husband, and she and gil never discussed whatever it was that was going on. until one day he finally said it. he actually called me one night, he basically was like, you know. i can get you off my mind, your beautiful. i just adore you, and i was like wow. that s a hot potato right there. yeah, yeah, from then he started texting me. here and there we will talk. and it just progressed. did you think he was handsome? [laughs] not really. to be honest with you. but he had a way about him. he had a very smooth, i want to say almost sexy way about him. . a lawton thing going on? yes, yes, totally. his personality was sucking mean. it was early 2011, both gil and linda s marriages were
can you just picture? you re there with your significant other, she s behind you texting her lover? so, gil had no reason to kill tom, defend said. because he didn t think the affair was over. reporter, james manny up until the night mr. coleman died, that they had still seen each other. they had spoken via text. i think that weakens the prosecutions narrative that there is an obsessive person that will do anything to get blended to go back into his arms. the defenses trying to say that you re telling tom one thing, you know, you are passing s up. you re telling color to one other thing. stringing him along. yeah. was there any truth in that. do you think that was unfair? there was some truth to it because, you know, i was striking him along. we were playing his game. so that he would kill himself
want to be with my husband. he s my best friend. i love him. i don t want to do this anymore. i ve been stupid and foolish and ridiculous. i don t wanna do it anymore. you just talk. i chose to. a couple of weeks later, it was thanksgiving. still on friendly terms, gil shared the holiday with tom. linda, and their family. monday, linda met with joe alone but postpone telling him that their fair was over. what was that discussion like with gilberto? what did you tell him? holidays are here. we have all these kids. like, we can t, you know. after the holidays. he s was like, okay. i ll wait for your decision. you know? do you think he knew? he probably knew by my body language. i just him knowing me as well as he did. that he was losing me. that night, linda felt she
worked for jail for 13 years. he s always very positive, very upbeat, very kind. he s a pleasure to work for. and everyone else please spoke to said the same. gil nunez didn t seem to have anything to hide. what s more, after weeks of investigating, there was still no clear cause of death. so, all investigators could do was wonder if the love triangle was just an interesting story that had nothing to do with tom s death. but that would all change when nearly two months after don coleman mysteriously died, his toxicology results finally came in. they were a shocker. we find out that there was a narcotic, conscious sedative, let dazzle out, and talk system. no one had heard it before. at least in our field. you would never see it in a murder before, as a street drug, something people? yes it wasn t a common thing,
like, can you at least try? you know, the one just said, he s gone. and he did. he felt so called. did you feel like, this is so unfair? it just, like oh, my god. this can t be happening right now. it was now. shortly after, tell us front, gil, called linda and was at the scene. that s him off to the right. collapsing in grief as he learns the news. meanwhile, first responders and arriving officers process the scene. anything unusual about his body? did he look peaceful? his trousers were opened just a little bit. his collars were undone. he was reclined back in his car. it felt like he took a nap and did wake up. there is a presumption that it may have been a heart attack, cardiac event, something had happened. he was a large man.