it never felt not normal, you know? it felt like at dad s house, that was my house. reporter: and despite the distance, tom was very close to his oldest kids. i was a daddy s girl, definitely, no doubt about that he always made sure that whenever brad and i were in town that we would have fun. like we we wouldn t just, you know, be sitting around. we always had fun plans. reporter: jillian and her dad talked on the phone all the time. thanksgiving weekend 2011 was no exception. and i remember we hung up and we blew a kiss over the phone like we used to when i was ten and we hadn t in years and i thought that was cute. reporter: and when the weekend of family and football was over, it was monday, november 28th. and lucky for tom, the new york giants were on t-v. he stayed up and watched the football game, a giants football game. i went to bed. reporter: the next morning, as usual, he was up and out of
know, walking through a casino and someone s got a wedding gown on. reporter: the only guests were linda s parents and tom s mom and dad, marie and tom senior. reporter: did you feel reporter: did they seem like a good match? i think they fit, yeah. reporter: both tom and linda had kids from their previous marriages. but a few years later, they welcomed a child of their own, ryan. he would say all along through the pregnancy, i don t care if the girl or boy, i ll love it either way. you know, but i kinda knew deep down he wanted a boy. and so when he was delivered and he saw it was a boy, he cried. he was so happy. really happy. reporter: did you immediately see a relationship made in giants heaven after that? oh absolutely. reporter: they were a blended family his, mine and ours as they liked to call it. linda had a daughter who lived with her and tom. while, tom s two kids from his first marriage lived in colorado, brad and daughter jillian. i grew up knowing th
crying that this had happened and she didn t use the word, responsible, but i know that s what she felt. reporter: tom s daughter jillian, who d been close with her step-mom, was now furious. why would you do this, how could you be so irresponsible, just mad really and confused and trying to process, it took a long time to process. i stopped talking to linda at that point. reporter: linda s sister was also finding out about the the affair for the first time. she was just very sad and very upset. and i think embarrassed or ashamed for having been in a relationship other than her marriage. reporter: what did you tell her as the protective older sister? it s not your fault. she s blamed herself from that moment on. you didn t choose this. people have affairs. millions of people every day.
it felt like at dad s house, that was my house. reporter: and despite the distance, tom was very close to his oldest kids. i was a daddy s girl, definitely, no doubt about that he always made sure that whenever brad and i were in town that we would have fun. like we we wouldn t just, you know, be sitting around. we always had fun plans. reporter: jillian and her dad talked on the phone all the time. thanksgiving weekend 2011 was no exception. and i remember we hung up and we blew a kiss over the phone like we used to when i was ten and we hadn t in years and i thought that was cute. reporter: and when the weekend of family and football was over, it was monday, november 28th. and lucky for tom, the new york giants were on t-v. he stayed up and watched the football game, a giants football game.
chief investigator they didn t have a case. we didn t have the evidence that that i felt or that my boss felt was compelling enough to put before a jury. reporter: but the investigation wasn t over. detectives were hoping they would find gil s d-n-a in tom s car and link him to the crime scene. while they waited for those test results, they let tom s family know they were investigating the death as a homicide. tom s ex-wife, michele, called linda for an explanation. linda told me she had had an affair with gil. she was crying on the phone, crying that this had happened and she didn t use the word, responsible, but i know that s what she felt. reporter: tom s daughter jillian, who d been close with her step-mom, was now furious. why would you do this, how could you be so irresponsible, just mad really and confused and trying to process, it took a long time to process. i stopped talking to linda at that point.