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Sex, Cyanide And A Doctor On The Run Case
S1, EP6 "Undetermined Homicide"The first witness to the stand was the forensic pathologist who did the autopsy on Rosemarie Essa. At first, investigators believed she died from a car accident. But according to a toxicology report - they found poison in her system. Undetermined was the conclusion of the autopsy report. Dr. Elizabeth Balraj explained to the jury that cyanide poisoning was not a common occurrence in homicides. It is so rare that a specific test looking for cyanide was the only way to detect it.
Sex, Cyanide And A Doctor On The Run Case
S1, EP7 "Cyanide Poisoning"The cross-examination began on the forensic pathologist on the stand. Dr. Elizabeth Balraj had concluded that cyanide poisoning was the cause of death for his wife, Rosemarie. When investigators came across calcium pills that had potassium cyanide in them, doctors shifted their exam on the victim to look for cyanide poisoning. Prosecutors needed to show the jury how Rosemarie death was part of an elaborate scheme to kill her with an undetected poison.
Sex, Cyanide And A Doctor On The Run Case
S1, EP8 "The ER Visit"On the stand in Yazeed Essa's murder trial was the ER doctor who tried to save his wife, Rosemarie, when she arrived at the hospital. She had been in a car accident. But prosecutors alleged she had first been poisoned by her husband with cyanide-laced calcium pills. The jury learned about what happened in that emergency room where the victim was taken. Dr. Yazeed Essa, who happened to be an ER physician himself, was at the hospital when Rosemarie lost her life.
Sex, Cyanide And A Doctor On The Run Case
S1, EP9 "Defendant's Brother Testifies"The State presented more details about the car accident that Rosemarie Essa was involved in before she died. Prosecutors alleged her husband, the defendant, poisoned her just before she got behind the wheel of the car. Next, the defendant's brother took the stand. Firas Essa was accused of helping Yazeed, who had fled the country after the death of his wife. The brother eventually pleaded guilty to obstructing justice and tampering with records.
Sex, Cyanide And A Doctor On The Run Case
S1, EP10 "Fleeing The Country"Jurors learned of his plan to flee the country after his wife, Rosemarie, died of cyanide poisoning. On the stand was his brother, Firas, who helped him travel in three continents ending up in Lebanon, a country that had no extradition treaty with the U.S. prosecutors went into detail about the days and weeks following the death of Rosemarie. After it was undetermined how she died, police questioned her husband, Yazeed.
Sex, Cyanide And A Doctor On The Run Case
S1, EP11 "Dealing With A U.S. Fugitive"The brother of Yazeed Essa read a letter to Yazeed's mistress out loud in court. The State claimed it was the defendant's philandering ways that motivated him to use poisoned calcium pills to kill his wife, Rosemarie. Jurors learned of the Yazeed"s two main mistresses. Firas was testifying for a second day in a row. He denied covering up for his brother after he fled the country and became a U.S. fugitive for the murder of his wife.
Sex, Cyanide And A Doctor On The Run Case
S1, EP12 "Firas Essa"Yazeed Essa's defense began its cross-examination of his younger brother. Firas gave jurors more details about the events leading up to and following the death of his sister-in-law, Rosemarie. The jury could end up weighing the credibility of Yazeed's brother just as much as the defendant himself. What did they know about Rosemarie's death and everything that happened afterward?
Sex, Cyanide And A Doctor On The Run Case
S1, EP13 "Secret Life Of Mistresses And Affairs"Yazeed Essa's lifestyle was the focus of testimony from his brother who was on the stand. During his marriage to Rosemarie Essa, prosecutors said the defendant had numerous mistresses and he kept that a secret from his wife. Firas testified that, Rosie was special to him but he always had women around. Firas even claimed that at one time Yazeed had sex with 6 different women in a 24-hour period.
Mistress & Child Murder Trial
S1, EP70 "More From Dr. Mark Cunningham"The defense is putting on their case trying to prove to the jury that despite fatally stabbing Grizelda and Dominic Hernandez, Ronald Burgos-Aviles is no threat to other prison inmates and prison staff.
Mistress & Child Murder Trial
S1, EP71 "No Threat to a State Prison Population"Ronald Burgos-Aviles' defense wants to expound on why his life should be spared from the Texas death penalty.
Mistress & Child Murder Trial
S1, EP72 "Psychologist Faces Cross-Examination"Prosecutors push back on the defense's forensic psychologist, who claims the defendant was not a threat to a prison setting; the defense presents its argument to spare him from state execution by lethal injection.
Accomplice to Murder, With Vinnie Politan
S1, EP7 "FL v. Leppert"Toby Lowry and his 15-year-old girlfriend Morgan Leppert murder an elderly disabled man.
Accomplice to Murder, With Vinnie Politan
S1, EP8 "TX v. Dillingham"Kristi Koslow's relationship with her stepmother Caren and her father Jack Koslow is strained.
Mother Stabbed Murder Trial
S1, EP25 "State's Rebuttal Case"The Defense rested its case to the jury. Now it was time for the state's rebuttal. Prosecutors called one witness in their rebuttal case. Dr. Silvia O'Bradovich, a clinical psychologist, testified that she interviewed Sydney Powell for two hours and diagnosed her with borderline personality traits and unspecified anxiety disorder and concluded that she was malingering. Dr. O'Bradovich dismissed the claim that the defendant suffers from schizophrenia.
Mother Stabbed Murder Trial
S1, EP26 "Exaggerating And Feigning Her Symptoms"The clinical psychologist on the stand claimed Sydney Powell was malingering and feigning her symptoms in her Psych evaluations following the stabbing death of her mother, Brenda. Prosecutors presented the mental health Evaluation of Dr. Silvia O'Bradovich, a clinical psychologist for jurors. According to the report, this mental health expert saw no evidence of Schizophrenia or a psychotic break at the time the murder.
Mother Stabbed Murder Trial
S1, EP27 "Challenging The Clinical Psychologist"The State's mental health expert admitted that she was not a board-certified forensic psychologist. Dr. Silvia O'Bradovich told the jury that this was her first time to testify in a case that was using an Insanity defense. Prosecutors wanted her to dismiss the claim that Schizophrenia and a psychotic break led Sydney Powell killing her own mother.