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>> remember what, john? >> keep that in mind. it was me. tonia, you enjoy your time left on this earth. okay? because thats what its gonna come down to. >> reporter: he was arrested for making threats against tonia in june 2001, was convicted of menacing and put on probation. he wasnt the man she thought he was? >> thats exactly right. there was another version of john. >> reporter: dennis luken was a police detective back then. he investigated the source of those drugs tonia found in the cedar ...

>> reporter: she started watching that cedar box. >> and things did come and go. so now i thought -- >> reporter: its a stash. >> its a stash. yeah. >> reporter: was he using his position as a nurse to steal drugs? like getting a ticket to be in the candy store all day long. >> right. i mean, its like putting an alcoholic as a bartender. >> reporter: she told the authorities. she had to. it was the law. >> he had to be stopped. he was going to hurt patients. >> reporter: and on a dime. >> he tur...

And the phone was quiet for a minute. and she said, "oh, tonia. i knew youd call me some day." >> reporter: wow. >> and so then, of course, my heart was racing and my knees were shaking just to make the phone call. and then she just unloaded on me, you know, all the details of trouble in the past. >> reporter: according to his own mother, john had been cheating and stealing and lying for years. even lied to tonia about his age. lopped off five years. oh, and hed been convicted of cocaine traffic...

>> hmm. >> and thats all i got to say. when it happens tonia and you see it in your eye you remember it was me, okay? >> remember what, john? >> keep that in mind. it was me. tonia, you enjoy your time left on this earth. okay? because thats what its gonna come down to. >> reporter: he was arrested for making threats against tonia in june 2001, was convicted of menacing and put on probation. he wasnt the man she thought he was? >> thats exactly right. there was another version of john. >> report...

>> a cedar box full of fentanyl and versed and some other things that arent controlled substances. >> reporter: she started watching that cedar box. >> and things did come and go. so now i thought -- >> reporter: its a stash. >> its a stash. yeah. >> reporter: was he using his position as a nurse to steal drugs? like getting a ticket to be in the candy store all day long. >> right. i mean, its like putting an alcoholic as a bartender. >> reporter: she told the authorities. she had to. it was the...

See it in your eye you remember it was me, okay? >> remember what, john? >> keep that in mind. it was me. tonia, you enjoy your time left on this earth. okay? because thats what its gonna come down to. >> reporter: he was arrested for making threats against tonia in june 2001, was convicted of menacing and put on probation. he wasnt the man she thought he was. >> thats exactly right. there was another version of john. >> reporter: dennis luken was a police detective back then. he investigated th...

>> i said, "dolores, this is tonia. im married to your son, john." and the phone was quiet for a minute. and she said, "oh, tonia. i knew youd call me someday." >> reporter: wow. >> and so then, of course, my heart was racing and my knees were shaking just to make the phone call. and then she just unloaded on me, you know, all the details of trouble in the past. >> reporter: according to his own mother, john had been cheating and stealing and lying for years. even lied to tonia about his age. lo...

And versed and some other things that arent controlled substances. >> reporter: she started watching that cedar box. >> and things did come and go. so now i thought -- >> reporter: its a stash. >> its a stash. yeah. >> reporter: was he using his position as a nurse to steal drugs? like getting a ticket to be in the candy store all day long. >> right. i mean, its like putting an alcoholic as a bartender. >> reporter: she told the authorities. she had to. it was the law. >> he had to be stopped. h...

Married to your son john and she said the phone is quite for a minute and she said oh, i knew youd call me one day. my heart was racing and my knees were shaking just to make the phone call and she unloaded on me all the details of trouble in the past. >> according to his own mother, john had been cheating and stealing and lying for years. he even lied about his age. lopped off five years and he had been convicted of cocaine trafficking. she said is he still using drugs? and i said what? >> so t...

And versed. >> she started watching that cedar box. >> things did come and go. >> its a stash. >> its a stash, yeah. >> was he using his position as a nurse to steal drugs. >> like getting a ticket to be in the candy store all day long. >> right. its like putting an alcoholic as a bar tender. >> she told the authorities she had to. it was the law. >> he had to be stopped. he was going to hurt patients. >> and on the dime -- >> he turned on me. he flipped like a switch. >> now, the man she once t...