remained alive and everything to gain if she were dead. but armed with a new piece of evidence, the defense was about to have its day. would it be enough to convince a jury? we return to josh mankiewicz with the quiet one. by this time, the love that had once joined the beckwith and fazzino families was long gone. in an iowa courtroom, both families had listened for a week. alex fazzino murdered emily fazzino. as prosecutors painted alex fazzino as a monster who brutally killed his wife in a fit of rage. i ve got to ask you this straight out. did you play any role in killing your wife? physically, no. i mean, i i ll always feel a little responsible that i couldn t get through to anybody to get her help. and i ll carry that with me for all of my life.
mobster. did you say that alex and his family are in the mafia, in organized crime, and that women who try to divorce their way out of the fazzino family wind up dead? that was information that emily had told me. amy doesn t realize that of my mom s six siblings and my dad s one siblings, there have been 11 divorces. those people all still alive? they re not all still alive, but none of them were killed. but they weren t murdered. right. so the fazzinos are not some hooked up organized crime family. no, and i resent her saying that. alex insisted the allegations were ludicrous, and that s also what investigators determined. did you pick up in your investigation any indication that the fazzino family is involved in organized crime? no. you didn t find any evidence that that was true? no. or that that played any role in emily s death at all? no.
that s what they were saying. and not just a murderer. emily s sister amy told investigators alex was also a mobster. did you say that alex and his family are in the mafia, in organized crime, and that women who try to divorce their way out of the fazzino family wind up dead? that was information that emily had told me. amy doesn t realize that of my mom s six siblings and my dad s one siblings, there have been 11 divorces. those people all still alive? they re not all still alive, but none of them were killed. but they weren t murdered. right. so the fazzinos are not some hooked up organized crime family. no, and i resent her saying that. alex insisted the allegations were ludicrous, and that s also what investigators determined. did you pick up in your investigation any indication that the fazzino family is involved in organized crime? no. you didn t find any evidence that that was true?
the prosecution already had its turn portraying alex as a guy with means and motive, everything to lose if she remained alive and everything to gain if she were dead. but armed with a new piece of evidence, the defense was about to have its day. would it be enough to convince a jury? we return to josh mankiewicz with the quiet one. by this time, the love that had once joined the beckwith and fazzino families was long gone. in an iowa courtroom, both families had listened for a week. alex fazzino murdered emily fazzino. as prosecutors painted alex fazzino as a monster who brutally killed his wife in a fit of rage. i ve got to ask you this straight out. did you play any role in killing your wife? physically, no. i mean, i i ll always feel a little responsible that i couldn t get through to anybody to get her help. and i ll carry that with me for all of my life. the defense lawyers insisted
gain if she were dead. but armed with a new piece of evidence, the defense was about to have its day. would it be enough to convince a jury? we return to josh mankiewicz with the quiet one. by this time, the love that had once joined the beckwith and fazzino families was long gone. in an iowa courtroom, both families had listened for a week. alex fazzino murdered emily fazzino. as prosecutors painted alex fazzino as a monster who brutally killed his wife in a fit of rage. i ve got to ask you this straight out. did you play any role in killing your wife? physically, no. i mean, i i ll always feel a little responsible that i couldn t get through to anybody to get her help. and i ll carry that with me for all of my life.