of a mother really loves the boy. he loved himself more, it seem to me. ean,>> markers, out west, ther a great opens guy. it's a florida, the ocean. always, the ocean. the vast, turning, tropica waters for aging friends stil remember, it is lynn's marker, to after a violent death, the place where they prayed sh might finally rest in peace. might finally rest in peace. of dateline. i'm natalie morales. thank you for watching hello, i'm craig melvin. and this is dateline >> nothing in this case make sense. >> they say doctors make the worst patients, no matter ho

sick >> as high blood pressure or heart attack >> but this doctor is not just sick, he was dying >> nobody knew exactly what it was. >> and then they found the crystals >> it's a poison case, which i very rare. >> but solving the medical mystery, did not solve the mai mystery. who poisoned him >> he took a drink of it and said there is something wron with us. >> was money the motive or was there another reason >> everything about this cas is knots it is sex lies and audiotape >> it turns out this busy ou doctor also had a busy lov life >> she loved him >> she loved the doctor. >> who wanted the doctor did >> what is the motive, is th person who is not getting what they want.

>> hello and welcome t dateline a top doctor known for savin lives found himself fighting for his own after he was poisoned the cops immediately started looking in to the women in his life, and they uncovered mor than one relationship, s investigators want to know which one is toxic here is andrea canning wit fatal attraction >> there is a place in houston texas, they call the mecca o medicine empty anderson cancer center >> their goal is making cancer history, and so the best and brightest work there >> they are five of top-tier positions researching, savin lives. >> i was never a number, i was never just a patient i was a human being. >> but what happened when on of their own became dangerousl ill. >> i was shocked, crazy things

happening. >> i never imagined that would happen >> not with, cancer but stil somethinglethal and bizarre. >> it was the worst kept secre at anderson. >> hollywood cannot write this script, it is unbelievable and that is why it is true >> it was around midnight, january 27th, 2013 a 48-year-old man wobble through the doors of m anderson, slurring his words disoriented. >> given, mind he did not go t the emergency room at standard hospital. >> ryan -- is a reporter with nbc station kprc in houston. >> it went to a cancer hospital >> perhaps he felt save >> perhaps, and also hi office was there >> may be felt safe ther because the sick man was georg -- junior a doctor specializing in -

like many of his talented peer dedicated to researching cancer dr. george blumenschein seemed a revolver on his work. >> the people who worked wit him said that he revealed very little about his personal, lif he did not talk about who he is, dating anything along thos lines. now, this very private man was at md anderson not to be examined, but to be research his own symptoms friends at the hospital urge him to go straight to the e.r. >> it sounded like it was toug to even coax and into th emergency room >> i'm sorry, but i am i middle of drama -- >> george's girlfriend tony, a scientist, shot this video while they sat outside the here she want to show george that he was not acting normally, and convince him that he kne to check himself in the video would later b crucial to solving a mystery >> i have been progressively

disoriented. >> to see the usuall articulate doctor like this wa a strange sight. cindy is a friend and former assistant of georgia >> what is george? like >> very charming. he's a great guy she says that george was a professional, friendly, an always had a good bedsid manner >> was just what he greeted you? >> just a great, you thought i was very respectful. patients did call me and mak comments about him that he is great doctor, that there are glad that he is their doctor >> but now the doctor was th one in need of care. george's research partner, a doctor named dr. ana maria gonzalez-angulo, was also with him outside the e.r. anna had seen him at the offic that day and later at business dinner. that cell phone video document her describing his symptoms. >> for people that knows him he is still slurring >> finally, george agreed to b

examined and in the small world of md and, recent word spread fast that one of their esteemed doctors out to check into th e.r. >> what is your day got to telling you about what he coul be sick? with >> the first thing is like, is this high blood pressure, i having a hard attack, or wha is it is it stress? >> doctors suspected tha george might have suffered a stroke, but the mri was clear. whatever was wrong, it was getting worse. >> he is deteriorating quickly and his health going downhill. just a few hours after arrivin at the e.r., the doctor wa unconscious. his organs failing, and he was rushed to the icu. >> there seem to be concerne that he might not make it. >> through the night, george late near death as his loved ones took vigil outside th room inside, the medical staf wondered exactly how their colleague ended up here, and i is not long until police wer wondering the same thing

