the point the guilty finger? there was no way we were going to accuse. him hello and welcome to dateline. thousands of americans are killed in car accidents every year. but, when a mother of two died after a minor fender bender. her loved ones were left shaking their heads and looking for some answers. the more they learned the more it seemed it wasn t her accident that needed investigating. it was her marriage. here is dennis murphy with bitter pill. so ironic that rosie essa was just idling a few days the afternoon when she had only a few precious minutes remaining. but we never know, do we? it was february 2005, she was dashing to the movies to meet her sister diana at a matinee. at the last minute, and i was at the movie theater she had called and said i m on my way. i m leaving. now no one knew it then but rosie special trip to the movie that day from the nice home in suburban cleveland would second motion an international manhunt. something that became an excr
over 60 witnesses, the case was concluded. now it was up to the jurors, they deliberated for three days, and announced they had reached a verdict. i think that is the most important. take a deep breath. i couldn t i got exactly the same way i got the day where rosy died. please rise. the lawyers, the families on both sides were summoned to the courtroom for the reading of the verdict by judge dina we the jury in this case make duly on this wanted to find the defendant yazeed essa guilty of murder, in violation of guilty, it was almost over. at sentencing, a few days later, rosy s family confronted the man they once loved as a son and brother. we lost our rosy for no reason, the only thing i m hoping from now on maybe there will be last nights that my wife crisis
verdict. breathe. that s the most important. nice deep breaths. i couldn t stop shaking. i got exactly the same way i did the day rosie died. please rise. the lawyers, the families on both sides were summoned to the courtroom for the reading of the verdict by judge deena calabrese. we the jury in this case being duly impaneled and sworn do find the defendant yazeed essa guilty of murder. guilty. it was almost over. at sentencing a few days later, rosie s family confronted the man they once loved as a son and brother. we lost our rosie for no reason. the only thing i m hoping that from now on maybe there will be less nights that my wife cries herself to sleep. i challenge him to find the
courtroom for the reading of the verdict by judge deena calabrese. we the jury in this case being duly impaneled and sworn do find the defendant yazeed essa guilty of murder. guilty. it was almost over. at sentencing a few days later, rosie s family confronted the man they once loved as a son and brother. we lost our rosie for no reason. the only thing i m hoping that from now on maybe there will be less nights that my wife cries herself to sleep. i challenge him to find the courage today to admit what he did, to provide the apology to my mother, my father, my sister, my wife, my brother rachel deserve. are you man enough? are you? this is your last chance to save your soul right here, right now. yaz kept his silence.
i got the phone call from my brother that there s somebody coming over and to take care of him. the brother of jamal the fixer had known yaz s family back in the united states. jamal testified he put yaz up in a beirut apartment, got him a new passport and a new name, maurice khalife. as he got to know the american doctor better, the stunning story about rosie spilled out. he told me the whole story, that his wife was leaving the home, going to, i think, to a movie. he told me he grounded the cyanide, refilled the pills, he gave her two pills. down the street she had a car accident and she died. a severe blow for the accused. a second hand account of a confession from yaz. and another witness was about to deliver an even more dramatic roundhouse punch. good afternoon. mr. essa. firas essa, none other than his own brother and business partner took the stand. as a prosecution witness.