police questioned lassiter in both cases and have not ruled him out in the suspect in either one. they searched his home again last week. while lassiter would not talk on camera he told us over the phone in 2018 he was a victim of a smear campaign by homophobic police. >> i just want justice for them both. i want to make sure this doesn't happen again. >> crystal travis said the finding of rose's remains makes her more convinced that her cousin billy did not die of heart problems or obesity, and the report was inconclusive saying homicide could not be ruled out because of blunt force trauma to the neck. >> never did i believe it was an accident or because he was owe beast, nobody could convince me that it was anything else was a homicide. >> meanwhile, robin rose is preparing to bury her son in his home state of arkansas. >> i do want to find out what happened to my son and whoever is responsible, for justice to be served. >> we appreciate his mom talking to us. if you have a story tip for our investigative unit, give us a call or simply visit our website, nbc bay area.com/investi

san francisco sheriff supervisor lassiter, someone flying a drone discovered rose's remains on saturday about a mile away from where he disappeared. >>> change and caution in the air in washington, d.c. inauguration day now less than two days away and final preps are under way for this year's unique ceremony. earlier today, first lady melania trump gave an address saying it was the honor of her life to be first lady. meanwhile, an unprecedented number of national guard troops are making it possible. we know president trump is not attending the inauguration but we are learning more about how he is going to spend his final hours in office. >> reporter: jessica, president trump is planning a red carpet sendoff ceremony on wednesday morning. president-elect biden of course preparing to move into the white house. he's looking ahead to his legislative agenda while president trump is planning that exit under the cloud of a looming second impeachment trial. >> reporter: final preparations are under way for an inauguration day like no other. the time-honored traditions of the peaceple transfer o

while higher up they've got snow, this is along highway, 35 just before highway 9 video captured just lassiter tires that's where they are right, pretty rare that we get snow at those elevations, but this system is cold enough to do it cal fire shared some video check this out snow falling at the higher elevations, overnight as it was coming down this is empire grade road near the saratoga some so there you have that and then of course one of the biggest areas of concern this morning as i mentioned is santa cruz where people there were evacuated because of concerns of flooding and mudslides because what you see on the screen here all of the vegetation that was burned away last summer kron 4 sarah stinson is live there in santa cruz county now with an update has it gone sarah. >>well we're still getting a break from that rain as you know if woke up from the rain last night it was intense and it was lasting all night long and we're getting a break from that today right now we're from at the scotts valley community center we're waiting for that rain to hit again if it does it could be dangerous.