beth lochtefeld's romance with tom tallen had turned dark. p to new york she said he sexually assaulted her and later held her at gunpoint. beth had left town, but danger was not far behind. once again, here's hoda kotb with "murder on nantucket island." >> after a terrifying night when she was held captive in tom toolan's new york apartment, beth lochtefeld had managed to escape and get home to nantucket, her island refuge. she called her friend, leslie, the morning she got back. >> she did say, he has a gun and i'm afraid he might use it. i'm not going to stay here tonight, i'm going to spend the night at my brother's house. >> 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 even 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 mean, i think she had very well-founded fears. especially after the incident in new york where he held