murder. because of pretrial publicity and the high profile name, the case was moved 200 miles away to decor decorah, iowa where they were separated by much more than the courtroom aisle. 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. and he had everything to lose by emily being alive. alex could lose his kids, lose his job, could lose his house. the state started by using his own words. 911. prosecutors said this wasn t
rehab? no, she told me all her doctors were on the same page. so alex told everyone his wife was a victim of her own demons but soon more evidence would emerge. results came back clean. so it wasn t an overdose. it wasn t an overdose. what could it have been? what could have killed emily? she was scared. there was something wrong. when date line continues. this is an insurance commercial. but let s be honest, nobody likes dealing with insurance. which is why esurance hired me, dennis quaid, as their spokesperson because apparently, i m highly likable. see, they know it s confusing. i literally have no idea what i m getting, dennis quaid. that s why they re making it simple, man in cafe. and more affordable. thank you, dennis quaid. you re welcome.
question during a check up. he said and how is your shoulder? i said it s fine. why do you ask? he said i wanted to make sure that the vicodin i prescribed you were working. i said excuse me? and i started crying. you cannot asked for vicodin. correct. it s a powerful pain medication that can be highly addictive. emily asked for the prescription saying it was for alex but she ended uptaking the pills herself. alex confronted emily. i said you re going to have to choose between your family and this medicine. i m not going to stay married to you if you continue down this road. and she said. she said okay. she said it and she may have meant it but alex said in the months before she died emily would seem okay one day but not the next. i can see in her eyes, they, like a glaze.
living in the same house. a few nights later, emily called her father, rick. the words were saying one thing, the voice was telling me something different. what was the voice telling you? she was scared. there was something wrong. they hung up around 6:00 p.m.. two hours later, emily would be dead. i will never forget that phone call because that was the last time i heard her voice. for the investigator, a new picture was emerging. a marriage in shambles. a husband pushed to the edge. maybe this wasn t an accident or suicide. maybe it was murder. it seems hard to believe that alex would kill his wife and his kids are just a couple of rooms away. but that s if you re thinking that this was well thought out. often times couples get in arguments and they escalate and somebody dies. you had seen your wife endanger her life. you weren t angry at your wife s
that face time call appears to sho show an intoxicated emily. the defense could say no one would even say how she died. if there was no cause of death, there could be no crime. now alex s fate was in the hands of a jury. here s josh with the conclusion of the quiet one. reporter: four years after emily fazzino s death, her husband s fate was finally in the hands of a jury. alex says he was confident during the nearly three-week trial but says doubt crept in during those final minutes. you prepared for a guilty verdict? yeah. i wrote a note to my children. reporter: what s it say? nick, ricky, and coco, i loved your mother, and i never hurt her. i would never leave you. like your mom is always in your heart, i will be, too. you kids are the light of my life. all my love, now and forever,