accomplished. i am a professor, i am trying to seek a meaningful life. she had a prestigious career, a loving husband, a young daughter, but she also had a secret. i lived with this nightmare for 18 years. and it centered on murder. they followed him, they kidnapped him, and then they dumped his body. it was clearly planned. but did she? no i was in complete shock. they were dangerous and they were violent. why did she do it? i didn t realize she was involved as deep as she was. scholar, professor, mother. what is going to happen to my daughter? she certainly knew. she is a killer in your eyes? yes. everything was at stake. i could face life in prison, i am willing to do anything that needs to be done. now, i have the strength. she was the embodiment of the american dream, an immigrant who described a childhood of poverty and abuse. attended elite schools and rose to the top of her field. against all odds, norma patricia esparza became the well
just like patricia, jorge was a high achiever. with a ph.d. in neuroscience. they both had degrees in psychology. one thing he particularly admired in patricia, was her desire to help people. she wanted to get a ph.d. at depaul university because they had a children s clinic. because she wanted to help children. learn how to deal with difficult circumstances she was faced with as a child. it wasn t long before the 48-year-old decided he wanted to spend the rest of his life with patricia. he proposed to her at new york s world trade center, in august of 2001. patricia was thrilled when i proposed to get married, and she, of course, accepted. did you feel like finally my life is taking a turn for the better? and maybe i can put all this behind me?