There was a seethiing hatred. It was a game. Everyone else was just collateral damage. It just destroyed my heart. Im angry now, and i was never a very angry person. Hello, and welcome to dateline. In the eyes of his daughter, randy baker could do no wrong. He was her rock and a mentor for countless others. Randy dedicated himself to a deeply personal mission counseling others to overcome addiction. It was a battle he, too, waged as a young man, so when randy was found dead, investigators wondered, did someone from his past put an end to his future, or was there trouble closer to home . Here is Keith Morrison with the secret keepers. It was a warm colorado morning on the right side of summer. The road beneath his wheels, the vast blue canopy above, renewed possibilities in his heart. Randy baker recovering heart patient cruised through the sun to the job he loved, better now back to sweet routine. So why this morning fatigue . Randy felt the warm day wrap his big body like a sleeping pill. He struggled to lift his leaden eyelids, so tired, so tired. What was told to me was that he probably fell asleep and swerved. It could have been catastrophic. It wasnt. His pontiac took a ding, but the cops who responded said he seemed okay. These officers made sure he was all right, and essentially let him off with a warning. Perhaps those cops didnt know it was the fifth time hed dozed off at the wheel, his fifth brush with death in a month. Lucky . For a moment. Here on the last day of his life. 911, what is your name . Kelly baker. Next morning, wednesday, august 16th, 2017, 8 30 a. M. Okay. Tell me exactly what happened. I just got home, and i opened the door and my husbands dead on the floor. Officer Doug Medhurst got the call, found the big quiet house at the end of a fine leafy culdesac where a shaken kelly baker was waiting. When i got here, kelly baker was sitting on the steps over there. Just right there. I asked her what had happened, and she told me her husband randy baker was dead in the house. Shed been away overnight, and in the morning she opened the garage door, and there he was. So randy baker was laying right here. His torso was laying in the hallway, and his head was inside the door frame here right in front of that sink. A little pool of blood down there. A little pool of blood, he was laying on his right side and obviously dead. He had a bag of fast food with him and a drink cup from a local fast food restaurant. As if hed just picked up his dinner. Thats what it looked like to me. Kelly, the victims wife gave officer medhurst a little background. Randy had a bad heart. His health was failing and hed been falling asleep at the wheel. I continued to talk to kelly, and randys sister carol baker had arrived. As the women huddled with officer medhurst trying to make sense of this awful thing, the coron coroners investigator arrived. I told him of the Health Issues and i believe he spoke to kelly baker as well. And then he did a cursory examination, and he told me that he thought possibly he died of natural kau Natural Causes with all the Health Issues. Did that surprise you . Well, wasnt sure. It was possible with the Health Issues but i didnt really know at that time. Could be anything. Indeed. Kelly called randys daughter, her stepdaughter, betty winick knew her dads heart would eventually give out. I pictured the day for a really long time, but you never can picture it, like i was angry. I didnt think id be angry, but i just remember yelling at my husband to get there faster because i didnt believe it. Just trying to put in context what that morning must have been like for you. I put on a strong face for people, though, so because there was kelly was there, my aunt carol was there and the police were still there. I broke down for a split second, and then composed myself, and i was okay. She had to tell her mother, do dori about randys death. It wasnt easy. Dori and randy had divorced years before but she still loved him. I could tell shed been crying. I said betty whats wrong, and she goes dads gone. And i said no, no. She goes, mom, they found him this morning. But i said, betty somethings wrong. Somethings wrong. Somethings wrong. The thing is back at the house that morning, officer medhurst was thinking the very same thing, especially after kelly told him the pontiac was missing along with his keys and wall wallet. He had dinged his car so maybe he had taken it in for repairs. I asked kelly if there was a mechanic that randy used and she named the local mechanic, and i called them, and i said is this car there . And they said, no, it wasnt there. So where was it . Had he driven it home . Did he have it when he bought his mexican takeout . The owner of the restaurant showed me their video surveillance. I was able to find a car. It appeared to be randys driving through the drivethrough to get an order matching the food that i found next to him, his body. So now you know a lot more. I knew the car had made it to greeley. And probably all the way home with randy, but after that. Had no idea. Two days later medhurst got the news. During the autopsy, the medical examiner had taken a closer look, scraped the blood away from randys head and shoulder, and what do you know. My phone started ringing off the hook, and the investigation sergeant notified me that randy had died from two gunshot wounds. What did you think when you heard that . I thought, boy, i was right. Natural causes . Please. This was murder. Who would want randy baker dead . Questions for randys loved ones reveal a dark time from his past. Coming up. I was just thought maybe, just possibility somebody got released. When dateline continues. Were at the movies and we need to silence our phone. Who knows