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e.r., dr. george blumenschein lay unconscious. he was in critical condition a the icu at the very hospital where you practice medicine. >> that's where i saw. >> will you pray that he would come through this >> of course. he is a great person >> no one was sure why thi perfectly healthy man in his 40s was working one day and on the brink of death the next. >> it was a race against tim because no one knew exactl what it was. they knew that there was kidne failure. >> they start running a batter of tests >> they started doing tests, and that's when they found crystals >> crystals in his system? that could be a sign o anything from dehydration to kidney stones. but looking at those crystal under a microscope, one of georgia's doctors made a startling discovery. an unusual chemical formation, a deadly one it was ethylene glycol, most commonly known as the toxi ingredient in antifreeze

it damages the heart, attack the kidneys, and just half a cup can kill you >> this must be a shocke everyone when they realize tha this top notch doctor has take ethylene glycol? >> absolutely, you're a doctor and you know everything that goes into your body. i was this introduced? >> george was in and out o consciousness, and being kep alive on dialysis. now that doctors knew what was making him sick, they called investigators to figure ou what happened. >> it's a poisoning case, whic is very rare >> assisted district attorne nathan and again has a background inside the medica crime. he and his partner justin -- had to figure out ever possible way that the poison got into georgia system >> we want to find ou that this was all a mistake, maybe he accidentally unjust and something somewhere else he would prefer that and you know somebody did this to.

him >> accidental poisonin without so farfetched. and it's pure, form ethylene glycol is used in labs all ove empty anderson it is colorless, odorless, and has a sweet taste. but after checking out the accident, theory it seemed unlikely george had not been in a lab recently >> we could not establish that he had access to ethylen glycol at all. -- with the university of texas police officer, and part of th investigative team the former houston homicid detective took his job at th medical center as a quie retirement gig >> you deal with things like stolen lunches from th communal fridge, a missing dolly, not exactly used to homicide >> they have their own forms o crimes, but nothing on thi game scale as municipal on for spent >> he looked at georgia' case unfounded puzzling. this is not an accident, there are still other possibilities.

suicide came to mind >> did you ask dr. george blumenschein did you try t make your own life >> i asked him, and there wa no history of any mental healt issues or conditions >> he said no, i take it >> yes ma'am >> satisfied that this was neither suicide nor accident there is only one conclusion left somebody tried to kill george. >> it's starting to look like prominent doctor was poisoned. what did you get telling you >> at first the only thing we could do is try to narrow down who is around the doctor. >> the first person they wante to talk to, of course, was george's live in girlfriend, evette toney >> the woman in charge of th emergency room that night ha concerns about evette toney. and she told me that >> she indicated that we neede to look at evette toney. she shared food with him, sh shared one with him. the night before >> that told lieutenant sosa that she had no clue why somebody would want to hur

georgia. she suggested that maybe it wa a random act >> she was throwing out al kinds of hypothesis an hypotheticals. she actually tells detective sosa, well, i don't know maybe he was an unintended victim an he was the victim of a cycle who want to hurt a lot o people >> there is not a psycho waiter none of that theories made sense. investigators want to know mor about that and her relationshi with george. they found out that the couple dated on and off for about a decade, live together, and the had broken up and had recently moved back in. >> so doctor blumenschein is a commitment fog >> she had real issues with th fact they didn't commit, and they said that her remedy fo that was that they're gonn have a baby. >> now they were trying to start a baby, george the bachelor was also talking abou marriage that had called hersel george's common law wife

