funny thing is, prior to meeting you guys, we said this is a dateline case. and here we are! despite what they heard from london, gill investigators were somewhat subject skeptical that this love triangle had no jealousy or resentment. da investigator, bill. we had to try and determine if there was some kind of relationship that we weren t seeing between the victims and unions. but was going on between the two of them that tom coleman would allow the sexual relationship to continue between his wife and nunez. did you have to think of a scenario that maybe him and maybe wanted tom out of the way so that she could have gilberto? no question. that was top on the priority list. and the first question for investigators? did lend or kill drive a white suv? detectives knew that linda didn t. but gil did. he drove a white nissan pathfinder.
harass and intimidate tom. he said, well, gill wants to know if you would want to accompany be to, you know, just scare the guy. and he goes, we may pretend, like, where from the cia or something like that. it was just as long as he sees that you have a gun on you and badge. if he sees the gut, you don t have to wave it around or take it out. he says, gill was in the cia. i was like, now, i didn t know that. did you believe that? no. he pulled out an i. d. with the cia on top of. it. it had gil s picture on it. and his name. and it had a badge that said special officer. the badge was obviously from walmart or came art or something. it was definitely fake. nick said he refused to participate and never heard about the plan to scare tom again. you have to wonder what a jury would be said from all this.
a son? yes. that was in 2009, he was married then. and the two couple started socializing. we all seem to like each other, and we are friendly. and they would just say hey, want to go out to dinner, okay. and then you started to get to know him better? overtime, yeah. through school events? yeah, and our sons both did karate together. they were in the same karate class. tom and gill also hit it off, and became close. talking sports, and watching giants games. and like tom, gil was a hands on dad. he went to all his sons karate classes, where he would see linda. we would sit next to each other, and just talk. it was like three times a week, for an hour. what was it about gilberto that you liked? very friendly, very personable. a year went by before linda says she realized something was happening between them.
making tom long term plans for them. he even bought her a ring. we were out having dinner. he proposed. i said, i can t. how did he take that? well i know, i know, i know we have a lot to get through but, you know. and i said yeah, you re a little premature with that. it looks investigators like ill was growing impatient. maybe eager to get tom out of the way. remember those anonymous texts to tom. the one telling them about gayle and linda s affair? she told police they came from gill. when she found out, she confronted him. i was absolutely furious. what did you say to him? i just screamed who the hell do you think you are? why would you do this? very devious. very. very. according to linda, gill cried, saying he only did it because he felt tom should know the truth. she said he begged for forgiveness and even threatened to harm himself. tom felt bad that he felt suicidal. tom was that kind of guy.
it was an obsession furthered by manipulation and deception. to show jurors just how obsessed he they believed gill had become, prosecutors read emails he wrote to linda. when you look back, you know, that first kiss. she would have slapped him in the face or kicked him in the nuts, it wouldn t have happened. you believe this affair is the reason you re son is no longer with us. yes. if they didn t meet tom would be alive today. in court, prosecutors portrayed gill, not just as a man desperately in love, but also as someone capable of outrageous lies, along with those anonymous text messages gill sent to tom about the affair, jurors jurors also learned he sent text to linda, posing as a woman named samantha.