where that button is . I dont have silent. Everyone does right up here. It happens to all of us. We buy a new home, and we turn into our parents. What i do is help new homeowners overcome this. What is that, an adjustable spanner . Good choice, steve. Okay, dont forget youre not assisting him. You hired him. If you have nowhere to sit, you have too many. Who else reads books about submarines . My dad. Yeah. Oh, those are progressive cant protect you from becoming your parents, but we can protect your home and auto when you bundle with us. Look at that. New eye cream in a concealer from true match. With hyaluronic acid for 24hour hydration. Instantly covers dark circles. Under eyes look smoother in 1 week new true match eye cream in a concealer from loreal paris. Betty winicks father had a very bad heart. She knew she could lose him soon, thought she was ready, but she wasnt, not at all. Grief like a sledge hammer. I dont know if you watch greys anatomy, but that term, my person. Yeah. Yes. He was my person, so i went to him for anything and everything. Of Course Police knew randy had been shot to death and his killer must have taken his car, but they didnt tell betty or the rest of the family, not right away. They kept asking about guns, and i was like, all right, this is weird. So after a couple of hours, they told you what . My fathers case was considered a murder case. I think in the back of my mind i already knew it wasnt a natural death. By this time, detectives had pieced together randys final hours, had collected Security Camera footage showing randy leaving work about 5 35 p. M. , and that video from the mexican takeout place at 7 30. Thank you so much for choosing santiagos. The restaurant is about a tenminute drive from the house meaning randy must have been murdered around 7 45, but by whom . The answer police knew might depend a lot on randy himself, something in his behavior, his life, which betty told them had been rough sometimes. He was a counselor since i was 4 or 5. What kind of counseling did he do . Drug and alcohol addiction counseling. He had some experience with that. Yes, he had a lot of experience with that so. What did you know about that . Not a lot. He didnt like to talk about it. Just that he almost died. When randy was 28, a strapping bear of a man, 65 tall, he was a lineman for the local power company. Dori baker, bettys mother and randys first wife could tell that story. He was on the line, and he got a jolt. He was electrocuted. He was never the same after that, heart permanently damaged, terrible pain, depression, not hard to guess the next part. He tried to escape his misery with drugs. There was just so much pain there, and he didnt know what to do with it. He wallowed in his addiction, got so bad he was even dealing drugs, but then after three hard years he cleaned up his life. No more drugs or dealing, and thats when he promised to help others get clean, too. Its what made him a committed counselor as much as anything else . Pretty much, pretty much. Randy helped a lot of people, strangers, friends, family. One of his nephews having trouble with drugs himself texted this fathers day wish in 2015. My dearest uncle, not only have you been a role model and inspiration to me, but the closest person i have ever had as a real father figure. Thank you for believing me, and happy fathers day. Kelly entered their lives. And she actually cut kwyour dads hire aair and moms hair we lived a few houses away from each other. Tell me about her. Very cute, very sweet and quiet, and when i saw kelly look at my husband with the look that i knew i was in trouble. What look . She was ga ga over my man, and i said yeah, its over. She was right. Dori found herself replaced by kelly the hairdresser. It broke my heart. I was very depressed. Were you angry at him for a while . I think i was young enough that i didnt understand it. We were actually pretty close. They were married 18 years. I called her mom. Kelly set up her new hair salon in randys basement, and randy revelled in his new life, kelly, her kids, his kid, and the other love of his life, his harley. Harleydavidson road king i think like 95. It was his thing, and he didnt ride it often, especially the last like ten years because he was sick. His heart again. Cardio card card cardiomyopothy. He was on my medications. She would clean. She would be the caretaker even though he didnt need one. Betty said randy wanted kelly to care for him, and she did for years, until she just couldnt anymore. She was 11 years younger, and i think it was starting to get to her that she was still kind of pretty young. It was the spring of 2017 when randy was recovering from open heart surgery, kelly said she just couldnt take it anymore, and she moved out. And at first i was like i could kind of understand it. But two months later, randy was dead and police were calling in family members to tell them exactly how he died. Kelly had trouble dealing with it. Still, they asked for her help. I cant. I just cant. But she calmed herself, and she did mention randys dedication to his job. He was a very good counselor, and he wanted to change and help these people. But said kelly, hed been one of them once, so maybe hed made some enemies. And i dont i was just thought maybe somebody got released because if randy didnt go to prison then maybe thats not the right word. And then they looked at the bullets that killed randy baker more closely. He wasnt shot with a gun. There were two, two guns. So a drug related hit . Maybe kelly was on to something. Coming up. Two shooters . One could argue that. Another side of randy baker. I just couldnt take it anymore. And another man enters the picture. Have you been seeing anyone else . Do i