investigators wondered if sh had anything to gain financially if george wa killed >> how much is he? worth >> $7 million. that fact alone's motive >> they pressed that leave pulled his insurance papers an requested his will >> would she have been entitle to his money if he died? >> no, the man didn't even hav a will everything was left on the insurance policies to hi brother. >> a dead end there. still, flew ten and sosa put i a request to do in surveillance. did you ask about tony if sh had any do with it >> yes it. it >> was a? response >> she said absolutel not. she offered her financials anything under the sun she offered to submit to a polygraph. >> she even turned over th bottle of wine that she an george drank the night befor he got sick. tests on the bottle came u clean. a lieutenant decided to call off the surveillance

the cooperative, mild mannered girlfriend hardly seemed like killer to him. so, if not evette toney, who i the world wanted dr. george blumenschein dead? >> did you worry that there wa somebody responsible out there >> yes and if they did not succeed, we're going to try again >> that is exactly wha investigators or thinking. they placed a guard out of georgia's door >> at that point, we did not know if anyone would attempt t go into his room and tried again >> your concern about hi life >> yes ma'am, very concerned >> a second murder attempt >> yes ma'am >> coming up, behind close doors at the hospital. >> the plot started to second >> people start realizing put pieces together. >> when dateline continues tardive dyskinesia. td can be caused by some mental health meds. and it's unlikely to improve without treatment. i felt like my movements were in the spotlight.

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dr. george blumenschein wa still suffering. his body ravaged by the toxi chemical, ethylene glycol. after digging around in hi personal life, investigators were no closer to figuring out who wanted george dead, so the turned their attention to hi professional life. to the investigators surprised many of the brillian scientists at md anderson or less than chatty >> these doctors we're dealing with a very private people

very intelligent >> yes >> where the eager and willing witnesses? they want to be part of this >> no one wanted to be a par of this case >> still one of georgia's closest colleagues made herself available, dr. an maria gonzalez-angulo hi research partner the coworker that was beside his side when he checked in th e.r. phil workaholic, she kne george's life when he was at the hospital >> how often were they together? working >> it seemed like al the time they traveled together they worked either in hi office or her office they were on the phone >> dr. gonzales, who is born i columbia, it was a fast rising star in breast cancer medicine >> i truly believe that sh holds the cure for women in th world. >> i ask patients like sylvia. dr. ana maria gonzalez-angul was nothing short of a miracle worker >> she is compassionate an understanding about the diseas

and about the women that she treats >> dr. ana maria gonzalez-angulo also treated nadine - >> i was never a number, i was never a patient, i was a human being who had a full life. >> did she immediately put you at ease? >> she absolutely did. she is really small stature, but she is feisty and she said we are just going to go afte this and i said yes, you and i are just going to get alon fine and we have >> anna met george earlier whe she referred a patient to him. soon after, she invited him to collaborate on a researc project. multiple studies followed. they were invited to lecture and travel around the world. after or can't for george, sandy took a job assisting in. >> i know she was trying to ge his career going, gettin grants, get his career going he was not the most organize person >> so anna had a real impact o

georgia's life >> yes >> was he grateful for that? >> i think it was. >> how eager were you to tal to dr. couldn't solace >> very eager. she knew his habits on the timeline that i need information on >> and i provided valuable details about the day that george got sick. she told the lieutenant that she and george worked at their offices at empty anderson, and then went to a conference late that evening she witnessed his conditio slowly worsen, and eve followed georgia as he drove himself to the hospital around midnight >> every minute that you can account for i can imagine help you put together that crucia timeline >> yes ma'am >> what did she tell you >> i asked her for an accoun of the week prior to him going into the hospital. >> and it told him all about george's week. the details of his bus schedule she was sharing a lot. but, as lieutenant sos

