This was most likely not a suicide. He had enemies. He received a surprise package from one. This man sent my dad a bomb. We were there for a surprise phone call from another. [ phone ringing ] can i get it . Reporter its Josh Mankiewicz from dateline. Is there anything you wanna say . No shortage of suspects. Just a shortage of detectives. Reporter all kinds of things go wrong in Murder Investigations, but the Police Department running out of money is usually not one of the things you think of. No. I pressed on. I did what i had to do. Would she ever find justice . Its your father. Your father was murdered, youre not gonna give up. Im lester holt and this is dateline. Heres Josh Mankiewicz with Something Sweet. Reporter the course of true love takes some strange twists and turns, particularly when it site. Occasionally, a cyberfling blossoms into a marriage. This is the story of one of those marriages what went right, and what did not. Back in 2002, ray kotomski was a 60yearold, happi
From one. This man sent my dad a bomb. We were there for a surprise phone call from another. [ phone ringing ] can i get it . Reporter its Josh Mankiewicz from dateline. Is there anything you wanna say . No shortage of suspects. Just a shortage of detectives. Reporter all kinds of things go wrong in Murder Investigations, but the Police Department running out of money is usually not one of the things you think of. No. I pressed on. I did what i had to do. Would she ever find justice . Its your father. Your father was murdered, youre not gonna give up. Im lester holt and this is dateline. Heres Josh Mankiewicz with Something Sweet. Reporter the course of true love takes some strange twists and turns, particularly when it flows out of an Online Dating site. Occasionally, a cyberfling blossoms into a marriage. This is the story of one of those marriages what went right, and what did not. Back in 2002, ray kotomski was a 60yearold, happily retired, former corrections officer, living comfor
The way Ray Kotomski died was no mystery.
The 65-year-old died on Aug. 16, 2009 of ethylene glycol poisoning the sugar-alcohol compound commonly found in antifreeze after being rushed to the hospital unconscious and unresponsive.
seeing another man she d met online, a fellow by the name of robert reichard, and she left ray for a few weeks to be with robert. when teresa went back to ray, robert did not take that well, not another all. robert was infatuated with her and wanted teresa to leave ray, to leave ray for him. reichard stalked the couple. he vandalized teresa s car and then it really escalated. robert sent raymond a letter bomb. a real bomb? a real bomb. a functional, working bomb. raymond went to his mailbox, found a package that looked odd and brought it to the state police barracks. the bomb squad detonated it. if raymond did open that package, would he have been killed? he would have been severely injured if not killed. robert said at the time that he had wanted to be with teresa and