On March 5, 2010, a Cuyahoga County Jury found Yazeed Essa, 41, guilty of aggravated murder for poisoning his wife Rosemarie T. Essa (DiPuccio). The trial began on January 19, 2010.
Yazeed Essa, of Gates Mills, poisoned his wife by giving her a pill that she thought was calcium, but the pill contained potassium cyanide. She died on February 24, 2005.
Yazeed Essa fled the United States in March, 2005, shortly after being questioned by police about his wife's death. On April 21, 2005, the Cuyahoga County Coroner concluded that the cause of death was a homicide by acute cyanide intoxication.
A Cuyahoga County Grand Jury indicted Yazeed Essa on February 7, 2006, on one count of aggravated murder for purposely, and with prior calculation and design, causing the death of Rosemarie Essa. A warrant for his arrest was issued on February 22, 2006, after he did not appear for his arraignment.
Yazeed Essa flew from Beirut to Cyprus On October 7, 2006, and was arrested for using fake travel documents. Prosecutor Mason sought extradition of Yazeed Essa for over two years. Yazeed Essa was finally extradited to Cuyahoga County in January 2009.
Yazeed Essa's extradition was the culmination of the joint efforts of the Highland Heights Police Department, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office.
Yazeed Essa returned to the United States in the custody of a Sergeant from the Highland Heights Police Department, a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and a Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Deputy.
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