listened, he had a hunch she might be leaving something out so he went back and presse george and and his reticen colleague for more information what was up with jordan anna >> sosa starts to find out tha there might have been more tha a working relationship between doctor blumenschein and dr. an maria gonzalez-angulo. >> the plot started? second >> i think people start realizing put pieces together. >> even though the folks at md anderson were not so keen to talk to investigators, that di not stop them from talking about themselves >> did anunoby or talking? >> i know she did, and i'm sur that some of her got to it to. but her she and i never talked about. it >> lieutenant sosa aske annette point brett blank, where she and george havin their fair she denied it. he also ask george the same, thing and george also said no. but the investigator was not convinced. the question negative. now, weeks since he wa

poisoned, george was out of th hospital and feeling stronge and back at work the investigator decided t invite him out for a drive away from his girlfriend and colleagues in the car, george finally confessed. he and annette were partners i more than ways and one >> were these quick interest that they were having, o possess a deep emotional connection >> i never got an indication from doctor blumenschein tha it was a deep connection it was just flying >> george told a lieutenan that the affair went on for year and a half. he said it was a casual thing, but sometimes when the traveled to professional conferences, they want to shar a room a sort of coworkers with benefits arrangement in fact, the day that he got sick, he had stopped out and i on the way to work >> they go upstairs, they have a sexual liaison >> he carried her upstairs that sounds like something kin of romantic, not a casual i'

not into this. >> they were having a romantic a, sexual, romantic thing goin on >> to investigators, thi prestigious hospital was looking more and more like the setting of a soapy, daytim drama. drama that changed the shape o the investigation. >> anytime that you have a lov triangle, the different points of that triangle are gonna b the ones if you look at. you have yvette, maybe she's mad because she's are cheating boyfriend and she wants to get revenge. and it is an, it was the other woman. >> poking around georg blumenschein professional life it lead investigators righ back to his private life giving them a dramatic new theory of the crime. >> the doctor, who is both are prominent and very private just had his affair or field one secret is out, but there are many more. >> coming up >> he has the motives, it is the person who's not getting what they want

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andrea canning >> the first big break in th investigation into who poisone george blumenschein, came when the doctor finally admitted he was a teacher. he was carrying on an affair with his esteemed research partner dr. ana mari gonzalez-angulo, while going home to his girlfriend evett toney. investigators went back to tal to evette. evette did have a motive her guy is having an affai with another doctor. >> the same with evette is tha she did not know about thi affair until after blumenschei with poison. it >> evette toney is so naive and clueless as to what is going on that she says no, there is nothing going on. they're really good friends, i've asked him before and he's told me no she knew what was going. on >> she told investigators that george only fest up to th affair a few weeks after he wa poisoned so with evette essentially

cleared again, investigators turn to the other sharp poin of this love triangle, dr. ana maria gonzalez-angulo. george had some interestin things to say. as he told it, in the week before his poisoning and his infections to intensified. she called and texte constantly, showered him wit gifts, and even started to buy the same things that he owned. >> buying the same type of car that he has, buying the same type of water that he mentions she buys herself the exact sam luggage. >> after he was hospitalized george believes that and tha might be behind the poisoning, but kept his suspicions quie until pressed by investigators george broke of the affair wit an, but never told her why instead, he decided to secretl recorded their calls >> i feel that, you know, help you a lot and i feel completely betrayed the fact that you lied and i you know slip to gather, it' out of the picture it's the friendship that hurts

because i trusted you. that is what hurts >> george later gave the recordings to investigators an in those it calls they heard a woman distraught over the love that she could not have an jealous of the woman who had him. >> it is just not worth it anymore. it's too late, you know? as i say, she won. you know, go have a kid. have a good life i will leave you will be fine >> you listen to that and yo can hear it in her voice she says that she won. >> it's too late she won. >> she needed dr. blumenschein to consider new research they had a special bond. why would she want him dead? >> little did dr. blumenschein realize how special that bon was that she wanted. who has the motive is th person who is not getting what they want. who has to have what they know

they can't that is her. she wanted more. >> it turns out that prosecutors thought that ana had opportunity, to. she had access to ethylene glycol in your lab, and she an george had been together the whole day that he got sick giving are plenty of chances t slip him the poison. on may 29th, 2013, polic arrested anna on charges o aggravated assault anna's patients did not believ it >> i didn't understand it. that was devastating for me. she was what held me together. >> she is incapable of that. she feels people >> and his trial began in th fall of 2014, the courtroom wa filled with family and patient there to support her >> she is so highl accomplished, she is about 100 pounds, she is not exactly loo like a killer. did you worry that the jur would have a hard time convicting somebody like dr.

