To kill his mother that he was going to get some money out of this. Narrator the letter said the bottle of colchicine, the murder weapon, was under the front seat of adams jeep. Adam was called in for an interview with police and was stunned when told he was a Person Of Interest in his mothers murder. We tell him that we would like to look in his jeep, under the seat, right where this letter directs us. You could have probably tipped him over with a father. Narrator a shaken Adam Yoder asked for an attorney, who promptly told him to consent to the search of his jeep. And, sure enough, just as the letter indicated, a bottle of colchicine was found under the front seat. Vannamee i wanted to see his reaction, and i can recall him smoking a cigarette, and the cigarette almost fell out of his mouth, like he was in such shock of what we had pulled out of his truck. Narrator with the bottle was a receipt for the colchicine purchase, and it had an email address
Martino it was the lightbulb moment. It brought back thousands of pictures and images and screenshots. Scotti there was several searches had been done regarding colchicine. One talked about the cardiac impact of colchicine. Another talked about how you treat people who have been poisoned by colchicine. Narrator by this time, the unknown female dna found with the bottle of colchicine in Adams Car was matched to kaity conley. In june of 2016, she was charged with seconddegree murder. At trial, prosecutors argued that she had planned mary Yoders Murder for months. This is a wellplannedout, cold, calculated thing. Lisi i think initially what her intent was im going to kill mary yoder. Thatll bring adam back to me. Ill get back in his good graces, and, in fact, thats really what happened shortly after the homicide. Narrator prosecutors say kaity was able to buy the colchicine online
Narrator in this case, the resulting waveform was measured against the waveform of a known sample of colchicine. Mary yoders blood was found to have unusually high concentrations of the drug. It certainly was a large amount compared to what we see in a clinical therapeutic application. Marraffa i received a phone call, and he said, youre never gonna believe it, but the Colchicine Level is through the roof. And i said, are you sure . And he said, yes, i have it right here. Narrator mary yoder had essentially overdosed on colchicine. Was her death an accident, a suicide . No one thought mary was suicidal. And there are a lot of easier and less painful ways to kill yourself than using an obscure gout medication. Phelps no one in the family has gout. No one they know has gout. Mary certainly didnt have gout. How did the colchicine get into her body and kill her
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And this didnt appear like an ordinary bug. Phelps patients report shes running in and out of the bathroom, something she never did. Narrator once mary got home, things got worse and then spiraled steadily downward. The next day, she went to the hospital. Phelps shes in the e. R. , and she is severely ill. Her legs are swelling. Her skin is turning green, basically. They Cant Figure out whats going on. Narrator mary was known for taking a lot of supplements. Phelps she lives a kind of green lifestyle. She only puts healthy things in her body. Narrator could one of those supplements have caused her illness . Baffled doctors didnt think this was likely but couldnt be sure, and testing on those products could take time, which they didnt have. They do not have a Firm Grip on what has taken place with her. Narrator that night, mary rebounded, but not for long