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Sex, Cyanide And A Doctor On The Run Case
Dr. Yazeed Essa is alleged to have poisoned his wife, Rosemarie Essa, to death with cyanide. Essa fled the country when he became a suspect, prompting an international manhunt. He was arrested in Cyprus and extradited back to the U.S. to stand trial.
S1, EP16 "Younger Brother Wraps Up Testimony"
Jurors listened to the man who was accused of helping Yazeed Essa when he was a fugitive. That was his own brother who was under a long cross examination. Things got very personal while Firas Essa was on the stand. He told the jury that Yazeed gave his wife, Rosemarie, an STD after all the sexual partners that he had kept secret from her. Firas recalled how reckless his older brother was while he was married. He gave his wife and mistresses herpes.
S1, EP17 "Dr. Sudesh Kedar"
Fellow doctor and good friend of Yazeed Essa testified in his murder trial about the weeks following the death of his wife, Rosemarie. According to Dr. Sudesh Kedar, Yazeed told him about his infidelities and suggested that loneliness and going into hiding was best for him. This was just weeks before Yazeed fled the country. Jurors then learned about emails between the defendant and his good friend and colleague. The communication happened when Yazeed was living in exile after fleeing the U.S.
S1, EP18 "Remembering Rosie's Death"
Scared and on the run was how Yazeed Essa's defense team described him in the weeks after his wife, Rosemarie, died. His good friend explained to jurors his communication with the Yazeed after he fled the U.S. Emotions took over Dr. Sudesh Kedar when he recalled Rosemarie's death. Yazeed's brother, Firas, returned to the stand to plead the fifth. Prosecutors alleged he committed perjury when he testified that the defendant did not confess to him that he killed his wife.
S1, EP19 "Scared And On The Run"
On the stand, the fellow doctor and defendant's close friend elaborated about potassium cyanide, the poison prosecutors alleged Yazeed Essa used to kill his wife, Rosemarie, so he could start a life with one of his mistresses. Jurors then listened to what Yazeed was claiming after he left the country. His defense argued that he went to Lebanon because he was scared and embarrassed that people would learn about his double life after the death of wife, Rosemarie.