ana maria gonzalez-angulo? >> i worried about it ever night and day. holy smokes, this is a doctor. who in the right mind can look at her and think, this i somebody who is capable of doing such unimaginable things >> prosecutors told the jury out this, so called, casua affair with george blumenschein, was not so casual to anna. >> it led to an absolute obsession. >> a string of colleague testified that ana could not contain her feelings for george >> it seemed like ana was very infatuated with doctor blumenschein >> whenever we discussed any topic, really, within a fe sentences george's name woul come up. she loved him. >> i think she loved dr. blumenschein >> the affair was the wors kept secret at md anderson according to this doctor >> were you ever under the impression that there was more than just a work relationshi between the defendant and dr blumenschein >> i had heard rumors, yes

>> the doctor also said that she and ana we're not even close friends. but that did not stop ana from volunteering details about the relationship >> she told me a bit o information about thei intimacy basically, she said that the were seeing each other >> another doctor testifie about a curious conversation with ana the morning after george was hospitalized. ana told her that george was poisoned the only problem, this was hours before doctors eve confirmed it >> she told me that george was very sick and he was in the ic and he had ingested ethylene glycol >> she told you that monda morning? >> monday morning. >> and the witness als recalled a conversation with ana that sounded to her like a confession >> she then told me, while quite cheerful, that she had

ethylene glycol in her labs, a did most at md anderson. she said i'm going to get in s much trouble for this. >> knowing the jury woul wonder about the other woman i this love triangle, th prosecution called evette tone to the stand she testified how she only found out about the affair after george became sick >> i felt so stupid. i trusted her, i trusted him >> the prosecution asked evett what everyone in court was thinking why was she still with george? >> because i know that the affair with the effect defendant is not the sum of wh he really is we are still working on relationship it's a work in progress. >> then, evette told the jur about what happened when she confronted ana >> did she seem to care? >> no. >> did that hurt worse >> yes, it did

>> what did you say? >> i said why. she said it was just sex evette >> the prosecution thought i was about much more than that. >> everything about this cas is nuts. you could not write this scrip in hollywood it is sex, lies, and audiotape the jury was about to go on wild ride full of wicked plots and homicidal obsession. >> coming up, anna is the on on trial, but george is the on on the hot seat. >> i was wrong, it was wrong for me to do it. >> when dateline continues eart attack. my tip is; do your heart a favor, and quit now. (announcer) you can quit. for free help, call 1-800-quit-now. [tap tap] my secret to beating sniff checks? secret dry spray. just spray and stay fresh all day. my turn. secret actually fights odor. and it's aluminum free. hours later, still fresh. secret works.

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she is devious, diabolical, an dangerously deadly >> to the prosecution, in th trial of dr. ana maria gonzalez-angulo, the defendant was an increasingly unhinged lover. >> she became absolutely and totally obsessed with him an wanting him. >> they argued that ana, the successful doctor, had been on a downward spiral. doing crazy thing to stir up trouble with george' relationship with evette like sending evette an unsigne letter, claiming that ana an george we're having a baby together >> the untied letter or all -- >> the prosecution say that th image of elation did not and there evette - was behind a series of

threatening phone call that sh received at her office according to the prosecutor, those phone calls neve happened >> md anderson has a sophisticated form system that tracks every single call we have all those records, and they're not an nominees phon calls. >> strangers of, all the prosecution contended, tha just a month before th poisoning, ana staged an assault on herself she told anyone who woul listen that evette orchestrate the whole thing. >> she said she worked with private investigator to try to find out who it was. she said that they traced this person back to louisiana, an he was a relative, i believe she said a cousin of evett toney. but >> but investigative sos said that she thought he wounds were self inflicted >> he said that he thought they're inconsistent with th attack that happened >> that's correct. >> the person who had seen ana apparent obsession up clos with the object of it.

