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>> when someone is exposed to poison, it goes through the body and is usually excreted. but it also gets deposited in the hair root at the time of the exposure. when the hair grows out, the shaft becomes a historic record of when the exposure took place. when phil's hair grew longer, a strand was sent for an icp test which tests for 22 different metal components at the same time. the hair was cut into quarter inch pieces and marked and mixed with water and boiled for seven hours. this cocktail was then put through the icp. the test results were startling. when he was in the hospital, his hair ...

Living at home, dr. marigian found traces of another poison, mercury. >> i believe that he was ingesting it. i don't know who or why it would be delivered to him. i had no doubt he was poisoned with heavy metals. >> state law requires that police be notified when any poison is found in someone's system. when the police department learned of the poisoning and the financial dispute between phil and his partner, they took out a search warrant to search steve white's home. >> i thought at that time we have something to look into and we were going to investigate as a criminal matter. >> in white's ...

For most of his career, phil was a salesman. in 1997, he quit to finally pursue his dream of starting an antique car restoration business. he called it top quality and it was housed in the garage near his home in bartlett, tennessee. >> phil was real excited about going into business. that was his dream. >> to no one's surprise, the shop was successful from the day it opened. and with that success came the need to expand. for capital, phil turned to his best friend and next door neighbor steve white who was anxious to invest in the business in exchange for part ownership. phil's good friend al...

Local wine and spirits company somewhere close and buying booze. >> and phil noticed that steve white had written a check to a company called american national for $127. when he didn't recognize the company, rouss decided to call. >> she said it's life insurance. i said can you tell me more about it? she said, well, it's for $100,000. and the beneficiary and owner of the policy is stephen allen white. >> but the life insurance policy wasn't on steve white's life, it was on phil rouss'. and there was no policy on his policy naming rouss as the beneficiary. her husband did nothing wrong, that th...

Would inherit 100% of a maul business. >> after a week long trial, the jury found steve white guilty of first degree attempted murder, theft, and sales tax violations. he was sentenced to 31 years in prison. >> if it hadn't been for the heavy metals test and dr. marigian running all the tests on my husband, he would have been dead. >> his antique automobile restoration business is now closed. to this day, white maintains his innocence. >> these people were our friends for 14 years. i mean we thought they were our friends. i couldn't believe he made that charge against steve. i know steve didn'...