he covered the story for south africa s 24 hour news channel. he worked around with a 9 mm gun with him all the time. that night, oscar was in his bedside table, when he was suddenly startled awake. and he has a noise in the bathroom, he didn t get what he describes as a sense of horror overcoming him. he grabbed his gun, without putting on and went looking for the source of the noise. he walked over to the bathroom, screams that this person he believed to be an intruder, get out of my house! get out of my! house and then opens fire. right through the bathroom door. and then, he told the police he went back to the bed, where he has been sleeping with his new girlfriend, a 29 year old model and inspiring attorney, that s when oscar said, he made a horrible discovery. rivas wasn t in bed.