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Sex, Cyanide And A Doctor On The Run Case
S1, EP71 "Analyzing The Calcium Pills And The Bottle"The criminalist who examined the tainted calcium pills testified for the state. Rosemarie Essa's death was linked to capsules that had been laced with potassium cyanide, a deadly and rare poison. Jurors then shifted their attention to DNA analysis in the poisoning death of his wife, Rosemarie. After she died, the defendant gave police his wife's calcium pill bottle which led them to investigate whether someone had tampered with it.
Sex, Cyanide And A Doctor On The Run Case
S1, EP72 "Eva Mcgregor"Another key witness for the State testified. Eva McGregor was Rosemarie's best friend. She happened to be the last person to talk to Rosemarie before she died. McGregor told jurors that she talked to her almost every day. Prosecutors believe that if it wasn't for her, the cyanide-laced calcium pills may never have been found and Rosemarie's death could have remained a mystery. It was their final phone call that pointed to the calcium supplements.
Sex, Cyanide And A Doctor On The Run Case
S1, EP73 "Rosemarie Essa's Final Phone Call"The best friend of Rosemarie Essa got emotional as she testified about the calcium pills that Rosemarie had been taking. It was their final phone call that helped turn the police's attention to those pills and eventually find the cyanide. Jurors to what Eva McGregor had to say. She recalled telling Rosemarie's family about the calcium pills that made her feel sick.
Sex, Cyanide And A Doctor On The Run Case
S1, EP74 "Lead Detective On The Case"The lead detective who investigated Rosemarie Essa's murder took the witness stand. Detective Gary McKee recalled looking into her death even before it was declared a homicide. When she suddenly died, police did not initially suspect any foul play. But, Detective McKee soon discovered the nannies that her husband, Yazeed, hired after Rosemarie died. They were taking care of more than just the children. Both of them were his two main mistresses.
Sex, Cyanide And A Doctor On The Run Case
S1, EP75 "The Police Interview"Prosecutors accusing Yazeed Essa of poisoning his wife, Rosemarie, played back his police interview for jurors during his murder trial. During the interview, investigators were simply trying to find out how, all of a sudden, she died after her autopsy report ruled her death as undetermined. But, it was after this police interview that Yazeed fled the U.S. and became a fugitive overseas.
Sex, Cyanide And A Doctor On The Run Case
S1, EP76 "Linking The Death To A Homicide"The jury listened to the recorded interview the defendant gave police before fleeing the country. All police wanted from Yazeed at that point was more information about the health of his wife. Rosemarie's loved ones were blindsided in the days following her sudden death. First you had her funeral and coming to terms with her passing. But then, her husband, Yazeed, suddenly vanished, leaving behind their two children. So, her family filed a missing person's report.
Sex, Cyanide And A Doctor On The Run Case
S1, EP77 "Mistresses As Murder Suspects"Asphyxiation by cyanide was the final conclusion about Rosemarie Essa's death. Lead Detective Gary McKee was on the stand outlining how it took four weeks for her death to be classified as a homicide. McKee confirmed that in the days Yazeed was out of the country his two main mistresses were initially considered suspects in Rosemarie's death. This detective later answered questions under a probing cross-examination.
Sex, Cyanide And A Doctor On The Run Case
S1, EP78 "Searching For The Source Of The Cyanide"The lead detective in Rosemarie Essa's murder helped process her husband's extradition order since he was accused of being her killer. Detective Gary McKee told jurors that as soon as her death was determined to be a homicide, Yazeed was a suspect but he had fled the U.S. to go to Lebanon. So, where did Yazeed Essa get the solid cyanide that police alleged he used to kill his wife? Investigators looked for a link between the defendant and the poison, but they found nothing.
TikTok Star Murder Trial
S1, EP47 "Dr. Francesca Lehman"Would mental illness be a mitigating factor in Ali Abulaban's role in the double homicides? The Defense argued he acted out of heated passion while the state contended years of domestic abuse opened the door to first-degree murder. The psychological evaluation of Ali Abulaban made its way to his defense case to jurors. Dr. Francesca Lehman, was the forensic psychologist who evaluated him. She explained in detail her findings to the jury.
TikTok Star Murder Trial
S1, EP48 "Mental Health Diagnosis"In her testimony to the jury, Dr. Francesca Lehman claimed that his mental illness may have affected the defendant's judgment and decision making in the lead up to the murders of his wife, Ana, and her friend, Rayburn Barron. After performing a full mental health evaluation, Dr. Lehman diagnosed Ali Abulaban with bipolar I disorder, Complex trauma, alcohol and stimulant dependence, and unspecified Personality Disorder with borderline, antisocial, and narcissistic features.
TikTok Star Murder Trial
S1, EP49 "Challenging The Psychological Evaluation"Under cross-examination, the State drilled the forensic psychologist who evaluated the defendant after he was arrested for murdering his wife, Ana, and her friend, Rayburn Barron. The lead prosecutor accused the defendant of exaggeration, omissions, and flat-out Lies throughout the whole process. Was Ali Abulaban a victim of mental illness before committing the murders? Or simply an out-of-control husband who could not accept that his wife left him?
TikTok Star Murder Trial
S1, EP50 "Defendant Takes The Stand"The defendant took the stand in his own murder trial. Jurors would decide later if he's guilty of plotting and carrying out the fatal shootings of his estranged wife, Ana, and her friend, Rayburn Barron. On the stand, Ali Abulaban explained his allegedly abusive childhood caused by his tormenting father. This was all part of the Defense's aim to highlight how serious his mental issues were when he committed the deadly shootings.
Someone They Knew with Tamron Hall
S2, EP203 "Safe At Home"When Atlanta homemaker Sara Tokars is kidnapped, shot and killed in front of her two young children, police are baffled; the answer may lie in the home safe of her husband Fred.
Someone They Knew with Tamron Hall
S2, EP204 "Double Dose"First it was her cop husband, then her firefighter boyfriend; when the men close to Lynn Turner keep dying of what looks like the flu, investigators take a closer look at what she keeps in the basement.
The Trials Of Dr. Death
S1, EP99 "Defendant Represents Himself"Unlike the other cases, Dr. Jack Kevorkian controlled what he called the mercy killing of Thomas Youk; and he did this by injecting him with three substances that turned out to be lethal.
The Trials Of Dr. Death
S1, EP100 "Jury Takes In Closing Arguments"During closing arguments, the State in Doctor Jack Kevorkian's trial brought up the videotape showing the death of Thomas Youk; Dr. Jack Kevorkian began his closing argument with an apology.