you are today, looking as good as you do, feeling as good as you do . It is. It is. Im surprised that im still here. Reporter what is it like having a bullet lodged in your head . I dont feel it. Its just staying still in the back. It just it went all around my brain. It just plopped there, and when the doctors told me that, we couldnt get the bullet out, you know, i said, okay. What am i supposed to do . Reporter she says she got through it with the support of her family. During her rehab, wayne made multiple trips to see her, and shed wake up to see her husband greg by her side. He says, ill be right here when im done i had to do therapy. Ill be right here, and then hed fix me my food, and then wed eat together. Reporter rachel took us back to her time in maine and the hours leading up to the shooting. Reporter what had you all been doing that day, just while you were at your friends . Yeah, we went out to eat, just, you know, having fun, and we went and did a little shopping. We went back to her house, and then later on at night, thats when everything started. Reporter and once everything started, she says her memory essentially goes blank. Is there anything you remember . I dont. About that night . Because i was sleeping in my room. Reporter there was only one image she said she could remember about the shooting, the same thing she told police. The intruder seemed to have a hat with a jamaican look. I was sleeping. So, i remember a jamaican hat. Thats the only thing i remember. Reporter as she focused on recovering, police kept investigating. They didnt know what to make of that jamaican hat detail from rachel. It didnt match the skimaskwearing description the homeowner had given police. They zeroed in on evidence at the home. What was the crime scene telling you . The crime scene was telling us that they had first discovered a foot print that was left in a flower bed, and that was preserved immediately by the saco Police Department. How did they preserve that . The lead detective actually took off his coat that he was wearing that night, because it was a rainy night, and he actually laid his coat on top of the footprint itself to prevent the rain from destroying it any further. Reporter close to that footprint, they also saw that the window on the door to the garage was broken. They assumed that the intruder gained entry into the house initially by busting open that that door, busting that window. Reporter was there anything left there on that window pane . No, nothing nothing obvious. Reporter any blood on it, anything . No blood. Reporter nothing . Nothing. Reporter at first glance it seemed the intruder had left no trace, but on closer inspection, they saw something. One of the crime scene investigators sees a hair, a tiny piece of hair in between two panes of glass. So they said, lets swab it and find out if we can collect any dna off this. Reporter you swab the hair, or they swab the glass . Nope, they swab in between the panes of glass. Maybe itll help, maybe it wont. Reporter by that point the investigators had formed a pretty clear sense of the intruders path through the house, culminating with the shooting upstairs. They found these shell casings in the bedroom, all of them marked wcc 1987. So thats a very old shell casing. 28 years old, yeah. Reporter and along with these pieces of physical evidence, one thing struck investigators. There was no burglary. Nothing was stolen. No computers, no electronic devices, nothing was taken. Reporter that helped bolster their working theory, that this was a targeted shooting, not a random home invasion, and that rachel owens was the intended victim. Three days into the investigation, police werent any closer to an arrest, but one tip was about to change everything. A phone call with information that would send the case in a whole new direction, more than a 1,000 miles away. Is this just a wow moment in this investigation . Yes, it is. Its a very big moment. And we covered it, july first, twentyfifteen. Talk to farmers. We know a thing or two because weve seen a thing or two. We are farmers. Bumpadum, bumbumbumbum ltry align probiotic. 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I was always into weight lifting. So i did a body building competition and a fitness competition. And it taught me a lot. Reporter safe to say, you can protect yourself . I think thats safe to say. Reporter but back in 2006, betsy says she was feeling vulnerable. Her marriage of 20 years was falling apart. It was hard because my husband and i were best friends. We just did everything together. Reporter then, as she boarded a flight home from a business trip one morning, a twist of fate. The stewardess came back and said, theres a man thats upgraded you to first class. Reporter and that only happens in, like, romance novels . Right. Right. So i walked up there and this man