michael farrar's life in 1995 was one crisis after another. when he was released from the hospital for the illness many believed he caught in peru, michael took another step towards divorce by moving into his own apartment across town. his wife, debora, was angry, depressed, drinking heavily, and would stay in her bedroom for days at a time. michael was concerned for her welfare, as well as the safety of their three children. while visiting the house to pick up some of his things, michael noticed something suspicious in his wife's purse, a packet of castor beans. on the label was a warning that the beans were poisonous. with so many packets of castor beans in her purse, michael suspected that his wife was planning to commit suicide. >> which, really, to me, didn't make sense because dr. green is a bright woman. she was an extremely bright woman. and she's an oncologist. if you're a doctor, doctors kill themselves, all right. professional people do commit suicide. but fortunately, we have the best of drugs available to us. i mean, if you're goin