have to answer that . When dateline continues. Up at 2 00am again . Tonight, try pure zzzs all night. Unlike other sleep aids, our extended release melatonin helps you sleep longer. And longer. Zzzquil pure zzzs all night. Fall asleep. Stay asleep. The same random way all life begins, but its end, that was no accident. Somebody or somebodies made double sure with two bullets from two different guns. Does that mean two shooters . One could argue that. You didnt know . No. Veteran detectives chris and mike prill were assigned to the case. It was still early, a lot to figure out. Were still just trying to get ahead of the ball game or catch up and find out what everyones statements are, where were they, what issues there may or may not be there. First, they had to clear the usual suspects. They had brought kelly in, of course, she was the murdered mans spouse, so would she benefit from his death . Did randy have any, like, Life Insurance policies or anything like that . Yes. There was actually two, they were 5,000 each. Pretty nominal amounts. Yeah. So not really worth killing somebody . Right. As for their relationship, well, kelly offered a different view of randy. So youre separated . What was the reason for the separation . Randy was just kind of mean and i just couldnt take it anymore. She explained that randy was not necessarily nice to her often, that he was volatile, that she had moved out of the home and was staying with her friend terry. Then about an hour and a half into the interview, the detective kind of offhandedly asked kelly a question she clearly didnt want to answer. Have you been seeing anyone else . Do i have to answer that. Whats that . Do i have to answer that . You dont have to. Im not answering. Well, now that was interesting. A nonanswer like a neon sign, couldnt ignore that. I dont want to be a jerk or anything, but its just the harsh reality of this drill, so is there someone we need to talk to . Yes, terrys brother. What did you think when you heard that . Unfortunately its not an uncommon thing, okay, shes having an affair. Does that mean clint can be a suspect . Obviously were going to ask and talk to him. And they did. And clint admitted the affair. He and kelly were together in bed all night the night her husband was murdered. Kelly baker meanwhile told her stepdaughter betty what it was like to get what felt to her like the third degree. She was like they almost treated me like a suspect. She was like i guess thats normal, though, because i was almost an exwife, and i had left. Bettys head was in a haze during those first few days after her fathers death, and desperate to have something to remember him by, she asked if she could have her dads harley. And so it was a shock when her stepmom told her it was gone. She said that he sold it and that its not in her hands. She knew nothing about the sale essentially is what she told me. Odd. Why would he sell his prized bike . And then just as the detectives were starting to dig into that puzzle, what do you know, five days after randy baker was murdered somebody found his missing pontiac. This is randy bakers pontiac g6. This is the one he was driving the day he was murdered. How does it wind up here in the police lot . A citizen actually spotted it in an alley down by the college. It had been abandoned, the plates had been removed. The key was locked inside on the floorboard and the car obviously had been wiped down. Who dictched the car . Investigators didnt know, but the police asked the public for help, and a few days later a tip came in. Randys pontiac had been listed for sale on facebook. And so we followed up on that Facebook Post and tracked down this female that was trying to offload randys car. I didnt know, like really dont start dont try the tears. We dont want to get to that extent because its just falling on deaf ears. Oh, my god. And that led to yet another career criminal to another and to another. A motley crue. They brought them in, asked some personal questions like where were you when randy was shot, howd you get the car. And thats when this band of felons said they got in the car, they said, from someone close to randy baker, someone not named kelly. Coming up, cell phone secrets reveal a loved one with no love lost for randy. The phone records were confirming that there was a seething hatred between the two. When dateline continues. Shingles doesnt care. I logged 10,000 steps today. Shingles doesnt care. I get as much fresh air as possible. Good for you, but shingles doesnt care. Because 1 in 3 people will get shingles, you need protection. But no matter how healthy you feel, your immune system declines as you age, increasing your risk for getting shingles. So what can protect you . Shingrix protects. 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After questioning a parade of career criminals connected to the vehicle, detectives learned the person behind the car sale was someone close to randy. They were bound by blood, almost all of it bad. Once again, heres Keith Morrison with the secret keepers. Families can be such a fascinating little study, cant they . Most are warm, protective, loving, but randy bakers family, well, consider this. The person who gave randy bakers car to those criminal bottom feeders was none other than his big sister, carol. She had received the car within about two hours of randys murder. Shes got to be involved in this somehow. Right. How did carol baker get her dead brothers car . Investigators didnt know, but they had reached at least one conclusion. Carols little simple. She had a little trouble keeping up with things. Yeah, she seemed to answer questions okay, but at one time i think she even said im slow. Really . Yeah. There was somethi