a reluctant george blumenschei took the stand >> are you a private person? >> i would say yes >> how private >> very private. this is not easy >> the prosecution neede george to rehash the relationship how casual sex turned into something that almost killed him. >> it is hard to say no to her she does not accept no >> would you often tell he that this was a bad idea >> regularly >> george recounted how an initiated their affair one day in his office. >> one point she said shut up, just let me sit on your knee is not a problem she started kiss me on my neck i am right she said, she sai i'm going to eat your ear. >> but the prosecution, did no pretend that the victim was an angel. >> you did not stop her? >> i did not >> you see it on evette? >> i did, i cheated on evette. it was the wrong thing to. do >> georgia said he wa

always clear with ana, he wa not leaving evette but ana with still demanding >> she accused me of not returning phone calls. >> ana, i according to george, went over the top with fancy gifts like gold jewelry from columbia and a 5000 dollar watch. >> she bought herself th ladies version of it, and then set i can get you the guy' version, would you like it i was, like i don't want, that it's too expensive and then suddenly, i bought it for you, here it is. >> and, he said, she forced hi to accept 1000 dollar suit >> i was like ana i don't want to suit i have not seen. no, you need to shoot. fine, if that's what you wan to do, go ahead and do it. i ended up giving it t goodwill i felt like it was pushing a boundary >> what finally pushed ana ove the edge, claim to the prosecutors, was when george and evette started talking babies and marriage. george recalls ana made this bizarre offer. >> she said, you know, what would have occurred with you

well that kind of you to say no, i can ever get with, you i can move here before a year an i can come back and you can se the uncle. i was like, no thank you, that is not what we want to do. >> the prosecution argued that if ana could not have george no one could >> the defendant had a fatal attraction >> - >> she gets the roll without a doubt. >> and then the prosecution ha george tell the jury about the day that he almost died. >> the only thing that had bee strange was the cup of coffee, the coffee had on sunday >> that was the key to the prosecution's case anna served george coffe during their morning rendezvous it was the only thing he sai he drank that day before h fell to sick >> when you started to drinkin it did you notice anything strange about it >> it was incredibly sweet

>> ethylene glycol hasn' intensely sweet flavor george told the jury that an serve the sweet coffee at he home, and i brought more of it and travel much the hospital within hours of drinking, it h was light headed and slurring. >> i could not even remember guys talking to. or why he was there. >> by the night he was in th icu. >> what is some heart abou reliving it? >> because i was dying >> to button up the case, th prosecution called a leading expert in ethylene glycol. >> based on the timeframe fo when symptoms appear, i woul conclude that he ingested th ethylene glycol on sunda morning. >> the only thing he drank tha morning was the, coffee and it was the coffee that is tryin julie tasted sickeningly sweet >> according to the prosecution, ana spent the day with the man that she was trying to kill,

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stick with the jury? >> i think that was clearl what their goal was. i thought the prosecutor theory of the case, th diabolical killer was a bit of an overreach >> certainly the defense tol the jury that ana cared fo george, but not in the outrageous homicide away tha prosecution claimed. >> this case is abou consenting, consensual relationship between two peers it is not a case of mental attraction >> the defense argued that ana was not obsessed, she bought george gifts because she was generous all of those alleged plots wer just sheer speculation and under cross examination, george had positive things t say about ana. >> she was a dear friend and something that i cared about >> as for ana becoming increasingly unhinged, georg told the jury how in the day leading up to his poisoning, their casual relationshi showed no signs of trouble >> this is not a relationshi that was in any kind of crisis

