---
category: Other
summary: Walsh also provided Cheri Seymour with a significant piece of information
  regarding Judge Robert E.
tags:
- Person
---

[Tom Walsh](/people/tom-walsh/) was a retired [FBI](/organizations/federal-bureau-of-investigation/) agent from Merced. He was recruited by Sheriff [Ken Mattheys](/people/ken-mattheys/) in October 1984, along with private investigator [Raymond Jenkins](/people/raymond-jenkins/), to investigate [Ron Van Meter](/people/ron-van-meter/)'s disappearance and help clean up the Mariposa Sheriff's Department. Walsh and Jenkins concluded that [Ron Van Meter](/people/ron-van-meter/) was murdered after obtaining evidence of drug trafficking within the department.[^1]

Walsh also provided [Cheri Seymour](/people/cheri-seymour/) with a significant piece of information regarding Judge [Robert E. Coyle](/people/robert-e-coyle/)'s background, alleging that the Judge was once the attorney of record for Curry Company (owned by [MCA](/organizations/music-corporation-of-america/)) in Yosemite National Park.[^1]

[^1]: Seymour, Cheri. *The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal*. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010.