Court Report

Doctor Guilty of Wife's Cyanide Death

CLEVELAND – An Ohio doctor accused of lacing his wife's calcium supplement with cyanide so he could be with his mistress was convicted of aggravated murder. The jury heard weeks of testimony before returning the verdict against Dr. Yazeed Essa, 41. His wife, Rosemarie Essa, collapsed while driving Feb. 24, 2005, and crashed her car into another vehicle about five miles from the couple's home. Essa was an emergency room doctor in Akron but fled to Lebanon after his wife's death. Read more...
Posted by Webmaster at March 8, 2010 01:26 AM