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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
S1, EP5 "Fleeing Out Of Embarrassment"
The Defense tried to portray the defendant's life as a happily married man in an upscale neighborhood with his wife, Rosemarie, and their two young children. His lawyer even claimed that the defendant and his wife were planning a vacation at the time of her death. According to his defense, it was embarrassment and not murder that led Yazeed to flee the U.S. and his secret life full of mistresses. One of whom was pregnant would be exposed to his neighbors, friends, and family.
