your signature on that document. yeah, that s my signature. here s the problem. it s a crime kathy now says she knew nothing about. i even told them i didn t see nothing like that. what s more, gomez says she could hardly read or write english. i couldn t read it. they just wanted me oh, you have to sign this. don t worry about it. you don t have nothing to do with this. kathy gomez told me that entire statement was prepared by the police and she signed it without knowing even what was in it. even so, gomez did testify, now saying she only took the stand because she says detectives threatened to arrest her if she refused. they put me in handcuffs to take me, because i refused to go, you know, to court. i was just freaked out you know, because who want to be in handcuffs or in jail or something like that. nobody. in fact, court transcripts show she even attempted suicide as the trial began. but because she didn t testify against eric,
so you have detective donnelly as the officer assigned. yes. with eric as his guide, cross got up to speed. and he found some troubling information about how detectives donnelly and aiello connected the two murders. it was through this witness. her name is kathy gomez. kathy, we re on the record. cross tracked her down and videotaped his interview with her. you know i m here today because eric glisson gomez, who was 16 at the time of the murder, says she first came in contact with the detectives for only one reason. she was friends with miriam tavares, who spoke only spanish. so you served kind of as a translator? yes. but by the time she had walked out of the police station, kathy gomez had become the key witness in the investigation of the fed-ex murder. gomez had signed a sworn statement claiming she overheard the same suspects talking about details of both crimes that only the killers or the cops would know. tell me if you recognize
talking about details of both crimes that only the killers or the cops would know. tell me if you recognize your signature on that document. yeah, that s my signature. here s the problem. it s a crime kathy now says she knew nothing about. i even told them i didn t see nothing like that. what s more, gomez says she could hardly read or write english. i couldn t read it. they just wanted me oh, you have to sign this. don t worry about it. you don t have nothing to do with this. kathy gomez told me that entire statement was prepared by the police and she signed it without knowing even what was in it. even so, gomez did testify, now saying she only took the stand because she says detectives threatened to arrest her if she refused. they put me in handcuffs to take me, because i refused to go, you know, to court. i was just freaked out you know, because who want to be in handcuffs or in jail or something like that. nobody. in fact, court transcripts show she even attempt
on the outside. so you have detective donnelly as the officer assigned. yes. with eric as his guide, cross got up to speed. and he found some troubling information about how detectives donnelly and aiello connected the two murders. it was through this witness. her name is kathy gomez. kathy, we re on the record. cross tracked her down and videotaped his interview with her. you know i m here today because eric glisson gomez, who was 16 at the time of the murder, says she first came in contact with the detectives for only one reason. she was friends with miriam tavares, who spoke only spanish. so you served kind of as a translator? yes. but by the time she had walked out of the police station, kathy gomez had become the key witness in the investigation of the fed-ex murder. gomez had signed a sworn statement claiming she overheard the same suspects