Full On

Thomas Gilbert Jr., known as the Golden Boy, shot his millionaire father after his allowance was cut from $500 to $300 a week. In the video below, he gives his first interview in 10 years. He went to Princeton and had the looks of a Ralph Lauren model. At 30 he still had no job. His father paid for his Manhattan apartment and his country club memberships. On the day of the murder, he came to his parents’ place and asked his mom to go buy him a sandwich and a Coke. They never kept Coke at home. While she was gone, he shot his father in the head. His father was watching a football game. Tommy put the gun on his chest to make it look like suicide, then went home and called a lawyer. When 911 asked who shot him, his mom said “My son.” Now he sits in front of the camera and says the story “misses a lot of the facts” about his innocence. After 10 minutes of questions, he asked the guards to end the interview. His lawyers argued insanity. The jury gave him 30 years to life. His mother still visits him. She is fighting to move him from prison to a psychiatric hospital. Is he really sick, or did he plan every step? He reminds me of Richard Ramirez. People talked about his face as much as his crimes. Ramirez’s video is already on my profile.