reporter: the mystery s-u-v left around 5:30am. but tom s car never moved. what does that tell you? there had to be contact between the two to meet at this point, at that hour. so we knew now that someone had met with him prior to his death. and we now have to figure out who that is. reporter: easier said than done, of course. we just pulled up here. and lo and behold, there was a white suv here beside us. there is a white suv there. there is a white suv there. once you think about it, there s a lot of white suvs. they re everywhere. they re everywhere. reporter: but thanks to the video, investigators now thought they had an important lead to help narrow their search. whoever tom was interacting with in this white suv, he was expecting him. and he he knew him. reporter: time for investigators to start looking at tom s inner circle. picking apart his simple suburban life.
obviously someone else was there with him that morning. the plot really thickened, i m sure, after seeing that video. yes. so this is the planet fitness right here? this is planet fitness to your right. this is where where tom worked out every morning. i ll pull into tom s spot. reporter: bill weishaupt is a retired f-b-i agent and the chief investigator for the ulster county district attorney. he showed us in the light of day what s hard to see in that grainy video. this is exactly where tom was parked, right here. which is as you can see, it s a great distance away from the planet fitness where he normally worked out. and so this would not be a normal parking spot to pull into at that hour in the morning to work out in that gym. and the mystery suv pulled up where? mystery suv pulled up right here. so they were both facing which is this is north. could you identify a person, a make, a model of the car? what details were you getting? no, it was pitch
obviously someone else was there with him that morning. the plot really thickened, i m sure, after seeing that video. yes. so this is the planet fitness right here? this is planet fitness to your right. this is where where tom worked out every morning. i ll pull into tom s spot. reporter: bill weishaupt is a retired f-b-i agent and the chief investigator for the ulster county district attorney. he showed us in the light of day what s hard to see in that grainy video. this is exactly where tom was parked, right here. which is as you can see, it s a great distance away from the planet fitness where he normally worked out. and so this would not be a normal parking spot to pull into at that hour in the morning to work out in that gym. and the mystery suv pulled up where? mystery suv pulled up right here. so they were both facing which is this is north. could you identify a person, a make, a model of the car? what details were you getting? no, it was pitch
reporter: the mystery s-u-v left around 5:30am. but tom s car never moved. what does that tell you? there had to be contact between the two to meet at this point, at that hour. so we knew now that someone had met with him prior to his death. and we now have to figure out who that is. reporter: easier said than done, of course. we just pulled up here. and lo and behold, there was a white suv here beside us. there is a white suv there. there is a white suv there. once you think about it, there s a lot of white suvs. they re everywhere. they re everywhere. reporter: but thanks to the video, investigators now thought they had an important lead to help narrow their search. whoever tom was interacting with in this white suv, he was expecting him. and he he knew him. reporter: time for investigators to start looking at tom s inner circle. picking apart his simple suburban life. linda kolman, i would imagine, would be someone that you would wanna look closely at.
right next to this white suv. that s when we knew that obviously someone else was there with him that morning. the plot really thickened, i m sure, after seeing that video. yes. so this is the planet fitness right here? this is planet fitness to your right. this is where where tom worked out every morning. i ll pull into tom s spot. reporter: bill weishaupt is a retired f-b-i agent and the chief investigator for the ulster county district attorney. he showed us in the light of day what s hard to see in that grainy video. this is exactly where tom was parked, right here. which is as you can see, it s a great distance away from the planet fitness where he normally worked out. and so this would not be a normal parking spot to pull into at that hour in the morning to work out in that gym. and the mystery suv pulled up where? mystery suv pulled up right here. so they were both facing which is this is north. could you identify a person, a make, a model of t