00:00:00
During the 20-minute ride over, as she is hauling down the freeway, Alicia is calling her mom and then Nick's mom, who
00:00:06
calls Nick's sister and Nick's [music] nephew, everyone she can think of who needs to know that something is wrong.
00:00:12
When she finally gets to the offices of Gilbert Air, the HVAC company that Nick owned with his partner Dave Sweetman,
00:00:19
she parks her car behind some bushes, kind of like away from the building because at this [music] point she's
00:00:24
thinking that Nick might be hurt and she doesn't want her kids to see that if he
00:00:28
comes out beat up or bleeding or something. So, she gives them her phone to play on, tells them [music] to stay
00:00:33
in the car, that their dad is strong, he's going to be fine, and then she beelines it for the building. And that's
00:00:40
when she sees the crime [music] scene tape and what looks to her like a million police officers everywhere.
00:00:48
And her first thought is to look around for ambulances. Like if Nick was attacked, they should be taking him to
00:00:53
the hospital. But there isn't any ambulance in sight. And that's when Alicia starts running. She runs right
00:01:02
through the yellow tape yelling, "Where is my husband? What happened?" And officers are trying to hold her back,
00:01:08
but no one is answering her questions. She said she felt like she was standing there for 20 minutes just repeating,
00:01:15
"What the happened?" >> [music] >> And after what feels like a lifetime, finally an officer pulls her aside and
00:01:23
delivers one line that will change the trajectory of her life forever. I'm sorry to tell you, your husband's
00:01:30
dead.