and her husband tried to string him out, sending him to rehab several times, beginning in 1999. and how long was he in hazel turn four? a month. now to describe his state in the days before the murder. did you at some point receive a phone call from your son? yes. she described the conversation with her son, two days before the murder. he was inconsolable over the breakup with beth. he said, she s gone, she s gone, she s taken all of her stuff. i was asleep and she just left.
he proposed to beth before but never like this. he pulls this run out, gets on his knees, proposes to her again. and she says, i was not she didn t feel safe enough to say no. she knew she was in a dangerous situation. so she said to him, i need more time. she was so upset. because he said, it s now or never. and her response to him was? then it has to be never. and these are words right out of best mouth. reporter: beth rushed out of the museum, toolan pursued her. she was screaming, i m going to get drunk with my friends. she was going to get our stuff and get out, and he hopped into the cab with her, they ended up at his apartment. at some point that night, beth called her brother.
not guilty or is he guilty? the jury has found him guilty. guilty of what please? first degree murder. guilty, again. on all counts. and stoicism from the defendant sentenced again to life. he is appealing his conviction. beth sister kathy read a statement in court. this verdict cannot bring beth back, but it does bring a measure of justice. for tom it lochtefeld was satisfying, even though for him, the first conviction was the one that mattered. on that day, we all took a walk up to bat s grave site after the conviction and i just remember feeling that it was a beautiful june day and it felt like wow, this is finally i m finally not upset to be here anymore. it was good again. for those who were close to
reporter: by friday, october 22nd, two days after the dinner with her brother, beth decided to leave new york. friends and family say it was clear that she intended to call it quits with toolan, and she had even left her weather a message, saying she was coming to spend the night. but by now, something else was becoming clear. tom toolan was not going to let death go. he wouldn t leave her. and he followed her and said, they got to the metropolitan, and she said, i was standing there, in front of this painting, this dark painting, saying that this painting reminds me of tom toolan. reporter: that was the moment, beth later told leslie, that tom toolan i picked to propose to her. he chose a gallery in this world famous museum, the metropolitan museum of art.