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His hands and say why did you have that surgery? about those medications? one of the first responders said that he was absolutely lly err and concerned about his safety thinking he had to defend himself at some point because dr. macneill was so frantic. the other side to that is this is a man losing his wife and although he had that other life, he's still losing the mother of his eight children. >> were the witness accounts the same as how they found michelle in the bathtub? >> they were. they really were. all of the neighbors said when they got there, michelle's face was next to the faucet in...

Percocet and ambian. dr. scott thompson who performed michelle's facelift told the court macneill had great influence on michelle's p prescriptions and the combination of drugs given to her could be dangerous if taken together. >> was it your intention that michelle take these drugs together? >> no. >> would you have prescribed this combination to her if martin was not a physician? >> no. >> for months leading up to his wife's death. macneill was telling neighbors and leaders of the church he had chancer and didn't have long to live but prosecutors say it was a roost, one he continued at his d...

>> he told me that she died of some kind of heart problem like the basketball player that just died over on the court. i asked him, i said well, martin, how are you doing because i heard you only had like six months to live? and he said something to the effect of, you know, don't write me off yet, i'm still here now. >> in fact, macneill was already introducing his mistress around town saying she was the new nanny. >> at first it was very vague and then we learned that she was the nanny and then eventually, as everybody could tell that the relationship was more than that, as to whether or not ...

Bathtub. >> who is in the bathtub? >> my wife. >> is she conscious? >> she's not. i'm a physician. >> sir i need you to calm -- sir i can't understand you. okay. can you calm down just a bit? >> i need help. >> okay your wife is unconscious? >> she's unconscious. she's under water. >> reporter: prosecutors brought in a bathtub similar to the one in the macneill home so witnesses could demonstrate how macneill was found. mark instructed him. >> he threw his hands in the air twice and say why, why would you do this? all because of a stupid surgery and he would say okay, continue. so i continued ...

Feet -- her legs were over here. >> was there water in it? >> no. >> did you see any blood? >> no. >> no blood but the prosecutor says definitely murder. prosecutor sam peed said michelle was dead because her husband of nearly 30 years, dr. martin macneill killed her and used his medical knowledge to pull it off. the motive, macneill was carrying on an affair with gypsy willis who moved into the macneill home as a nanny shortly after michelle's death. macneill he says was so determined to move forward with the murder plot that he forced his wife to have a facelift, so he could kill her with a ...