stood up and he said, i think this is your seat. Reporter the two settled in and talked for the entire flight, realizing they had a lot in common, like shared passions for sports, hunting and fishing. We became friends. Reporter did you feel like you really got a sense of this man, just on this one flight . I did. I felt like we were we had been connected for a long time, it happened so fast. But it was so easy. Reporter he and betsy stayed in touch as friends for the next three years. Then betsy got divorced. I thought it was a good time for us to start seeing each other and maybe see if there was more there. Reporter turned out, there was a lot more. The two embarked on an intense love affair. The name of the new flame none other than greg owens. He was very romantic. And he will not be happy im telling you this. But he used to love to give me pedicures. He would reporter wow. If we were gone somewhere, he would draw me a bath and he would pour me a glass of wine. I had never dated anybody that was that romantic. Reporter greg told her he was married to a woman named rachel. He said they were separated and getting divorced. But he did check in on her now and again because of her health issues. He wanted to make sure that she was welltaken care of, which i agreed with wholeheartedly. But that he had to kinda keep track of her because she was having some accidents and, you know, he wasnt sure how long he could leave her alone. Reporter at the time he said hed taken a contract job in texas, and would be back and forth to betsys about every two weeks. She was very excited every time he was going to come home. Reporter joe lemire and his wife becky lived next door. Reporter how in love was betsy . Very. Reporter could you just see it . Absolutely. Reporter was it was it in her words, or her actions . Both of them together. They were very affectionate. Wed be sitting on their deck, and, you know, a song would come on, and hed yank her up, and start twirling her around. They would just dance on the deck. Reporter the two began building a life together traveling on cruises to the caribbean and safari trips to africa. Is this your knight in shining armor . Oh, of course. Reporter after theyd been together five years, greg helped betsy start her business. He even came up with that name, the Warrior Princess Training Academy. Turn your body. You feel it . Yeah. Reporter greg would provide advice and teaching skills based on the special forces training he told betsy he received from the army. But his military background, that betsy admired, also came with a hitch. He told her his work as a defense contractor would mean a lot of overseas travel, sometimes on Top Secret Missions he couldnt discuss. He would tell me that he was being shipped to afghanistan or pakistan to save other military contractors. Reporter these are dangerous areas. Absolutely. Reporter for one of his trips, greg told betsy he was going to afghanistan and would be gone for weeks. He said they probably wouldnt talk, but just afew days into his trip, betsy got a strange call. I heard his voice. I started calling his name. Reporter she thought he was calling from afghanistan and worried something had gone wrong on his mission. And i wasnt getting any response. And then i hear him talking to someone. Reporter but as she listened i heard a womans voice. And then i heard him say, wow, that was a good one, rach. And my heart just sunk. Reporter greg hadnt meant to call her. It was a butt dial. You know hes greg is in america . I do. Reporter and she knew he was home sounding perfectly happy with his wife. All that talk about getting a divorce seemed to be a lie. Betsy called back to confront him. I said, i know youre in New Hampshire. And i know that youre with rachel. And he said, no, you must have heard a satellite call that i was making to her. And i said, dont lie to me. I was furious. I was wild. I was shaking. And then he said, i am here. But rachel had an accident. She almost burned down the house because she left a burner on. And so i had to come back here and get things organized. Reporter did you believe any of it . I really wanted to. But there was that part of me that said, dont be stupid. Somethings going on. Reporter betsy put her foot down. There was no way she could be with a married man. I said, im done. I cant do this anymore. You have to make a decision. You know, if youre if this divorce is not gonna go through, its because you dont want it to go through. So if you wanna go back to rachel, you need to do that. All of your stuff is in the garage. Reporter that was strong. Mmhmm. Reporter how did he take that . Because i know this man, from everything youre telling me, was in love with you . He didnt take it well. He said, i think that somebodys targeting the people i love. Was someone trying to frame greg owens . And was betsy the next target . I went home and loaded every gun i have. I was ready for war. Bring it on. Tide sport is super concentrated to beat even. The toughest stains and odors. Hey, buddy hey. Woo somebody ran laps. Yup the new tide sport collection. Its got to be tide. Frizzy, unruly hair . Need a hair smoother. 