Nothing in this case makes sense. They say doctors make the worst patients, no matter how sick. But, this dr. Was not just sick. He was dying. No one knew exactly what it was. And then, they found the crystals. But solving the medical mystery did not solve the main mystery, who poison them . He took a drink of it and said there is something wrong with this. Was many the motive, or was there another reason . Everything about this case is nuts. Turns out this busy doctor also had a busy love life at home and at work. She loved him. Who wanted the doctor dead . Who has motive . It is the person who is not getting what they want. Hello, and welcome to dateline. The top doctor known for saving lives found himself fighting for his own after he was poisoned. Cops immediately started looking into the women in his life and they uncovered more than one relationship, so investigators wanted to know which one was toxic. There is a place in houston, texas they call the mecca of medicine, m. D. Ande
poisoning. cleaned out the bank account. are you trying to accuse me of something? a brother determined to find a killer. how dare anybody do that to my little brother? it wasn t supposed to happen like this. a toxic mystery and an emotional trial. is the jury being out long a bad thing or a good thing? it was a mystery from day one. from that time, right around the end of the hockey season. it made sense of what was happening to matthew podolak, matt the hockey amateur, matt the hunter, the fisherman, the athlete. it would make sense from the very first day that matthew podolak woke up with the pain in his back. and after what happened in the hospital a couple of months later, nothing made sense after that. [noise] god knows there were accusations. well yes, plenty of those. and a brother, mark, from whom the stories, the mystery became a kind of obsession. it s had quite an effect on me over the past seven years. the story of what happened to matt
yevgeny prigozhin called off his rebellion after 24 hours of mayhem. roadblocks to stop his wagner forces are filled in, as the crisis is diffused. after a direct threat to his leadership, the questions over vladimir putin s future. well forces in ukraine assess how the turmoil will affect the progress of the war. also this morning, the public toll, they can now call 999 after earlier technical fault. plus, labor calls for mandatory help for homeowners struggling to meet rising mortgage payments. and the princess of wales takes on roger federer as she praises the work of ball girls and boys ahead of wimbledon. good morning. now, the rebellion by the russian mercenary leader yevgeny prigozhin appears for now, to be over. the russian president vladimir putin called it a knife in the back of our people, and said that his forces were traitors. but a deal has now been negotiated by belarus and the kremlin, said the rebel leader will be allowed to leave the country and his fighters
someone could be so evil. at last, his dream had come true. new wife. new stepdaughter. a whole new start. almost an instant family for him. this scene perfect. and that s what made what happened so baffling. suddenly, he was dead on the floor. otherwise healthy 41 year old man, usually do not drop that dead. something is not adding up. could this mean murder? there were suspicions from the start, and they came from his wife. you believe there is a possibility that your husband was poisoned. ? yes, sir. poisoned? who could have wanted him dead? police zeroed in on someone at work. he was pretty angry about that. it was initially very angry about, yes. and you don t have to kill? who knows? what s his new wife in danger to? i m scared to death. brace yourselves because this killer was stone cold evil. wow! this has got me shaking. welcome to dateline. frank rodriguez was a man of faith and a navy vet who dedicated himself to helping need
someone is going to pay for this. there are easier ways to die. i got a call from a cousin, saying. he s in the hospital. how did he look? horrible. he drank something sweet, and deadly. there was no question. the real question, why would he do it? stressed, out something was going on there. what happened to ray? soon, it wasn t just doctors and the families asking the question. it was detectives. most likely not a suicide. he had enemies. he received a surprise package. this man sent my data bob. a surprise phone call from a it s josh mankiewicz from day line, is there anything you want to say? welcome to dateline. on a warm day in august, 65 year old ray quenched his thirst with a cool drink that drink contained a secret. a potion. so sinister, he would be dead within hours. not only did investigators have to figure out what killed the happily retired pennsylvania man but who would want him dead and why, here is josh mankiewicz with somet