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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, EP35 "Discrediting The Alleged Fixer"
The Defense accused Jamal Khalife on the stand of making up his story about the defendant confessing to killing his wife, Rosemarie Essa. The reason? So he could get immunity for a 28-count federal indictment he was facing. During cross-examination, Yazeed's defense tried to discredit Khalife who helped him when he was a fugitive after the death of his wife. By bringing up the crimes Khalife was accused of, Yazeed's defense raised red flags to the jury about his credibility.
S1, EP36 "Federal Crimes"
Things got heated in the courtroom between the defense and Yazeed Essa's alleged fixer. His lawyer was trying to discredit him and his claims that the defendant confessed and bragged about killing his wife, Rosemarie. Jurors then listened to more background info about Jamal Khalife who claimed to have helped the defendant when he was a fugitive living in Lebanon. Khalife claimed to confirm federal crimes committed before and after Yazeed fled the U.S.
S1, EP37 "Falling Out With The Fixer"
Jamal Khalife testified that it didn't take long for Yazeed Essa to tell people in Lebanon that he killed his wife, Rosemarie, with cyanide. But under cross-examination, Khalife admitted that he was told Yazeed arrived in Lebanon because of tax evasion. Later, Khalife recalled for the jury the time he and the defendant eventually fell out and Yazeed ended up in jail in the country of Cyprus.
S1, EP38 "Life As A U.S. Fugitive"
The long cross-examination of Yazeed Essa's alleged fixer was not over yet. When investigators said they began closing in on him as a suspect, Yazeed suddenly left the country. It was Jamal Khalife who said he helped him. Khalife claimed to have helped Yazeed Essa hide from U.S. officials and lie to police about his situation. But when Yazeed left Lebanon to go to Cyprus, where he would be arrested, he allegedly did not say goodbye or thank you. And to Khalife that was a stab in the back.
S1, EP34 "Jamal Khalife"
Prosecutors went deep into how the defendant, Yazeed Essa, fled the country and tried to hide in Lebanon after his wife, Rosemarie, died. On the stand was man who provided him a furnished apartment, fake ID's, and access to money. Jamal Khalife claimed that the defendant was getting arrogant while he was a fugitive in Lebanon, which Khalife claimed led him to getting captured. He was eventually extradited back to the U.S. to stand trial for the poisoning death of his wife, Rosemarie.
S1, EP33 "The Alleged Fixer"
The guy who protected Yazeed Essa while he was a wanted man testified. Jamal Khalife told jurors that after Yazeed fled the country following the death of his wife, Rosemarie, he provided a place for him to stay and fake aliases while he settled in Lebanon. While Yazeed was abroad for 18-months allegedly fleeing U.S. authorities Yazeed confessed to Khalife that he poisoned his wife, Rosemarie, to death.
S1, EP32 "The Undetected Poison"
The cyanide lecture was not over yet for the jury. On the stand, cyanide expert Don Whitworth broke down details about cyanide in its natural and chemical forms. The State claimed that whoever laced Rosemarie ESSA's calcium supplements with deadly amounts of potassium cyanide did it with a bit of sophistication. They claimed it was enough to carry out a murder plot that could've gone undetected by investigators.
S1, EP31 "Cyanide"
Cyanide poisoning was central to this case because that is what killed Rosemarie Essa. She had taken a calcium pill that was laced with cyanide. Jurors got a lesson on all things cyanide. On the stand was Don Whitworth, a cyanide expert for DuPont chemical company. He confirmed that cyanide can be found everywhere in nature including in the human body. According to a toxicology report, Rosemarie had a deadly amount of potassium cyanide, which ended her life.
