OAKLAND, Calif. -- In the two months that have passed since journalist Chauncey Bailey was shot to death in Oakland, there have been allegations of a series of problems with the police investigation. Police deny that there have been issues, claiming that the case against individuals linked to "Your Black Muslim Bakery" is actually expanding.

On that bustling Thursday morning in August, witnesses say two blasts from a shotgun felled Oakland journalist Bailey. Police reports indicate witnesses saw the shooter walk away from Bailey and then come back to shoot him one more time before disappearing in a white van.

A young handyman named DeVaughndre Broussard from "Your Black Muslim Bakery" on San Pablo Street has been charged with murdering Bailey. Police recorded his apparent confession.

But Broussard's attorney says his client has since recanted. He claims Broussard told him the bakery's leader -- Yusuf Bey IV -- told him to confess.

So did Broussard kill Bailey? And if so, did he act alone?

Police interviews indicate that at 6 a.m. on the morning of the shooting, Yusuf Bey IV got the keys to a white van the bakery used for errands.

Bailey was shot a little more than an hour later at 7:23 a.m. Again, witnesses said they saw the shooter get into a white van on the passenger side right after the killing.

About ten minutes later, at 7:35 a.m., Yusuf Bey IV returned the keys to the white van he was using.

So a question for investigators is, were the two vans the same van?

Broussard told police Bailey was killed because he was working on negative stories about the bakery.

And in an interview with New American Media, Bailey's employer the Oakland Post confirmed that could have been the motive for his killing.

"Chauncey and I have both received threats," says Oakland Post publisher Paul Cobb. "In fact, one week before Chauncey was killed, he received a threat."

Friends say it wasn't the first time the journalist had been threatened. Bailey apparently received threats during his call-in show on the now-defunct Soul Beat Television Network, and for a time lived in a high-crime Oakland neighborhood. He was once quoted as saying "I don't need a TV, because I just look out my door and see all the news."

At a press conference Tuesday for participants in the newly-formed Chauncey Bailey Project, Oakland police said they tried to find out what Bailey was writing about that could have been a motive for murder.

"We wanted that information earlier. We did request it," says Assistant Police Chief Howard Jordan.

But Oakland Post publisher Cobb never provided bailey's notes. Prosecutors later told police they didn't need them because they say they have an abundance of evidence to put the killer away.

"Looking at our investigative process it was decided that this information is immaterial to the case, and as such we have not sought to pursue that information any further," explains Jordan.

The Your Black Muslim Bakery has had a mixed reputation in the neighborhood for some time, but some residents say it's been especially troublesome since Yusuf Bey IV took over two years ago.

Just one month afterward, police say Yusuf Bey IV was involved in trashing an Oakland liquor store.

Police say in addition to Bailey's killing and the liquor store attack, bakery associates also were involved in another violent crime.

In May, police say several men including Yusuf Bey IV kidnapped and tortured two women in an East Oakland home.

Police say there were significant clues at the scene that all linked back to the bakery, but investigators say they weren't able to make any arrests for two and a half months.

At that time, they raided the bakery and nearby homes and arrested Yusuf Bey IV, his brother Joshua Bey and Tamon Halfin in connection with the kidnapping and torture. But some are questioning why it took so long.

"With a strong-armed kidnapping, with witnesses at the scene, with vehicles left at the scene, with license plates connected to addresses, it would seem to me that search warrant should be applied for immediately," says criminal justice consultant Jeffrey Snipes.

Assistant Police Chief Jordan says there was a reason for the two and a half month delay.

"We didn't have enough information to get an arrest warrant or an arraignment warrant to charge them in the case," explains Jordan. "We felt that we would like to have all of our information, all of our evidence available, so that when we present the case to the DA it's a chargeable case."

Oakland police say they're still hesitant to discuss the case in much detail.

"We've also got partners in this; multi-agency partners including our federal cousins and other law enforcement agencies around the state are interested in this," says Oakland Police Chief Wayne Tucker. "We're hopeful not to jeopardize what they're doing."

Police made yet another arrest this week, taking Yusuf Bey V into custody. He also is being charged in the kidnap and torture case, bringing the number of bakery employees behind bars to five.

These men, including the man accused of killing Chauncey Bailey, are due back in court next week.