change means they re cyanide there is, significant toxic, if not lethal amount of cyanide present. autumn klein had died of cyanide poisoning. no question about it, he said. he grew even more confident when he reviewed the details of how she had collapsed and suffered. cyanide, once ingested can quickly starve the body of oxygen. so, oxygen is on the blood, but it s not being utilized by the body. it was the trapped oxygen that turned the blood in autumn s veins that vivid red. he also considered the 9-1-1 call. as her husband is begging for help, autumn can be heard moaning in the background. now she s like having a seizure jesus christmas, sweetheart.
i just bought a shotgun and two hours later my life is deceased from a shotgun. it would be the dumbest guide the universe. in closing, the defense begged the jurors to use their common sense. which they later said is exactly what they did. their common sense. and the science presented told them, autumn klein had died of cyanide poisoning because the defendant had given it to her. they found him guilty of first degree murder. crushing, right. especially in this case. absolutely crushing. yeah. good description. robert ferrante was sentenced to life in prison. at the time of our interview, autumn s family felt they had gotten justice. their anger towards their husband had been overshadowed by all those what ifs. not only do i grieve autumn and the loss that she is to me and to us as a family and to our community and our friends. but also her patience. you know, my heart breaks for
county s associate medical examiner performed his autopsy on autumn klein the phone rang. the voice on the other end was from the hospital. autumn s blood test were back. dr. todd luckasevic was startled to hear what the lab found. lethal, deadly amount of cyanide. what did that tell you? that told me that i have a cause of death now. cyanide. the poison of the nazi death camps and the jonestown massacre of the 70s. lethal, fast killing stuff. not a common cause of death. i have done approximately 3500 cases in my career and this is my first case of cyanide poisoning. the lab s toxicology work, found cynadine levels of 3. 35 milligrams per liter in autumn s blood. so this is a lot of cyanide? that is correct. still, he needed to confirm
yes he , he had been a jelous husband. and saw them how bad his wife want to have a child. yes he conceded the going to trip to puerto rico with their daughter, has the neighbors described their going there and love their holding hands. those actions speak 1000 words. in the moments after his wife collapse he said he honestly thought she was having a stroke. when she died, he wanted simply to honor her wishes and donate her organs. and that s why he didn t want an autopsy. he was aware that if an autopsy was done, a full autopsy, he would destroy the ability to donate the organs which was his wife s request. a loving and loyal husband to the end, according to the defense. not a mad science treating his wife like a lab rat, killing her with cyanide. speaking of which, they said, the prosecution s claim of how autumn died was all wrong. there was not evidence that my client had anything to do with her death. let alone her death caused by cyanide. an age-old poison, its
ferrante, was a renowned medical researcher. he didn t seem to fit the bill. professional guy, well regarded, there don t seem to be any money issues in the household. in fact, the marriage of farrente and klein appeared to outsiders to be a good one. still detectives had to consider the husband s line of research. he worked routinely with toxins in his lab, but not with cyanide. more than a week after they first interviewed the husband. detectives began talking to his lab associates. the people that we talked to, said there was no research with cyanide. yet, detectives were just getting started with their investigation. they combed through labs, and laptops, interviewed friends, and colleagues. reanalyzed hospital footage. i think once we got all that together, and got all the pieces of that puzzle together we had our picture. a picture, he said, that revealed only one person had the motive and the means to kill autumn klein. her husband, bob ferrante. though the evidence