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This is not a where, when, how, case. this is a why case. >> robert sheketoff he opened with an admission that toolan did kill beth lochtefeld. what the jury had to decide was why. >> it's a difficult issue to look into somebody's mind and figure out what was going on in that mind. was he a common criminal or was he not? that's the issue. >> it was the insanity defense all over again. dressed up a little differently presented in court by an attorney who was keenly aware he had an uphill battle on his hands. >> the real question is anyone willing to let somebody who has done something this horr...

Hair sort of combed back and a double breasted blue blazer on. very pompous. he seemed fake to me. >> that night over dinner, beth's brother kept asking tom toolan what he did for a living. >> and he couldn't really tell me to my satisfaction what he did. >> what was he saying? >> oh, i'm an investor. what do you invest in? he couldn't really give me an answer. >> beth's brother said toolan was drinking during dinner but not to excess. afterwards toolan and beth headed back to his apartment and on the way home beth told friends something shocking happened. she had seen him drunk. she had seen ...

Car with him. his bloody clothes in a bag on the back seat. the rhode island state police videotaped his arrest and recorded his voice in the cruiser. toolan was held without bail and arraigned a month later. bernadette was in the courtroom. she could barely contain herself. >> it was the reality hitting me. sitting there. this happened. this really happened. he walked in and it was like they were bringing in king kong like a monster. i felt like it was my fault and she's gone. >> toolan was charged with first-degree murder and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. he pleaded not guilty...

Trial took five hours to reach a verdict. >> do you get butterflies every time? >> yes, you do. >> as family members and jurors returned to their seats, the courtroom suddenly seemed too small for a big drama. >> you can hear a pin drop in the courtroom. emotion is palpable. obviously it's high stakes. >> high stakes with subtle hints. >> you can tell if the court officer surround the defendant, you figure things aren't going that well. >> is the defendant guilty or not guilty? >> guilty. >> guilty of first-degree murder. guilty of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. a stoic tom toola...

>> the prosecutor's job was to blow that argument away and to argue that tom toolan knew exactly what he was doing and when i murdered beth lochtefeld. that he was so enraged by the break up that he planned and carried out a cold calculated killing. >> the commonwealth will present to you a time line. >> as evidence of premeditation, the prosecutor told the court that on the night before the murder, security guards at new york's laguardia airport stopped toolan from boarding a plane to nantucket because he was carrying a 10-inch knife. when asked about the knife, toolan offered a series of sto...