After the paternity test, Blake and Bakley married in November 2000, but not before signing a custody agreement stipulating Bakley would have to give up her "business." Blake and Bakley are seen here on vacation at Sequoia National Park.

On May 4, 2001, Blake and Bakley went to dinner at Vitello's, an Italian restaurant Blake frequented several times a week. After dinner, Blake said he went back inside the restaurant alone to retrieve a gun, but that when he returned to his car he discovered Bakley had been shot.

Paramedics arrived at the scene to try to save Bakley, who was still breathing. An ambulance
rushed her to a Burbank hospital, but she died less than an hour later.

In the aftermath of the shooting, Blake's lawyer at the time, Harland Braun, publicly discussed Bakley's checkered history and said there were many people from her past who could have wanted her dead.

The victim's family has spoken out against Blake in the media. Half-brother Peter Carlyon said in an interview that Blake told Bakley there was a "bullet with her name on it." Brother Joseph Bakley (pictured) appeared on ABC's "20/20" to talk about his slain sister, but was arrested on a fugitive warrant stemming from a parole violation in Florida.

At her funeral, Blake thanked Bakley for bringing Rosie into the world. Bakley's family
boycotted the service, saying they believed Blake was responsible.

Blake claims he hired bodyguard Earle Caldwell to protect Bakley, alleging a mysterious man with a buzz cut had been stalking her. Caldwell is facing conspiracy charges in her death and is free on $1 million bail paid by Blake.

On April 19, 2002 — eleven months after Bakley's shooting — Robert Blake was arrested
at his Studio City, Calif., ranch and charged with murder.

The jailed actor finally got to tell his side of the story on national television to ABC's Barbara Walters. The interview, however, came after two of Blake's lawyers quit representing him when the actor refused to listen to orders to stay silent about the case.