Missing Doctor Charged in Wife's Death

A Cleveland, Ohio doctor who disappeared three weeks after his wife's death a year ago has been indicted for aggravated murder for giving her cyanide in what she thought were calcium pills.

Authorities say that Rosemarie Essa (pictured) took what she thought were calcium pills on Feb. 24, 2005 and later collapsed in her car crashing into an oncoming vehicle. Before she died, she called a friend and told her that her husband made her take pills and she didn't feel well. She was gasping for air.

Dr. Yazeed Essa disappeared shortly after his wife's death and has been sighted in Greece, Syria and Lebanon. He has been declared a fugitive.

Authorities said Dr. Essa was having an affair and wanted to get rid of his wife rather than going through an expensive divorce.

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