Tom Toolin News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

He told her he wanted to stop and wanted to dry out. >> two weeks after they met, beth and tom flew to california together. tom, who was now working as an investment consultant had meetings there and beth decided to tag along. it was their first extended trip together and for beth, it was an eye opener. now she saw things she could not dismiss. >> he's a mess. she said. he couldn't get on the plane. they missed the plane. i said what was he doing? what do you mean? she said i stood back and watched him and he was walking in circles in the hotel room smoking cigarettes, not packed. just a mess....

>> she had fear that something would happen to her. >> it did. >> my sister, she's not answering her phone. >> how did love go so wrong? in a surprising twist, it would take not one, but two trials to discover the truth. >> all of a sudden he wasn't convicted of murdering my sister anymore. >> hello and welcome to "dateline." beth lochtefeld was a salvy entrepreneur who built her own business. tom cut his teeth in the financial world. their connection was instant. but when their summer love cooled, tempers flared, and the relationship took a tragic turn. initially it seemed like an open and sh...

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...

Charm to spare. >> she would call me from the corner of manhattan, i'm just waiting for him here. i have to thank you. this is unbelievable. we're having so much fun. >> tom was smitten too from day one. >> she's a great gal. an amazing gal. >> tom lived in new york and beth in nantucket, they started seeing each other regularly. beth, at 44, was eager for marriage and a family. very soon there was talk of rings although beth's brother says it was mainly tom doing the talking. >> as a matter of fact, it's my understanding that first day he said i'm going to marry you. and she was, like, yeah, ...

With him are interacting in a normal way. >> and there was audio of toolin in the trooper's cruiser after he was arrested in rhode island. >> tell me what's going on, officer? >> we'll discuss it when we get back to the barracks. >> the prosecutor argued toolin was coherent. he was capable of thinking clearly and of distinguishing right from wrong despite the alcohol. >> dr. martin kelly, please. >> and the prosecution also had a forensic psychiatrist whom they thought would deliver their own knock-out punch. >> were you able to form an opinion concerning the criminal responsibility of thomas ...