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>> if he is contaminated these cap lights, and he successfully killed his wife with them. why, in the name of oh things we know from cal television shows, would you hold on to the stuff? >> precisely. >> the fence went after the police for sloppy handing a laying of evidence. the detective we would probably capsules into his bare hands after collecting. >> are you telling us that you made a mistake? >> in hindsight, yes. >> the forensic expert who didn't check for prince. >> the pill bottle itself would have been conducive to leaving rich detail, correct? >> yes. >> to be clear, then. nobody ever made that. request >> no sir. >> there was a catastrophe in terms of forensics here. >> and even though the court had learned how easy it was to obtain cyanide, there is no evidence presented that yaz had actually done that. still, the start contract was yaz essa decision to leave the country. how can that be anything other than the action of a guilty man?
detective mckee wanted all the pills rosie was taking gathered up for testing, including the calcium capsules. the interview over, the detective followed yeah's home. >> we enter the home, there was a female seated at the kitchen counter, on a stool. she was margarita montana. as >> margarita was the daytime 90. yeah has had hired her to care for the kids. he also hired another woman to be the nighttime. 90 at the time, the detective thought nothing of margarita, though that would change. for now, he was there only to get the pills. >> before he retrieve the pills, he asked me, have you found the cause of death for my wife? i said no. he we ship in the cabinet, retrieve the pills -- but before he handed them to me, he says why do you want these? my response was, i just want to cover all the bases. >> the next day, yaz as rosy
of women on the side. he was a doctor with a first degree cheating heart. >> every wednesday night husband with his girlfriend, that his mistress in her apartment. >> girlfriends, mistresses, sex partners, lots of them. jurors were even shown photos photos of it in a way bedroom. >> yeah, that was a place where he would use the apartment over there from time to time to bring his lady friends. >> good afternoon. >> and one of those lovers had been margarita, the daytime nanny. this is the woman in the detective sought sitting in his kitchen, when they first went to collect the calcium cap plates. it terms that margarita had a long term sexual affair, a affair that rosemary evidently had no idea about. >> in 2001 we began our sexual relationship. >> why did you become involved with the defendant when you are married? >> me and my husband were having problems, and i thought
no harm, no foul. they could politely tell me that i was wrong. thank you for your help, and i would go away. >> christine's urgent request to check yaz out, made it to the desk of this detective. of the highland heights ohio deliberately swarm it was already investigating the accident. >> i never met christine, i don't know if she had ax to grind, but whatever reason she didn't have to not care for, him was not valid. i wasn't approaching him as a suspect, or even thinking that this guy's murder. >> still, the detective had some facts didn't add up. 38 year old woman, in good health, suddenly dead in the fender bender. what's more, the coroner couldn't give him a cause of death. at minimum, he had to find out more about those calcium capsules that christine had told him about. the detective called rosie's husband, he agreed to come down to the police station. that interview was recorded on an audiotape. the detective questioned doctor about the calcium capital.
then, headed down to yaz, and had his own investigation. >> i spent a week at that house, playing detective. we were trying to throw it happened. >> what does it possibly sell? you >> rosie died on the thursday, less than 24 hours after he sends a blast email to his friend saying, just wanted to let you know that rosie died yesterday, she will be missed. >> that's it? >> yeah, that was email. that was his last email. >> to credit card transactions, dominic eventually learned, yaz had bought a plane ticket. final destination, cypress. the island in the mediterranean. dominic knew it was time to tell the entire family everything. he and his brother iraqi had been keeping back. about the conversation that's sister had with evil, just before she died. her story about rosy feeling sick. are you the family say -- yeah has killed rosy?
>> the police went after them for sloppily collecting the evidence. >> the detective who poured the capsules into his bare hand after collecting them? >> are you telling us that you made a mistake? >> in hindsight, yes. >> the forensic expert who didn't check for prints. >> the pill bottle itself would have been conducive to leaving ridge detail, correct? >> yes. >> to be clear, nobody made that request. >> there was a catastrophe in terms of forensics here. >> and even though the court had learned how easy it was to obtain cyanide, there was no evidence presented that yaz had actually done that. still, the stark fact at the epicenter of the case was his decision to flee the country. how could that be anything other than the action of a guilty man? the defense spun it that way. yaz early on had talked to a lawyer who advised him he might be facing the death penalty if charged with a murder. >> yaz was led to believe that he could be charged with capital
>> the detective called rosie's husband and he agreed to come down to the police station. that interview was recorded on an audio tape. the detective questioned the doctor about the calcium capsules. doctor about the capsules. >> two weeks before i was at my mom's house and i thought about this as well. my mom had this other woman that had osteoporosis. and whatnot. rosie was there that she should probably -- you know, she's over 35. she should probably start take a calcium supplement. >> so she's not under the care of any specialist or anything? was she experiencing any unusual stress recently? >> no, life was good. >> did you have any stressors in your marriage? >> our marriage was fine. >> what's your impression of this doctor, the guy everyone calls yaz? >> he's clearly a smarted individual. very low key. >> are the calcium pills and the prescription vitamins still at home? >> mm-hmm. >> would you mind if i followed you back to your home and collected those?
>> no, not at all. >> that would be great. >> remember, rosie and yaz were trying to have another child. and she was prescribed prenatal vitamins. detective mckee wanted all the pills rosie was taking gathered up for testing including the calcium capsules that yaz said he bought for his wife. the interview over, the detective followed yaz home. when you got to the house, did his demeanor change at all? as you're about to take a look at things? >> no, we entered the home. there was a female seated at the kitchen counter on a stool. she was marguerita montanez. >> margarita was the daytime nanny. yaz had hired her to look after his kids after rosie died. he also hired another woman to be the nighttime nanny. at the time, the detective thought nothing of margarita the nanny, although eventually that would change. for now he was only there to get the pills from yaz. >> before he retrieved the pills, he asked me, have you found the cause of death for my
there was no harm-no foul. they could politely tell me i was wrong and thank you for my help and i would go away. >> christine's urgent request to check yaz made it to the desk of this detective. gary mckee of the highland heights police department was already investigating rosie's car accident. >> i never had met christine. i didn't know if she had an ax to grind with him. whatever reason she didn't care for him may not have been a valid reason. so i wasn't approaching him as a suspect or even thinking that, you know, this guy's a murderer. >> still, the detective had some facts that didn't add up. 38-year-old woman in good health suddenly dead in a fender bender. what's more, the coroner couldn't give him a cause of death. at minimum, he had to find out more about those calcium capsules christine had told him about. you're wondering if there's a sad but benign reason for her death. is this tainted stuff or is she allergic to whatever was in it. >> exactly. i didn't know exactly what i had.
worked with both rosie and her doctor/husband yaz at the hospital. she hadn't seen much of either of them in the previous five years. by coincidence, christine lived right next door to rosie's friend eva. eva told her about that last phone call with rosie, about yaz giving her a calcium capsule. >> it was odd to me that just prior to leaving for a movie in the middle of the afternoon in a hurry that that was so necessary that he give her the pill. as soon as i got off the phone with eva, i looked at my husband and i said, i think he killed her. >> gut instinct? >> immediately. >> so going simply on her gut instinct that something wasn't right, and unknown to rosie's brothers, christine called the authorities. but if you were wrong, christine? >> well, where could they take it if i was wrong. there was no harm-no foul. they could politely tell me i was wrong and thank you for my help and i would go away. >> christine's urgent request to check yaz made it to the desk of this detective. gary mckee of the highland