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48 Hours

The Cyanide Killer

26 Feb 2025

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In February 2005, Rosemarie Essa was in a minor car accident, and though she suffered no physical injuries she died shortly afterwards at a Cleveland hospital. Her best friend, Eva McGregor, suspected Rosemarie's husband, Yazeed Essa, had tampered with her calcium supplements the morning of the day she died. Tests on the pills revealed Rosemarie had died of cyanide poisoning. But when police went to charge Essa, they learned he had fled the country, resulting in an international manhunt. “48 Hours" Correspondent Troy Roberts reports. This classic "48 Hours" episode last aired on 6/1/2013. Watch all-new episodes of “48 Hours” on Saturdays, and stream on demand on Paramount+. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0.389 - 17.198 Collier Boyle

Collier Boyle was lying awake at night when he heard something horrible. It was going through your mind at that time. Where's my mother? She would never, ever leave her children. His best hope? To team up with a middle-aged detective with a chip on his shoulder. I got a partner now. Somebody who's going to help me find out what happened to my mother.

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17.358 - 18.499 Narrator

His whole life is a lie.

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18.739 - 31.091 Collier Boyle

From Sony Music Entertainment and Orbit Media, this is Finding Mom's Killer, available now on the binge. Search for Finding Mom's Killer wherever you get your podcasts to start listening today.

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45.782 - 68.727 FBI Special Agent Phil Torsney

Some people get on a plane and they skip town. Go to the other side of the world. It's almost a cat and mouse game. A lot of countries, a lot of miles, and that's where a lot of this starts. I've been working international fugitives with the FBI about 26 years. We've arrested a lot of bad guys. It pumps up your adrenaline.

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70.548 - 74.729 FBI Special Agent Phil Torsney

This is a once-in-a-lifetime case, and it was certainly one of the tougher ones I ever worked on.

77.728 - 91.977 Narrator

When first responders arrived at the scene of Rosie's car accident, they found her on the brink of unconsciousness, slumped in the driver's side seat, clutching her open cell phone. She was trying to call her husband.

93.718 - 97.841 Alexandra Herrera

Yazeed Issa was what every woman dreams of, of the perfect man.

97.861 - 98.622 Narrator

Hello.

99.282 - 101.503 Dominic DiPuccio

Doctor, businessman.

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