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Pittsburgh medical researcher convicted of murder in his wife's cyanide poisoning death
Published November 22, 2015
FILE - This undated photo provided by the Allegheny County District Attorney shows University of Pittsburgh medical researcher Dr. Robert Ferrante. Fernante was convicted on Friday, Nov. 7, 2014, of first-degree murder and faces a mandatory life sentence in the April 2013 death of 41-year-old neurologist Dr. Autumn Klein. (AP Photo/Allegheny County District Attorney, File) (The Associated Press)
A University of Pittsburgh researcher charged in the cyanide poisoning death of his wife last year has been convicted of first-degree murder.
Jurors say they found 66-year-old Dr. Robert Ferrante's explanations unbelievable, and they were moved by a recording of a 911 call he made while his wife was groaning, moaning and gasping for air in the background.
Friday's verdict means faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison in the April 2013 death of 41-year-old neurologist Dr. Autumn Klein.
The jury agreed with prosecutors who accused Ferrante of lacing his wife's energy drink with cyanide. Authorities say he bought the poison with a university-issued credit card.
Ferrante denied poisoning his wife. He said the cyanide he bought was for stem cell experiments he was conducting on Lou Gehrig's disease.
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