HADDONFIELD, N.J. -- NBC 10 reporter Alicia Taylor talked Wednesday to a woman who calls herself a "close friend" of Rabbi Fred Neulander.

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Miss Vicki Reacts To Verdict

Her name is Victoria Lombardi of Haddonfield, N.J., but you may remember her as "Miss Vicki."

Lombardi is best known as the woman who married the ukulele-playing singer Tiny Tim on Johnny Carson's "Tonight Show" in 1969.

As Neulander appeared on television while a jury found him guilty of murdering his wife Carol, Lombardi watched.

"That's Fred. He's very controlled. He doesn't show his emotions to others unless it's someone he's very close to, and sometimes not even then," Lombardi said.

Lombardi is one of a few friends that supported Neulander through both of his trials.

"I'm devastated. Not for me, so much, but that an innocent man has to suffer. That just really makes my heart hurt," Lombardi said.

Some of Lombardi's friends, who did not want to be identified, said that she's been dating Neulander since 1998. Lombardi won't confirm that, but said that she and the rabbi are very good friends.

"I support him, and I am there for him," Lombardi said.

In fact, the two are so close that Neulander's mail is being forwarded to her Haddonfield apartment, and the green Toyota Camry she now drives belonged to Neulander's deceased wife.

Lombardi said that she doesn't understand why people care whom the car belongs to.

"It's a car. It's not like I'm wearing her nightgown. It's a car. It was his car. He had been driving it. It was the only car he had."

Lombardi didn't attend the trial and she will not be at Neulander's Thursday sentencing, where her friend could get the death penalty.

"I don't know which would be worse to tell you the truth -- a life in a place like that, or death. If it were I, I would probably want the latter," Lombardi said.