was nunez s vehicle? i did. yes. we all said we that he had something to do with it. their deliberation didn t take long. after just 6 hours the judge announced there was a verdict. is that a good sign or a bad sign? i was back at police headquarters at the time. and, and mike had texted me. was confident. i felt that a verdict was comin in that soon, that they they would ve decided it was guilty. if it happens too quick, it s not good. if it happens too quick, it is good. there s no rhyme or reason to it. so at that point we started praying. cause we just were like, this is it. it was utter heartbreak.
his office manager, irene prehn, has worked for gil for 13 years. he s always very positive and very upbeat, very kind. he s a pleasure to work for. and everyone else police spoke to said the same. gil nunez seemed to have nothing 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 tom kolman mysteriously died, his toxicology report came back and it was a shocker. we found out there was a sedative in tom s system. no one had heard of it before, at least in our our field. you had never seen it in a murder before or as a street
it was almost five years of hope and like the, the beautiful possibility of closure and leaving it behind, just taken it away. was that a tough blow for your family? absolutely. yeah. my family believes he had a hand in it. but of course, gilberto s supporter s felt the exact opposite, amazing relief. we were just crying all of us. we were just, like, clinging to each other and crying. it was years and years of just not knowing what s gonna happen. you know, we were just so happy. i was pleased that he was found not guilty. clearly, the jury did feel that there was not enough evidence to convict him. i felt that all along. so how did the jurors come to their decision? some came up with their own theory. that maybe gil did give tom the midazolam, but not with the intention of killing him. from the very beginning, i believed that nunez was there at the scene but as a friend to
reporter: four and a half years after tom kolman was found dead in his car gil nunez, went on trial for killing the man he once called his best friend. was there any doubt in your mind nunez went to see tom that morning with the intent to kill him? no doubt in my mind. ? there s no other viable explanation. i m open for explanation or reasons or somebody else, but it s not there. did you feel you had a rock solid case? it was a circumstance substantial case going into it. there was no smoking gun, no eyewitness, there was no confession. but when you put everything together we knew we had a solid case. i was glad to see him being exposed for what he truly was.
access to goodeo dental care. he was a member of the local chamber of commerce, a volunteer firefighter, voted one of the top hudson valley dentists five times and chosen to endorse products in online ads. i m dr. nunez and i m a practitioner in new york. it was a very thriving practice. we t were very busy. his office manager worked for gil for 13 years. he was always very positive, very upbeat, very kind. he s aki pleasure to work for. and everyone else police spoke to said the same. gil nunez seemed to have nothing tose wide. after weeks of investigating, there was still no clear cause of death. so all investigators could do is wonder if the love triangle was just an interesting story that had nothing to do with tom s death.o but that would all change when nearly two months after tom colemanto mysteriously died his