Mouth, allegedly giving her cpr, he would then stop and raise his hands and say, why did you have that surgery? what about those medications. one witness the officer one of the first responders said that he was absolutely erratic and that he was concerned for his own safety thinking he had to defend himself at some point because dr. mcneal was so frantic. now, the other side to that is, this is a man that is losing his wife. and although he had that other life, he s still losing the mother of his eight children. were the witness accounts consistent with how they found michelle in the bathtub? reporter: they really were. all of the neighbors said that when they got there that michelle s face was next to the faucet in the bathtub and her feet were laid out to the end of the bathtub. but here s what could be significant. the prosecution has dr. joshua perpera, medical examiner, who will testify that he believes the immediate cause of death was
Eight days later, her husband was calling 911. my wife s fallen in the bathtub. who s my bathtub? my wife. okay. is she conscious? she s not. i m a physician. sir, i can t understand you. can you calm down just a little bit? i need help. okay. your wife is unconscious? she is unconscious. she s underwater. in the bathtub. could you get her out of the water? i can t. i let the water out. she s out of the water? she s out of the water now. i want you to get me an ambulance. prosecutors brought in a bathtub similar to the one in the mcneal home so witnesses could demonstrate how michelle was found. kristi s husband doug said mcneal instructed them when they were trying to revive her. he d throw his hands in the air. i think twice he would say, why?
Of killing his wife to be with his mistress. what neighbors say they shaw on the day michelle mcneal died. also new insight into the rise and especially the fall of lance armstrong. how he was able to hide his doping for so long and pull off what the authors of a new book called the greatest sports conspiracy ever. i ll speak with the authors of a fascinating new book called wheel men when we continue. hey, we got our cards, honey!
Tub. her head was right here, and her feet were or her legs were over here. was there water in it? no. okay. did you see any blood? no. reporter: no blood. but the prosecutor says definitely murder. prosecutor sam peed says michelle was dead because her husband of nearly 30 years, dr. martin mcneal, killed her and used his medical knowledge to pull it off. the motive? mcneal was carrying on an affair with gypsy willis, who moved into the mcneal home as a nanny shortly after michelle s death. mcneal, he says, was so determined to move forward with the murder plot that he forced his wife to have a facelift so he could kill her with a mix of drugs and blame it on the surgery. michelle went ahead with the surgery on april 3rd. eight days later, her husband was calling 911. my wife s fallen in the
Profound limp and walked with a cane. reporter: and what did he tell his neighbor just days after her death? . he told me that she d died of some kind of heart problem like the basketball player that just died over on the court. i asked him well martin how are you doing? i heard that you only have like six months to live. and he said something to the effect of, don t write me off yet. i m still here now. reporter: in fact, mcneal was already introducing his mistress around town, saying she was the new nanny. at first it was very vague. and then we learned that she was the nanny. then eventually as everybody could tell that the relationship was more than that, as to whether or not they were getting married. jean cazarez joins me live from utah. he sounded so frantic on the 911 call. how did neighbors describe his mood when they arrived? reporter: they said he was frantic. they said he was instructive as all the neighbors tried to help with that cpr. they said though as he had