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Reporter then, two weeks after the butt dial, betsy heard the disturbing news from maine. Rachel had been shot in a home invasion. I was frantic. I was calling everybody i could think of. Reporter even though shed broken up with him, betsy called greg out of concern for him and his wife. And he said, yeah, i just found out. I think that somebodys targeting the people i love. Reporter she says greg was in a panic, with his own suspicions about the shooting. It was someone that wanted to frame him and discredit him and ruin his life. And thats why rachel wasnt killed, just injured. And i might be the next one. Reporter you could be a target if what he is saying is true. Right. I went home and loaded every gun i have and i had knives in other rooms. I was ready for war. Bring it on. Wow. This is action betsy at her best. What do you . Im not gonna cower in a corner. I dont do that. Reporter while betsy was on alert, her friend joe heard about the shooting too, and he had a very different reaction. Thats because he wasnt just betsys neighbor. He was the local police chief. I said, in the world i come from, i dont believe in coincidences. I said, ive gotta do something. Reporter joe thought the investigators in maine needed to know what he knew about greg owens and his relationship with betsy. So the chief in wisconsin called his counterparts to fill them in. Chief lamiere calls and puts a new spin on the whole thing. Greg owens had been living a double life. Uhhuh. Yeah. Reporter with that news, greg quickly became investigators main suspect in the shooting. But betsy couldnt believe he would ever harm his wife. Because he had loved rachel. He had never spoken ill of rachel. Had he lied to me about being there . Yeah, he did. But that doesnt make somebody a killer. Reporter and the greg she knew was an experienced marksman, a sniper. And if a sniper wanted someone to die, dont you think they could get that done . As awful as that sounds, im trying to make a point. The point is that if he really wanted to kill her, i think he could have done it. Reporter and greg kept insisting that the person who did shoot rachel was really out to get him. He began sending betsy alarming emails, writing, the ambush was meant for us. We were blown and setup. Go dark if anyone talks to you. Reporter what did he mean by go dark . Going dark means dont talk to anybody. Dont tell them anything. Law enforcement, friends, family. Reporter so when local police came to question her about her relationship with greg, she lied and said the two were just friends. Nothing more. Reporter what do you say to those people who are going to be like, betsy, come on, whats wrong with you . You seem like this smart lady. Well, the first question i would ask is have you ever been in love, i mean, head over heels in love, to the point where you would do anything to protect that relationship and the person you love . Reporter but then betsy got a visit from the fbi. Because the case now involved three different states, it was a federal investigation. What were they telling you, the fbi . That she had gotten shot. Shot in the arm, shot in the leg, a bullet grazed her abdomen and and a bullet was lodged in the back of her head. Reporter is that when reality just sets in that, my gosh, someone wanted this woman dead . Right. Reporter thats when betsy decided to come clean about her relationship with greg and the lies. She was very critical. She came across very well. Reporter federal prosecutors Darcie Mcelwee and jim chapman took on the case. They believed the key to it all was the double life greg was leading with betsy. She was the motive. It became clear that he was truly in love with her and that she was the one he wanted to be with, which would explain how someone who never had shown any violence towards his wife, was capable of Something Like this. Reporter but if the prosecutors theory was true, that greg had tried to kill his wife to be with betsy, his plan had failed. And after three weeks in the hospital, rachel was set to go home with greg. We believe she was going home with a man who tried to kill her. Rachel was about to be released from this hospital. So we were afraid that she was going to be finished off. We had the s. W. A. T. Team ready. We had surveilled him and we followed him essentially up to this intersection. The s. W. A. T. Team overtook him and arrested him. Reporter this must have been a dramatic scene outside this hospital. It was pretty crazy. Reporter thats when special agent flick went