GUILTY PA - Husband charged in cyanide poisoning death of Dr. Autumn Klein

[time]

She was breathing and had a heart beat. You don't administer CPR under these circumstances.

Thank you!

And, I see everyone is already up on the latest news... thanks to all of you also!

 

[colette]

An Allegheny County judge weighing a defense request to select jurors from another county for the homicide trial of a University of Pittsburgh researcher polled potential jurors about their knowledge and opinions of the case Wednesday.

The verdict: Dr. Robert Ferrante is a well-known man. A third test is scheduled for Monday.

Jury selection in the case is expected to begin this summer. His trial is scheduled for Sept. 15.


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[Richrd]

Trial To Be Heard By 18 Sequestered* Jurors From Mid-State Dauphin County.

1) Tue, 5/27: http://www.post-gazette.com/local/p...come-from-Dauphin-County/stories/201405270132*


2) Tue, 5/27: http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2014...om-dauphin-co-to-hear-cyanide-poisoning-case/:

Jury Selection To Begin Monday, August 25th.


3) Tue, 5/27: http://hosted2.ap.org/PASCR/a9680d7...h-Cyanide/id-49b57b0860c74a189763999ebb1eade3


Allegheny Court Of Common Pleas:

http://ujsportal.pacourts.us/DocketSheets/CPReport.ashx?docketNumber=CP-02-CR-0013724-2013:

Trial Scheduled For Monday, September 22nd.


Grades of PA Crimes:

H = Heinous
F1 = Felony of 1st Degree; F2; F3
M1 = Misdemeanor of 1st Degree; M2; M3
S = Summary



Our Appreciation To Jurors Willing To Be Sequestered
For The Estimated Two-Plus Weeks* Of The Trial.

 

[Ausgirl]

The hubby so did it, IMO. I'm always happy to be wrong, but here I seriously doubt I am.

Just high-fiving myself, carry on.

 

[colette]

Defense has 80 motions to suppress evidence, the prosecution wants them denied. Defense says there was not enough evidence to get the warrants and Ferrante's constitutional rights had been violated.
Prosecution says common-sense determination that there was a fair probability that evidence of Dr. Klein's death by cyanide poisoning would be found in a vehicle driven by the last person to see her conscious, who also had access to cyanide in his laboratory.”

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There is a gag order in place so no comments from the attorneys.

 

[OkieGranny]

http://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2014/06/07/Cyanide-suspects-Robert-Ferrante-suicide-letter-discovered/stories/201406070049

Robert Ferrante, the University of Pittsburgh researcher accused of using cyanide to kill his wife last year, wrote and signed a suicide letter, although investigators later discovered it shredded and discarded during a search of his Oakland home.

The suicide note was among several new pieces of information revealed Friday in an affidavit of probable cause for a search warrant obtained just last month, as part of the investigation into the death of Autumn Klein on April 20, 2013.

The others included new details from the time period police say Robert Ferrante obtained the cyanide through his Pitt lab, as well as information that he allegedly lied to his assistant about a separate missing neurotoxin.

 

[colette]

Attorney Wendy Williams said Tuesday that a blood test from a Philadelphia-based forensic toxicology lab in the death of 41-year-old Dr. Autumn Marie Klein was “negative for cyanide as a cause of death.”

http://www.timesleader.com/news/loc...ifferent-test-cited-in-Pa.-cyanide-death-case

 

[AzPistonsGirl]

wow, thanks for keeping this updated. The latest - umm, what??

 

[AzPistonsGirl]

wow, thanks for keeping this updated. The latest - umm, what??

ETA: the latest linked article ^ explains that an attorney for the husband had a test run that came back negative for cyanide.

 

[colette]

ETA: the latest linked article ^ explains that an attorney for the husband had a test run that came back negative for cyanide.

Step 1 in getting the husband off...

 

[Richrd]

Defense Alleging Two Different Lab Test Results

Tue., Jun 10: http://www.post-gazette.com/local/c...to-different-lab-results/stories/201406100213

Wed., Jun 11: http://www.wtae.com/news/different-test-cited-in-autumn-klein-death-case/26438356#!XCtTC:

Includes Slide Show

Wed., Jun 11 via Colette #407: http://www.timesleader.com/news/loc...ifferent-test-cited-in-Pa.-cyanide-death-case

Wed., Jun 11 also via Colette #412: http://www.observer-reporter.com/article/20140611/NEWS01/140619931#.U5jMzGcU-Hp

Change In Venire* Granted - Jury from Dauphin County to be bussed in and Sequestered.
*[Venn-EYE-ree]

Jury Selection To Begin Monday, August 25th.

Trial Scheduled To Begin Monday, September 22nd.


Our Appreciation To Jurors Willing To Be Sequestered
For The Estimated Two-Plus Weeks Of The Trial.

 

[colette]

Detectives also alleged that they found evidence that Ferrante had done computer searches five days after his wife died to learn whether treatments Klein received after falling suddenly ill would have removed poison from her system.

http://www.observer-reporter.com/article/20140611/NEWS01/140619931#.U5jHMyxOU5s

 

[Richrd]

Trial To Be Heard By 18 Sequestered Jurors From Mid-State Dauphin County.

