emergency? prosecutors said this wasn t grief, it was remorse. in that initial 911 call, alex sounds pretty genuinely traumatized to me. he doesn t sound like somebody who s faking it. part of the argument to the jury is that it has to be a horrific thing to commit a murder. so what we re hearing is his horror at having just committed a murder of someone who was close to him? that would be a way to characterize it, yes. prosecutors claim that in that 911 call, alex had already concocted a story that emily committed suicide, or died from a drug overdose. my wife s killed herself! my wife s killed herself! who? even at that police interview a few hours later, prosecutors said alex was pushing his theory that emily had somehow overdosed. maybe she didn t kill herself. maybe it was an accident. then the prosecution called the state medical examiner to tell jurors about that key piece of evidence the toxicology report.
miles away to decorah, iowa where they were now separated by much more than the courtroom aisle. the prosecutor told the jury that after a deteriorating relationship and with divorce papers filed, alex lost it that night and killed his wife. alex had everything to gain by emily s death. he had everything to lose by emily being alive. he d lose his kids. he d lose his job. he d lose his house. he d lose money in the fight for divorce. the state started it s case using alex s own words. help. help! 911, what s your emergency? prosecutors said this wasn t grief, it was remorse. in that official 911 call, alex sounds pretty genuinely traumatized to me. he doesn t sound like somebody
grief. it was remorse. in that initial 911 call, alex sounds pretty genuinely traumatized to me. he doesn t sound like somebody that s faking it. part of the argument to the jury is that it has to be a horrific thing to commit a murder. so what we re hearing is his horror at having just committed a murder of someone that s close to him? that would be a way to characterize it yes. in that 911 call, alex had already concocted a story that emily committed suicide or died from a drug overdose. my wife killed herself. my wife killed herself. who? even at that police interview a few hours later, prosecutors said alex was pushing his theory that emily somehow overdosed. maybe she didn t kill herself. maybe it was an accident. then the prosecution called the state medical examiners to tell jurors about the key piece of evidence. the toxicology report. did you also have testing
name, the case was moved out of boone, 200 miles away to decorah, iowa, where the fazzinos and the beckwiths were now separated by much more than the courtroom aisle. the prosecutor told the jury that after a deteriorating relationship and with divorce papers filed, alex lost it that night and killed his wife. alex had everything to gain by emily s death. he had everything to lose by emily being alive. alex would lose his kids. would lose his job. would lose his house. and lose his money in a fight. for a divorce. the state started its case using alex s own words. help! help! 911, what s the location of your emergency? prosecutors said this wasn t grief, it was remorse. in that initial 911 call, alex sounds pretty genuinely
grief, it was remorse. in that initial 911 call, alex sounds pretty genuinely traumatized to me. he doesn t sound like somebody who s faking it. part of the argument to the jury is that it has to be a horrific thing to commit a murder. so what we re hearing is his horror at having just committed a murder of someone who was close to him. that would be a way to characterize it, yes. prosecutors claim that in that 911 call, alex had already concocted a story that emily committed suicide, or died from a drug overdose. my wife s killed herself! my wife s killed herself! even at that police interview a few hours later, prosecutors said alex was pushing his theory that emily had somehow overdosed. maybe she didn t kill herself. maybe it was an accident. then the prosecution called the state medical examiner to tell jurors about that key piece of evidence. the toxicology report.