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Relationship the four seasons test to see how things stood in a year but it was becoming clear that tom toolan was not inclined to let one season pass let alone four. >> coming up, a troubled relationship becomes a terrifying one. >> why she depth leave that next day i'm not exactly sure. >> when "dateline" continues. tis
>> that same day, saturday, october 23rd, beth stopped by the nantucket police department to ask about filing a restraining order. for her to get to the point of stopping at the police department, that probably tells you all you need to know about what was going on inside of her. >> yeah, yeah, i would think so. i think she had very well-founded fears especially after the incident in new york where he held her captive. >> beth did not file the paperwork. she spent that night and the next at her brother peter's home. she was frightened enough not to go home. >> i would have to say she had fear ...
>> his whole body exuded the smell of alcohol. >> the defense believed that established toolan's state in the days before the murder. now for the day itself. when toolan was picked up in rhode island hours after the murder, he had been drinking. sobriety tests later put him at twice the legal limit. >> multiply that by six. >> a forensic toxicologist doing some complicated calculations, estimated his blood alcohol level was .30. >> where does that fit in? >> that fits in the next level above confusion to the stupor phase. >> so toolan was profoundly impaired at the time of the murder and that ...
Act was just that. redding ton declared, an act. because tom toolan was a mess plagued not just by alcohol abuse but drug addiction too. >> his drink of choice would be absolute vodka right out of the bottle. drink a fifth a day. he had prescriptions legally, he was taking them illegal less i. illegally. >> when beth broke up with him, redington told the court toolan snapped. drinking and drugging and even deeper troubles all of them combined to push him over the edge. >> the evidence will show that thomas toolan was suffering from a mental disease or defect at the time of this incident and he...
In october, 2004, beth lochtefeld went to new york to be with her boyfriend, tom toolan. by then, the two had been dating for six weeks but the relationship was fraying. beth was beginning to see a troubling side of this new guy and she had started to give him ultimatums. >> he would start drinking and he would get really ugly. she would say you're a good guy but when you're drinking, you're an idiot and you need to decide between alcohol and me. he would apologize and say i choose you and i want you. i don't want the alcohol. >> that week beth invited her brother to meet her boyfriend. perhap...