Day 468

https://ujsportal.pacourts.us/DocketSheets/CPReport.ashx?docketNumber=CP-02-CR-0013724-2013:

Prosecution & Private Defense Counsel motions as recently as 7/28/14.

Change In Venire* Granted - Out-Of-County Jury from Dauphin County

to be Bussed In, and Sequestered.

*[venn-EYE-ree]

Out-Of-County Jury Selection To Begin Monday, August 25th.

Jury Trial Scheduled To Begin Monday, September 22nd.


Our Appreciation To The Out-Of-County Jurors Willing To Be
Sequestered For The Estimated Two+ Weeks Of The Trial.

 

[Richrd]

Trial To Be Heard By 18 Sequestered Jurors From Mid-State Dauphin County.

Day 495

Sat., Aug. 23rd: http://www.wpxi.com/news/news/local/expert-print-cyanide-vial-could-be-vital-ferrante-/ng7x3/*:

A detailed article about the use of Fingerprint Evidence, and potential Trial Strategies.

"Major Case Prints differ from standard fingerprints in that they include prints of fingers, fingertips, finger joints, edges of fingers and the entire palm."

https://ujsportal.pacourts.us/DocketSheets/CPReport.ashx?docketNumber=CP-02-CR-0013724-2013:

Change In Venire** Granted - Out-Of-County Jury from Dauphin County

to be Bussed In, and Sequestered.

**[venn-EYE-ree]

*Out-Of-County Jury Selection To Begin Monday, September 8th.

*Jury Trial Scheduled To Begin Monday, September 22nd.


Our Appreciation To The Out-Of-County Jurors Willing To Be
Sequestered For The Estimated Two+ Weeks Of The Trial.

 

[Richrd]

Defendant Now Accepting A Local, Allegheny County Jury:

Day 504

Tue., Sep. 2nd: http://www.wpxi.com/news/news/breaking-jury-cyanide-case-will-be-pittsburgh/nhDf3/:

Includes Archives, and Video

Tue., Sep. 2nd: http://www.post-gazette.com/local/p...y-in-cyanide-death-trial/stories/201409020133:

Next Court Date Still Scheduled for Monday, September 22nd.


Our Support To Victim, Autumn Marie Klein's Loved Ones.

 

[Richrd]

Evidentiary Discovery Delays Trial

Until his arrest, Robert was a Professor of Neurological Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh.

Day 512

Wed., Sep. 10th: http://www.wpxi.com/ap/ap/pennsylvania/discovery-delays-doctors-cyanide-poisoning-trial/nhKMy/

Tue., Sep. 2nd: http://www.wpxi.com/news/news/breaking-jury-cyanide-case-will-be-pittsburgh/nhDf3/:

Includes Archives, and Video

13 Page Upper Court's Criminal Docket:
https://ujsportal.pacourts.us/DocketSheets/CPReport.ashx?docketNumber=CP-02-CR-0013724-2013:

Allegheny County Jail Pretrial Confinement Without Bail since 7/30/2013.

Next Court Date Now Scheduled for Tuesday, October 14th.

[Now-Closed Lower Court's Criminal Docket:
https://ujsportal.pacourts.us/docketsheets/MDJReport.ashx?docketNumber=MJ-05003-CR-0007619-2013]


Our Support To Dr. Autumn Marie Klein's Daughter, Cianna, & Other Loved Ones.

 

[Richrd]

Jury Selection To Begin This Week

Until his arrest, Robert was a Professor of Neurological Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh.

Day 552

Mon., Oct. 20th: http://www.wpxi.com/news/news/jury-selection-begins-tuesday-cyanide-case/nhnLY/:

Includes Archives

18 Page Upper Court Criminal Docket:
https://ujsportal.pacourts.us/DocketSheets/CPReport.ashx?docketNumber=CP-02-CR-0013724-2013:

Pretrial Confinement Without Bail since 7/30/2013.


Our Support To Dr. Autumn Marie Klein's Daughter, Cianna, & Other Loved Ones.

 

[OkieGranny]

http://triblive.com/news/adminpage/6956664-74/ferrante-juror-jurors#axzz3GinFMyfN

Jury selection began Tuesday in the homicide trial of a University of Pittsburgh researcher accused of fatally poisoning his wife with cyanide...

Assistant District Attorneys Lisa Pellegrini and Kevin Chernosky plan to call about 60 witnesses over three weeks, laying out evidence police obtained through more than 80 search warrants in Ferrante's laboratories at Pitt and the VA Medical Center in Oakland, and at the couple's home.

 

[OkieGranny]

http://www.post-gazette.com/local/c...-accused-of-killing-wife/stories/201410210188

The 12 jurors who will hear the case against a University of Pittsburgh researcher accused of poisoning his wife have been selected.

Four alternates will be chosen on Wednesday, and openings in the trial of Robert Ferrante are expected to begin Thursday morning.

 

[colette]

The trial has started and opening statements are complete. The defense says he didn't do it and Autumn died from unexplained causes. The prosecution says he did and 41-year-old Dr. Autumn Klein can be heard "gasping and groaning and moaning and dying" on the 911 call by her husband, Dr. Robert Ferrante.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime...g-wife-on-911-recording/ar-BBaNEtI?ocid=bb7hp

“He was one blood test away from getting away with the perfect murder.”

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