Thomas Gifford

Thomas Gifford, a character in the "Law and Order: Investigation" series, is a suspect in the murder of reporter Ramon Garcia. He first appears in Season 2, Episode 2.

He is connected to the murder after Detective Ari Tuller runs the plates of the van that hit Garcia in a parking garage after a political rally for Congresswoman Janice Kingsley. When you set out to arrest him, he manages to give you the slip before he is caught by uniformed officers. During the interrogation, he repeatedly says that Ramon Garcia deserved to die and he got what was coming to him. He confesses to hitting Garcia with his van in an attempt to scare him, but denies being responsible for the murder (Garcia had died from suffocation). He also mentions that he has powerful friends in the city. At the end of the episode, you theorize that he may have been talking about Congresswoman Kingsley, who had a negative relationship with the victim.