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That steve stephens was facing serious financial trouble. he had a gambling problem and recently evicted from his apartment. the victim was 74-year-old robert godwin, father of 10, grandfather to 14. his family has this message for the killer. >> i just want him to know that god loves him. we love him, yes, were hurt but we have to forgive him because if we dont forgive him the bible says your heavenly father wont forgive you. >> i said im not happy with what you did but i forgive you. >> if he ...

This area before, we were going to go back to this area. do you have an any information as to why this was a focus for law enforcement? >> very early on, we got a ping, we pinned his phone up there, and then that went away, that we investigation. i dont know what led the federal resources to that area, but if you look at his facebook post when he was driving in the car, he mentioned casinos, the gambling problem, which are all things familiar with that area, we know for sure because of the casin...

Another he said his gambling problem left him with absolutely nothing. in all of the videos he is on alarmingly calm, talking about murder like its in every day ritual. he told his mother his plans yesterday but she didnt seem to care. just before he is seen killing the elderly man, he asked him to repeat stephens girlfriends name. the man seemed confused and steven shot him in the head. we just heard from the family members a short time ago. >> he is a good guy. he is amazing. he would give you...

Stevens, we have witnessed more of his videos. in one he is shooting at a gun range and another said his gambling problem left him with absolutely nothing. and all the videos he is alarmingly calm, talking about murder like its an everyday ritual. he said he told his mother his plans and she didnt seem to care. just before he is seen killing the elderly man, stevens asked the man to repeat his girlfriends name. the man seemed confused and stevens shot him in the head. we heard from the victims f...

Next morning, everybodys like, hey. you broke in all these cars and we told you not to, and you brought back all of this stuff. here it is. and im like -- ah [ bleep ]. you know? >> though dipiazza has pled not guilty in hopes of reaching a deal with prosecutors, he doesnt deny having committed the crime. >> man, kicking myself in the butt. thats stuff i did when i was a kid. kids break into cars. you know? not adults. i want to be an adult. >> while dipiazza says he wants to abide by the law, h...

Kid. kids break into cars. you know? not adults. i want to be an adult. >> while dipiazza says he wants to abide by the law, he admits his life revolves around another banned activity. gambling. >> break the doors in the day room. i sit there at that poker table all day. >> you all in? call. >> thats my whole day. play poker until lunch. east lunch. lock down an hour. get out. play poker until dinner. >> dipiazza has a gambling problem. but were trying to work on that. i try to pull him from the...

Thats my whole daily routine. play poker until lunch. east lunch. lock down an hour. get out. play poker until dinner. >> dipiazza has a gambling problem. but were trying to work on that. i try to pull him from the table. >> no gambling. >> no gambling? >> no gambling. >> deputy flynn says hell keep an eye on the bean bag toss to make sure it doesnt turn into a game of stakes. >> you guys like to gamble too much. scott said, hey, thanks for getting it up. i said, we cant be gambling on this. i k...

Lets say their personnel file discloses mental health issues a gambling problem, any sort of information that might be able to be used. what kinds of other scenarios? >> theres more than a million people that were just neighbors and friends so biometric data. one of the deep concerning problems is they still havent fixed it. were still pouring information into the system that is not safe and secure. this is a 1960s system cobol operating system without encryption encryption. they dont have one t...

And play poker until dinner. ♪ ♪ >> dipiazza has a gambling problem, but we try to work on that and i try to pull him from the table. >> no gambling. >> no gambling. >> deputy flynn says hell keep an eye on the bean bag toss to make sure it doesnt turn into a game of stakes. >> we cant be gambling on this because i know how he likes to gamble and this pod likes to gamble, but we try to cut it down. whats the point system? >> the lowest three. >> scotts not a very good gambler, though, in lif...

>> thats my whole day. play poker until lunch. east lunch. lock down an hour. get out. play poker until dinner. >> dipiazza has a gambling problem. but were trying to work on that. i try to pull him from the table. >> no gambling. >> no gambling? >> no gambling. >> deputy flynn says hell keep an eye on the bean bag toss to make sure it doesnt tour into a game of stakes. >> you guys like to gamble too much. scott said, hey, thanks for getting it up. i said, we cant be gambling on this. i know how...