and everything was fine. so alex was telling everyone that his wife was a victim of her own demons, but soon, new evidence would emerge that would send this case in a more sinister direction. results came back clean. so it wasn t an overdose. it wasn t an overdose. what could have killed emily? she was scared. there was something wrong. when dateline continues. g wr. when dateline continues
i had many, many toxicology tests. she told the jury emily had no drugs in her system that would have killed her. the drug tests that were done did not show opioids in her system at all. you don t think it played a role? i don t think it played a role. and even though she initially ruled the cause of death undetermined, the state medical examiner had a surprising change of heart on the witness stand. which manner of death do you favor over the others? in this case, i m much more strongly leaning toward homicide than any of the other manners of death. and that second pathologist said there was no doubt about his conclusion. bruises font back, left and right of the head would be consistent with a homicide. bruises along the side of the wind pipe would be consistent with a homicide. murder by strangulation. prosecutors now called family and friends to testify that
habit? no, i was disappointed in her. i was disappointed that had happened. but angry? no. i was never angry with emily. but emily s family and friends were angry with alex. they were now splitting along family lines. coming up. i just kept saying over and over again he murdered her. you re a murderer. that s what they were saying. did you say that alex and his family are in the mafia and that women that try to divorce them wind up dead? when dateline continues. p ded when dateline continues and it can feel like no matter what you do, you re always itching. but even though you see and feel eczema on your skin, an overly sensitive immune system deep within your skin could be the cause. so help heal your skin from within. with dupixent.
period. finally, in december 2011, two months before her death, emily reached out to her mom for help. did she say she had become addicted to this painkiller? i don t know if she used the word addiction, but she had felt like she was abusing it. and alex was upset about it. emily s daughters recommended in patient rehab. instead she decided to detox at her mother s house and to hide it from alex and her kids by saying she had mono. the reason is they were scared of what it would do to their image. is the reason you put out this cover story about emily having mono, is that because sending her to rehab would have been some kind of embarrassment to your family and you didn t want your name tarnished? absolutely not. we have always done the best thing for our children.
anybody. all the boys were gaga over here. she was gorgeous. you ve seen pictures of her. even in high school she was gorgeous, but it wasn t her thing to date. by the time she was 21, emily moved 200 miles south to kansas city, missouri working in a hair salon. one night in 2001, she went to a bar and a local boy spotted her from across the room. it s one of those ah-ha moments you might say. i was like, i have to talk to that girl. after a few days, alex knew she was the one. what did you like about her? what didn t i? she was beautiful. she was very nice. she dressed in impeccably. with a didn t i? alex s mother joanne knew something was happening when he asked if he could bring emily to