Sex, Cyanide and a Doctor on the Run Case
Sex, Cyanide and a Doctor on the Run Case
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S1 E75: The Police Interview
Original Air Date: Feb 19, 2025
Prosecutors accusing Yazeed Essa of poisoning his wife, Rosemarie, played back his police interview for jurors during his murder trial.
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S1 E75: The Police Interview
Original Air Date: Feb 19, 2025
Prosecutors accusing Yazeed Essa of poisoning his wife, Rosemarie, played back his police interview for jurors during his murder trial.
Nov 13
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S1 E74: Lead Detective On The Case
Original Air Date: Feb 19, 2025
The lead detective who investigated Rosemarie Essa's murder took the witness stand.
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S1 E73: Rosemarie Essa's Final Phone Call
Original Air Date: Feb 19, 2025
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.
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S1 E72: Eva Mcgregor
Original Air Date: Feb 18, 2025
Another key witness for the State testified. Eva McGregor was Rosemarie's best friend.
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S1 E71: Analyzing The Calcium Pills And The Bottle
Original Air Date: Feb 18, 2025
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.
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S1 E70: Crime Lab Reports
Original Air Date: Feb 18, 2025
Michelle Stephens, the former mistress of Yazeed Essa, wrapped up her testimony about Rosemarie's death.
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S1 E69: Former Mistress Devastated
Original Air Date: Feb 18, 2025
A key witness testified about her affair with Yazeed Essa during the weeks leading up to the death of his wife, Rosemarie. Michelle Stephens was recalling how devastated she was when the defendant was a suspect in his wife's death.
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S1 E68: Tragic Love Affair
Original Air Date: Feb 17, 2025
It was more than a love triangle for Yazeed Essa who seemed to be stuck between two main mistresses and his wife who wanted to have a third child.
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S1 E67: Michelle Stephens
Original Air Date: Feb 17, 2025
Evidence portraying Yazeed Essa as an adulterer was presented during his murder trial.
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S1 E66: One Of Two Main Mistresses Testify
Original Air Date: Feb 17, 2025
The first of Yazeed Essa's many mistresses testified against him in his murder trial.
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S1 E65: Fleeing The U.S.
Original Air Date: Feb 17, 2025
The brother of Yazeed Essa's alleged fixer took the stand. Prosecutors wanted to expose the alleged ring that was orchestrated to help Yazeed flee the country and relocate to avoid extradition.
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S1 E64: Reality Of Cyanide Poisoning
Original Air Date: Feb 14, 2025
The Defense raised hypothetical questions to the medical toxicologist on the stand.
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S1 E63: The Toxicology Professor
Original Air Date: Feb 14, 2025
A professor of emergency medicine and medical toxicology took the stand. Dr. Christopher Holstege broke down for jurors how much cyanide exposure would end a person's life.
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S1 E62: Murder Plot And The Plot To Flee
Original Air Date: Feb 14, 2025
Prosecutors called in Yazeed Essa's cousin to testify against him. This was the fourth cousin who took the stand for the State. They questioned these relatives about the days leading up to Rosmarie's death and what happened later.
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S1 E61: Incriminating Internet Searches
Original Air Date: Feb 14, 2025
The jury listened to more details about internet searches done on his computer. Prosecutors were convinced that a digital trail would show that he concocted and carried out a plan to kill his wife, Rosemarie.
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S1 E60: Work Of The Secret Service
Original Air Date: Feb 13, 2025
A forensic computer analyst, who worked for the Secret Service, explained his work in this case.
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S1 E59: Cell Phone Records
Original Air Date: Feb 13, 2025
The FBI special agent who helped extradite Yazeed Essa to Ohio wrapped up his testimony.
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S1 E58: Capturing The U.S. Fugitive
Original Air Date: Feb 13, 2025
The FBI special agent Phil Torsney faced cross-examination. He helped extradite Yazeed Essa to the U.S. a year and a half after his wife, Rosemarie, died. He was arrested in Cyprus, but it took several years to bring him back to the U.S.
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S1 E57: The International Manhunt
Original Air Date: Feb 13, 2025
An FBI special agent testified for prosecutors in their case against Yazeed Essa for the murder of his wife, Rosemarie. Just days after police interviewed Yazeed, he fled the country and went to Lebanon.
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S1 E56: Victim's Friends Recalls
Original Air Date: Feb 12, 2025
Rosemarie Essa's friends were called in to testify against her husband. One of them confirmed that Rosemarie, Yazeed and their two children had a family vacation in Florida planned before she died.
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