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You know gil was in the c.i.a. no, i didn't know that. >> did you believe that? >> no. and then, he pulled out an id that said, "the c.i.a." on top of it. it had gil's picture on it and his name. and then it has this badge in there that said, "special officer." the badge was obviously from walmart or kmart, it was definitely fake. >> nick says he refused to participate and never heard about the plan to scare tom again. >> you have to wonder what -- what a juror makes out of all this. >> reporter james nani covered it for the local times herald-record. >> they're hearing about a love triangle, ...

They plotted together to get rid of tom. >> coming up, under the microscope. >> she took a polygraph? >> yes. pass fail? >> and gil's alibi. >> i was home. >> that's no alibi. >> when "dateline" continues. one role of a lifetime...one sore throat. but she had enough. she took new mucinex instasoothe sore throat lozenges. show your sore throat who's boss.

It was almost five years of hope and like the, the beautiful possibility of closure and leaving it behind, just taken it away. >> was that a tough blow for your family? >> absolutely. >> yeah. my family believes he had a hand in it. >> but of course, gilberto's supporter's felt the exact opposite, amazing relief. >> we were just crying all of us. we were just, like, clinging to each other and crying. it was years and years of just not knowing what's gonna happen. you know, we were just so happy. >> i was pleased that he was found not guilty. clearly, the jury did feel that there was not enough...

Maybe eager to get tom out of the way. remember the anonymous texts to tom, the one telling him about gil and linda's affair. she said they came from gil and when she found out she confronted him. >> i just screamed at him. >> very devious. >> very. >> according to linda, gil cried, said he only did it because tom should know the truth. said he begged for forgiveness and threatened to harm himself. >> tom felt bad he felt suicidal. tom was that kind of guy. i know this is a really crazy situation we're in, but i'm not going to let him kill himself over it. we'll work this out somehow, you know...

>> and i said, "this is what's been goin'on." i -- i cleared the table. you know, "i have been having an affair. it was with him." >> was there any part of it that felt, i don't wanna use the word "good, " but you got it off your chest, you weren't carrying -- >> yeah. >> -- around this secret anymore? >> it did. because then, because then at least i could talk to tom about it. at one point he said to me, linda, i can see he has some kind of hold on you. he's like, i see it. and he did. >> and linda told us what detectives had found so hard to believe. >> how did it affect tom, the fact that i...