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Received from her father the day her mother died. >> it was my fathers voice. he said, rachel, quick, get to the hospital. its your mother. quick. i said whats happening? is everything okay? and he just said, rachel, come home. >> reporter: prosecutors say all the drama was a ruse. mcneil had plan his wifes murder all along. the motive? he was carrying on an affair with gypsy willis who moved in as a nanny shortly after the death of his wife michelle. >> it was obvious. she is goo eyes at my dad...

To get a face lift and using a deadly combination of prescription drugs post surgery to kill her. >> he made a comment she had overdozed on her pain medication and also a comment about slipping in the tub and hitting her head. he also indicated that he was only gone for a short period of time. >> reporter: macneills alibi, he was at work when his wife fell in the tub. prosecutors say they have evidence to the contrary. this story seems to know no end of sadness. they also had a son, damian, who ...

As investigators used her older sister alexis during repeated interviews. >> alexis was doing the other interviewing and investigators were saying ask her this, ask her that. thats highly improper. >> reporter: prosecutors already called several first responders. martin macneill was agitated to the point of distraction as they desperately tried to save his wifes life. >> he was hysterical. blurting out things like, why did you have to have the surgery? why are you on so many medications? why god...

To prove murder because authorities could conclude that his wife took too many medications and possibly fell asleep in the tub. >> they say the motive was this wamp r woman -- this woman, gypsy willis. the two were having an affair in 2007, the same time his wife died. alexis says after meeting gypsy her father forced her mother to get a facelift. while recovering from the surgery, michele suddenly died in the bathtub. >> that was my first instinct, he killed her. >> reporter: a frantic-sounding...

Mistress named gypsy willis. a woman he med or online and who prosecutors say was the reason the doctor hatched a plan to kill his wife. they say he pressured michele to get a facelift and then gave her a dangerous mix of drugs as she tried to recover and you wantly drowned her in a tub. not something a 6-year-old child should ever see. >> when i got home from school and i went to go look for my mom, and i went into her room, in the bathroom. and i found her. >> michele had reason to suspect her...

The defense counters macneill called 911 himself desperately trying to save her life. >> is she conscious? >> im a physician. >> sir, sir, i cant understand you. can you calm down a little bit? >> i need help. >> the prosecution pantz a different picture of the doctor, the motive, a mistress, the woman macneill said was a nanny. >> first it was vague, then we learned she was the nanny and eventually everybody could tell the relationship was more than that. >> reporter: the claim macneill hatched...

I think he was going through a whole crazy mid-life thing when men rush out and get convertibles and start working out andtry to get a suntan. that thing. i think he was going through that, this mistress came in and blew up. thats his motive. he made his wife get the face lift. when the emts and the neighbors were there, oscar-winning performance. he was so dramatic saying why did she have to have a face lift? why did she insist on a face lift in the jury will be, what? hes the one that made her...

Which is kind of strange because prosecutors say that he was the one to pressure her to go under the knife in the first place. lets bring you up to speed on this case. >> shir, whats wrong? >> my wife has drowned in the bathtub. >> who is in the bathtub? >> my wife. >> do you know how to do cpr? >> im doing it. >> okay. do you -- >> these maybe the last sounds michele macneill ever heard, the sound of her husband calling 911 as she lay dying in her bathtub. now he is on trial accused of her murd...

Welcome back. police officers took stand in the trial of martin mcneil. the utah doctor accused of drugging and drowning his wife as she was recovering from a facelift. multiple officers testified that mcneil was hysterical and disruptive as medics tried to revive his wife. >> he was blurting out things like why did you have to have the surgery? why are you on so many medications? why, god in and he was pacing about in and out of the home. and just hysterical. >> now, according to the officer yo...

By the way, diana nyad will be back in key west on saturday night acting as the grand marshall of the fantasy fest parade. >> she looked a little zombie-like when she got out of that water and she deserved it. bit by jellyfish. all kinds of things. all right. coming up. the courtroom drama involving a dead beauty queen, her facelift and bathtub. also, after scandals, reality tv, and childbirth, you will see how snooki reinvented herself by dancing. a 17-year-old whiz kid with a rare condit...