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
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 know? 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-respected p
oh, absolutely. i ve always been so grateful to the u.s.. she probably could have had her pick of any ivy league school, but chose to attend pomona, a top notch college near her families california home. but on one weekend, in her sophomore year, her dreams of a happy college life were dashed. it was march 1995, when she made a decision that would haunt her for the rest of her life. i was a very serious student, wasn t a drinker, wasn t a partier. although she didn t go out often, one saturday night patricia decided to go to the el cortez nightclub. there, someone caught her eye. i met this person. we exchanged numbers. what was it about him that attracted you? there was really nothing attractive or unattractive, it was just somebody, somebody who seemed to be nice. i didn t think that i would see this person again. but, he called the very next morning and invited patricia to breakfast along with her sister and friend. after they ate, he offered patricia a ride back t
him that the abuse had happenned. but the brother also said, his father would not respond to our questions about it. the way that i dealt with all that chaos, to throw myself into my books, into education. so, the bad things that were happening in your life were really driving you, to essentially be a better person? absolutely. to better yourself? and all her studies paid off, she excelled and earned a scholarship a prestigious boarding school in new hampshire. it must have been a culture shock, to go from the life that you had to this very privileged surrounding? . oh, absolutely. did you feel like you are living the american dream? oh, absolutely. i ve always been so grateful to the u.s.. she probably could have had her pick of any ivy league school, but chose to attend pomona, a top notch college near her families california home. but on one weekend, in her
to better yourself? and all her studies paid off, she excelled and earned a scholarship a prestigious boarding school in new hampshire. it just must have been a culture shock to go from a life that you had to this very privileged surrounding? . oh, absolutely. did you feel like you are living the american dream? oh, absolutely, i ve always been so grateful to the u.s.. she probably could have had or pick of any ivy league school, but chose to attend put mona, a top notch college near her families california home. but on one weekend in her sophomore year, her dreams of a happy college life were dashed. it was march 1995, when she made a decision that would haunt or for the rest of her life. i was a very assyrians student, wasn t a drinker, wasn t a part here. although she didn t go out often, one saturday night patricia decided to go to the