inside and broke the news to rachel, the fbi believed she was shot by her own husband. And she looked up at me with these beautiful big eyes and said, greg shot me . And i said, yes, he did. I just couldnt believe it. Because he was coming to see me. So i had no knowledge that he wouldve done that to me. Did you think that greg was capable of doing Something Like that. No, i never thought hed do that to me. Reporter wayne couldnt quite fathom it either, his own dad, the hero of his youth. I guess i was more in denial than anything. I didnt want to accept that he really did shoot my mom and try to kill her. Reporter greg owens was charged in federal court with crossing state lines to commit a crime of Domestic Violence and put in jail. Prosecutors knew their case was mostly circumstantial. Theres not that smoking gun, if you will . Correct. We did not have one piece of evidence that stood out and made it significant. Reporter whats more, greg had an alibi. He had told police he was working at home that night, 90 miles away from the shooting. Hed sent emails to his coworkers that he said proved it. When the case went to trial, betsy would have to testify against the man she once loved, and he was reaching out from behind bars to stop her. Gregs emails indicated he was in New Hampshire. How could he have shot his wife 90 miles away in maine . If the jurors didnt believe that he could drive from New Hampshire to saco and back in the timeline laid out they would have some doubt. Reporter and greg owens would go free. By listening to an thiaudiobook on audible. Ame and this guy is just trying to get through the day. This guy feels like he can take on anything. This guy isnt sure he can take it anymore. Unwavering selfconfidence. Stuck in a 4door sedan of sadness. Upgrade your commute. Ride with audible. Dial star star audible on your smartphone to start listening today. And you look amazingly you lcomfortable. When your vneck looks more like a uneck. Thats when you know, its halfwashed. 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Ive heard from so many people that the divorce was never filed. The divorce has been filed. All right . I didnt lie to you about it. I was trying to keep it hidden for a reason. Reporter but betsy wasnt standing for the lies anymore. You told me were in afghanistan and you werent. You were at home, in New Hampshire. I was not. Thats the whole point. Reporter over and over greg pledged his love for her. Betsy believes he was desperately trying to keep her on his side before the trial. Betsy, i love you more than life itself. You are my partner, my lover, my life. And im out of time. Reporter youre my partner, my lover and my life. Yep. Reporter is that pulling at you hearing that . Oh, god, yeah. Reporter those memories . He knew how much i loved him. And he was willing to play on that. And that really made me more angry. Reporter greg owens trial began in january 2016, just over a year after the shooting. The prosecutors presented a number of pieces of physical evidence investigators had uncovered against greg. In his car, a pair of muddy boots. One appeared to match that print at the crime scene. And at his house they found a ski mask that resembled the one the homeowner described. And these shell casings found in a cup on his desk. Why were those so critical . They were critical because they were the same ammunition with the same head stamps as those found at the scene. Reporter and there was one more big piece of the puzzle still remaining. Remember the glass from the garage door that was swabbed for dna . After gregs arrest, the results finally came back. The dna found was in fact greg owens dna. Reporter this is really sealing your case. We felt so. We thought it did. Reporter and the prosecutors gave the jury their theory of why greg owens wanted to kill his wife, saying it was all triggered by that butt dial to betsy two weeks earlier. Because it gave us a critical time point. Because that appeared to be when he began making preparations to harm rachel. Reporter was this a man who wanted to have his cake and eat it too . Exactly. Absolutely. Reporter they brought betsy to court to tell the jury about her fiveyear romantic relationship with greg. When i got in there, i sat down. And he actually winked at me. And i would have crawled across that table and put my hands around his neck. Reporter what was that wink trying to say to you, do you think . It was more manipulation. It was, lets reconcile. Reporter rachel took the stand, too, showing the jury her injuries. And she took her own chance to wink at greg. What was with that . Were you just being a little mischievous . I dont exactly. You know what . That was my time in court, you know . And i could do that to him. I went like that. Reporter then it was the defenses turn, starting with a simple point. No one could i. D. The