on the week of january 25th, was it >> no. >> in fact, nothing had change with your relationship with dr ana maria gonzalez-angulo at this point in time, had it >> no. >> in fact, on the morning the prosecution said that ana trie to poison george, he came on t her. >> you actually carried he upstairs to the bedroom that she has upstairs, did you not? >> i did >> surprise that you have romantic account when you're there? >> yes or >> one that you initiated not one that she initiated right? >> yes or >> everything that happened in this relationship with this woman was consensual, was it not? >> yes, it was consensual. >> ana attorney attacked the investigation, charging that investigators dismissed th most obvious suspect too quickly. >> >> there can be no note tha doctor evette toney would be a natural person of interest the fact of the matter is sh was never, ever investigated

>> the defense was not buyin evette story that she had no clue about the affair. >> you are smart woman, right? >> thank you for saying that >> aren't alarm bells going of in your head >> i asked him a few times tha i thought something was goin on and he said no. if somebody is lying >> if you ever follow? >> did you ever think about? >> no. >> i am sorry -- >> then the defense flippe evette so far neo-nazi it made her look suspicious. >> she finally see the man tha she is in love with and want to have children with, she takes a cell phone video, she' not sitting next to the gu that she had been worried abou all day with their arms around him, trying to comfort him and make sure that he's okay she is video hingham it is weird. >> and when it came to ana's behavior on that tape, the defense said that she di something only an innocent

person would do. she told the doctors about the coffee >> he hadn't had anythin besides coffee and she seemed. right >> don't people wh commit crimes runaway from the crime scene? no they climb up and be quiet? >> she is on video talking about what happened that day >> >> >> but the defense's biggest target was the times or lack thereof. they went after th investigation for what the thought was a huge mistake never testing the coffee cups. >> there is no scientifi evidence, there is no scientis who came in here out of the 22 witnesses. look, i guess you call this th murder weapon, right if they are right, then this i the weapon, the deadly weapon. that dr. ana maria gonzalez-angulo used in this case, and you do not bother to test it? give me a break. >> so they grilled that expert who testified that george coul only have ingested the poiso sunday morning it turns out, george had bee

drinking wine and vodka in the days before his symptoms surfaced the defense got the expert t concede a big point. alcohol, or in technical terms avenel, could throw off hi findings >> if it was demonstrated that he had been consuming say larg amount of ethanol over lon period of time, that would probably change my opinion >> in their final words to the jury, and his lawyers drove it home >> what is the state cas missing? is this overly simple? but one shred of direc evidence, and there is nothing nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing. >> after eight long days o testimony from experts, friends, and well respected doctors o md anderson, the case agains dr. ana maria gonzalez-angul was now in the k - hands of the jury. both sides paste the halls o the courthouse waiting, hopeful, and anxious. >> everyone be seated. >> then after five hours o

deliberation >> i understand the jury has reached a verdict. >> we the jury find th defendant dr. ana mari gonzalez-angulo guilty o aggravated assault of -- as charged in the indictment >> she is innocent she did not do it. she is a good person >> in texas, a defendant can ask the jury to determin sentencing, as ana did >> anna's patients filed inver pleas of leniency. >> she saved my life i always felt like she is goin to save a whole lot of people' lives. >> ana punishment could've bee after 99 years in prison but her character witnesses ha an effect on the jury. >> you are sentencing to ten years in the department of criminal justice, go with a. bailiff >> ana once amongst th top brass cancer doctors in th world was now just another convict in the texas priso system >> the medical community has definitely lost a giant.

not just because, but future generations. >> doctor blumenschein back to md anderson, treating patients and researching cures for lung cancer in prison, dr. ana maria gonzalez-angulo began helpin conservations in a support group. she surrendered her medica license after the trial. >> she took an oath to not hur anyone, to do no harm. and the hippocratic oath i actually says you shellfis minister poison. she violated that in the worst possible way she spun a web of lies, deceit and manipulation in this case now she's payin for it >> that is all for this editio of dateline. i'm craig melvin thanks for watching. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hello and welcome to mornin joe weekend, i am willie geist