we have now have a gentleman who is friends with the family, is having an affair with the wife, drives the same type of vehicle that we have on that video next to our victim the morning he s found. reporter: this is now a murder investigation. yes. 100%. reporter: they called linda back down to the station for more questions. they asked me if i knew, you know, what drugs were in tom s system. they asked me, you know, more about the relationship with gil. this they asked me what i knew of that morning. reporter: they also decided to tell her about their suspicions that they believed tom was murdered and her ex-lover, gil, was their prime suspect. i found it hard to accept because in my mind, he loved us. he loved me. he loved tom. would he do that? would he do something like that? reporter: was a part of you saying, oh, he couldn t have done this ? when i first found out about
reporter: and tom s autopsy had shown liquid in his stomach, that might have been coffee. we have now have a gentleman who is friends with the family, is having an affair with the wife, drives the same type of vehicle that we have on that video next to our victim the morning he s found. reporter: this is now a murder investigation. yes. 100%. reporter: they called linda back down to the station for more questions. they asked me if i knew, you know, what drugs were in tom s system. they asked me, you know, more about the relationship with gil. this they asked me what i knew of that morning. reporter: they also decided to tell her about their suspicions that they believed tom was murdered and her ex-lover, gil, was their prime suspect. i found it hard to accept because in my mind, he loved us. he loved me. he loved tom. would he do that? would he do something like that?
family and friends who once loved tom like a son and brother were trying to process the idea that he might be a killer. the betrayal and the confusion. you don t know what to think. the fear, just because nothing is making sense and you try to make sense of something that s not logical. this has been such a betrayal of someone that s been in our lives for a number of years. were you trying to give him the benefit of the doubt at all? i want to say there was no looking back. you know? i believe he was involved. reporter: if kelley s sister had any doubt about tom s guilt, it was erased when she saw him in court for the first time. i was there at his bail hearing. he had a bullet proof vest on, shackles, no emotion. he doesn t look. he doesn t cry. and he gets out on $250,000 cash bail. that s pretty low.
tom clayton stood accused of hiring a hitman to kill his wife, and kelley s family and friends who once loved tom like a son and brother were trying to process the idea that he might be a killer. the betrayal and the confusion. you don t know what to think. the fear, just because nothing is making sense and you try to make sense of something that s not logical. this has been such a betrayal of someone that s been in our lives for a number of years. were you trying to give him the benefit of the doubt at all? i want to say there was no looking back. you know? i believe he was involved. reporter: if kelley s sister had any doubt about tom s guilt, it was erased when she saw him in court for the first time. i was there at his bail hearing. he had a bullet proof vest on, shackles, no emotion. he doesn t look. he doesn t cry. and he gets out on $250,000 cash bail. that s pretty low. and he s been out ever since.
friends who once loved tom like a son and brother were trying to process the idea that he might be a killer. the betrayal and the confusion. you don t know what to think. the fear, just because nothing is making sense and you try to make sense of something that s not logical. this has been such a betrayal of someone that s been in our lives for a number of years. were you trying to give him the benefit of the doubt at all? i want to say there was no looking back. you know? i believe he was involved. reporter: if kelley s sister had any doubt about tom s guilt, it was erased when she saw him in court for the first time. i was there at his bail hearing. he had a bullet proof vest on, shackles, no emotion. he doesn t look. he doesn t cry. and he gets out on $250,000 cash bail.