shooter. Reporter scott dolan covered the trial for the Portland Press herald newspaper. He says gregs attorney carefully tried to poke holes in the prosecutions case beginning with rachels one memory of the intruder. She described him as wearing a jamaican hat. So no one i. D. d greg owens. Reporter and while investigators collected a number of guns from gregs home, none turned out to be the weapon from the shooting. They never recovered the gun. And when police went to greg owens house in New Hampshire, he was there. He wasnt in maine. Reporter gregs attorney noted that even with all the Traffic Cameras along the route from his house in New Hampshire to maine, police never found an incriminating image. They had to go through all the highway footage looking at car after car after car, and there was no sign of gregs car. Reporter and the one image that was captured of greg seemed to corroborate his alibi. It was this greg getting coffee at Dunkin Donuts in New Hampshire at 4 35 a. M. That was 90 miles away from the shooting in maine. His attorney said he couldnt have made the trip that quickly. That was a big piece. If the jurors didnt believe that he could drive from New Hampshire to saco and back in the timeline laid out, they would have some doubt. Reporter as for that dna on the glass, the defense explained it like this. It made sense that owens dna would be there. He had been there for an Anniversary Party in that very garage. Reporter and greg had his computer alibi. The defense said timestamps on his emails showed hed been working at home that night just as hed told police all along. But prosecutors said not so fast. On closer inspection his computer had another tale to tell. The day before the shooting he conducted a Google Search how to change clock on computer. And then he had a note on the desk in front of the computer, change time, change chrome time. Reporter and lo and behold, forensic investigators determined greg had tampered with the computers timestamp. He knew the shooting happened around 2 45, and he wanted to make it look like he was at his computer as late as 2 30. That would be incapable for him to have been in saco. Reporter after hearing two weeks of testimony, the jury retired to deliberate. Three hours later, they had their verdict. Guilty. Rachel was in the courtroom. What did you think when you heard that guilty verdict . I said, yes reporter its amazing that you were there to be able to say yes. Yeah, it was a long journey. Let me tell you that. Reporter did you have mixed emotions when you heard that . I mean, thats your father. To be honest, its sad. Its sad that it had to come to all of this. You know, im losing a father. I was grateful that he was found guilty. To say i was happy . No, definitely not. I was happy that my mom was well. And that she could have, you know, some peace. Reporter five months later, the judge sentenced greg owens to life in prison. Hes now appealing his conviction. I have no doubt that he loved rachel. I do believe he loved me. I think that he was just narcissistic enough to believe that he could have both lives. Reporter today betsy says shes a little embarrassed that the head of the Warrior Princess Training Academy was duped by a man who was no prince at all. Here you are fighting against violence against women. And the man you loved did it right under your nose. It is the ultimate irony. Because he knows i have fought for womens rights, and then he does this . I dont know how you could disrespect somebody even more. Reporter but most of all, she says, she hopes that rachel can move on from this tragedy and heal, physically and mentally. Is there anything you would say to her . Oh, my god, yeah. Im sorry. I wish i could change it. I wish it had never happened. She doesnt deserve it. Shes a great lady, and shes strong. Shes so strong. So yeah, i wish her the best. I want her to get on with her life. I hope that things work out. Reporter even though they both testified at trial, the two women in this nearly deadly love triangle have never met. So we shared with rachel what betsy said about her. Wow. Reporter what do you make of that . Thats something. That means she really thought of me. Thats good. Thats a nice lady there. Reporter today, rachel lives with wayne and her grandchildren, and despite that bullet in her head, she remains strong, eager to put her now exhusband far behind her. Have you talked to him at all, heard from him . No. Reporter anything you would say to him . It wouldnt be appropriate. Reporter wed need bleeps . Exactly. Yeah. Hes to loseer. We now return to a brandnew episode of School House Rock boy, you really have to climb a lot of steps to get to this Capitol Building in washington, d. C. Say, whats that piece of paper doing here . Oh, you mean me . Ill tell you who i am. 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