it was just a few days after her husband s death when linda admitted to detectives that, yes, she was having an affair with her husband s best friend. for a little bit of time there it was me, tom, and gill, really trying to decide what we were going to do. or when i was going to do. they were letting me decide, you know? for months, linda s affection ping-ponged between the two men. that is, until her october wedding anniversary rolled around. her and tom decide to take the kids away for the weekend. i think it was really that we weekend that i realized that i just wanted to be with my husband. he s my best friend. i love him. i don t want to do this anymore. i ve been stupid and foolish and ridiculous. i don t wanna do it anymore. you chose tom? i chose tom. a couple of weeks later, it
face. kiss kiss kiss. can you just picture it? you re there with your significant other, she is behind you texting her lover. they were not repairing things. so, gil had no reason to kill tom, defense said. because he didn t think the affair was over. reporter, james manny up until the night mr. coleman died, that they had still seen each other. they had spoken via text. i think that weakens the prosecutions narrative that there is an obsessive person that will do anything to get linda to go back in his arms. the defense was trying to say you are telling tom one thing, that you want to pet things. up you re telling gilberto another, streaming him along. yeah. was there any truth in that? did you think that was unfair? no. there was some truth to it. because, you know, i was stringing him along.
learn more about his movement from the day he died. linda told police, the last time she saw tom was watching football. she assumed he left for the gym the following morning around 5:30. so investigators pulled security video of the parking lot to see what that could tell them. it was dark and grainy, but revealed a lot. in the video itself. we were able to observe a white suv, arrive in the parking lot of planet fitness. that was about at 4:30 in the morning. ten minutes later, we actually see tom s vehicle pulled into the parking lot. and park right next to this white suv. that s when we knew that obviously someone else was there with him that morning. the plot really thick and, i m sure, after seeing that video. yes. so this is the planet fitness right here? planet fitness to your right. where tom worked out every morning. i will pull into tom s spot. bill is a retired fbi agent , and the chief investigator for the district attorney.
we were playing his game. so, yeah. it was just a dirty, stupid game. the defense set out to dismantle the rest of the prosecution s case point-by-point. all that business about the cia they said was more like a joke, partly criminal and are relevant to the charge of second degree murder. and there was ample evidence that gilberto care too much about tom to ever hurt him. tom coleman and mr. nunez were best friends. they did spend time together. they made plans. they talked about going into a business together. there was no motive whatever for this alleged murder. they stretch that none of the physical evidence linked gilberto to the crime scene. no dna. no fingerprints. as for that internet search for midazolam, and the defense
tom? telling him about gil and linda s affair? she saw police they came from jail. 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. you know? i know this is a really crazy situation we are in, but i m not gonna let him kill himself over it. like, we will work this out, somehow. you know? linda says she was still worried that gill was suicidal. that is why she decided tests postpone telling him that the affair was over until after the holidays. she seemed sincere. but investigators had to wonder if linda gill had plotted together to get rid of tom.