The Puzzling Death of Susann Sills | Full Episode

The wife of a fertility doctor is found dead at the bottom of a staircase. Did her dogs play a role in her death or was the scene staged to cover a murder? "48 Hours" correspondent Tracy Smith reports. Watch more full episodes of "48 Hours" on Pluto TV.
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[@jenniferfellows7503]

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[@grifbabe]

Thank you❤❤❤❤

[@hopecartledge]

No my​@@jenniferfellows7503

[@dianaursinus7123]

😊

[@dianaursinus7123]

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[@twiffster451]

The moment he called his wife "a patient" on the 911 call, it was pretty evident he was lying.

[@jaysteve4442]

Right. Like wtf was he thinking??? As if the call wasn’t being recorded & wouldn’t be listened to after a f’n dead body was found. The dead body of his wife, the “patient.” Stupid

[@III-ur2oo]

Well, I’m a doctor. And obviously I’m no murderer but I must say when I’m looking after someone I’m automatically in a doctor mode. For instance, when I see a doctor with my parents I refer to them as patients. It’s just a switch in your head I guess.

[@jaysteve4442]

@@III-ur2oo what? If you were speaking about your parents or spouse or kids…you would say “patient” ? You sound ridiculous.

[@III-ur2oo]

@@jaysteve4442 I don’t really care what you think. You’re not a medic. Don’t judge if you’re clueless

[@bigbadlust4403]

Yes. My thoughts exactly. It's called, distancing.

[@nickbezmaterny5567]

The defense attorney blaming the dogs is a new low.

[@joycehendersonmcclean2363]

If the dogs had pull on the scarf there would be tears from the dogs' teeth

[@nancyneal8128]

And weren't the dogs put in their crates?

[@Bamablondee]

Came here to say exact thing. I’ve heard it all. Defense attorneys are ridiculous 😵‍💫😂😂😂😂

[@lcurtis86]

I personally draw the line at farts and homework.

[@sandracarli1110]

The dogs would have also listened to her orders.

[@SamanthaAlland]

People who get their children to find their murdered spouse are a whole new level of monster.

[@boosqueezy2418]

yep! and it happens often. despicable

[@Tubifia]

Yes, and he murdered her in his daughter's room...

[@marshapieroni6677]

I just watched another the same thing happened. You're right, Something very wrong with a person who does that.

[@barbarahenninger6642]

Seems like the daughter was an accessory.

[@loyisojiyana]

Couldn’t agree more 😢😢

[@anabeysalinas]

“A devastated father desperate attempt to find a new mom for his children” how ridiculous

[@MrAdrianOldfield]

Exactly like you replace a mom like a pet !!!

[@ken4722]

you'll be surprised what people can do to move on fast. we are all not the same.

[@leddoandroidgirl]

So devastated he needed hairplugs, so asinine

[@jeweliedee4299]

Human beings, even relatively good ones, are capable of horrible things given the "right" provocation. It is just sad all the way around,

[@ZenobiaDecrespin]

Disgusting 🤢

[@LotsofLisa]

I can’t stand when adults, especially parents, allow kids to come upon a dead body knowing full well they will because they put it there.

[@earthrooster1969]

Yup...the daughter better rethink who she is 'rooting for'...

[@Elegant_Sausage]

The nerve of people like that. Obviously they don’t care about their kids

[@christalake7899]

@@Elegant_Sausage If a guy hadn't been walking his dog, OJ's young children would have found their mom and Ron

[@doodlebob2023]

@@Elegant_Sausage the nerve of her to post topless pictures online as a wife and a mother... thats also pretty terrible

[@skumsters2323]

@@doodlebob2023 its 2024, it was her body and her right. But in the us you cant see nipples on tv, thats dumb.

[@jennc5288]

Intentionally subjecting your kids to that kind of trauma is next level evil.

[@heartnsoullife5188]

Calling his wife a patient is the apex of detachment from the situation and tell tale sign he’s guilt ridden. Other words GUILTY

[@wugirl55]

The very first thing I picked up on.

[@nikos9257]

Thank you! First thing I noticed calling his wife a patient!

[@persephoneszeliga]

ABSOLUTELY.

[@MaryStillions]

Thank you!! The first thing I noticed from the 911 call!

[@AskAlex1999]

Yes, red flag right off the bat.

[@sandradavis4551]

Blaming dogs?? No,no. This was the work of the two-legged species.

[@dianacryer]

There is no way a lawyer could be that stupid. He knows his filthy client is guilty.

[@seandenny339]

@@dianacryerbut that’s what defense lawyers are for, some of these people don’t deserve a defense lawyer

[@DBEdwards]

DOGS ARE SAINTS. I HAVE OWNED EIGHT. ALL OF THEM SAINTS.

[@psychokitty7268]

The dogs would not have done that. They would have been too disturbed, knowing she was in distress.

[@Onxy1976]

I know it is ridiculous...why would dogs strangle her and why would they attack their owner...dogs aren't dumb!!! IF anything and she was hurt, they would've sensed it and barked or sought help!!

[@billybobhaystraw4067]

Who calls their wife “a patient” on a 911call? That just says it all.

[@marshapieroni6677]

A Dr, that's who

[@godzillamanstreb524]

I thought so too

[@charlotted6247]

He distanced himself from the beginning.

[@Alexandra_Wolf]

Dating a patient you met while married doing IVF IS SO UNETHICAL!

[@mushy18100]

That was a first red flag 🚩

[@Xydorf]

Couldn't agree more!

[@davidb2206]

True. Creepy and amoral.

[@howiewill]

And then called her a “patient” on the 911 call after marrying her and having kids with her. Guilty AF

[@user-tk1lf5hi6f]

the answers the lawyer gives with a straight face. almost seems like a comedy sketch.

[@matend8125]

Blaming those poor dogs was absolutely disgusting , have fun in jail sir .

[@bettysmith9466]

I think the motive for killing his wife boiled down to money. She was going to leave him and he didn't want to give her half and he also didn't want a custody battle or have to pay child support.

[@GohAhweh]

Well you know money is the most important thing to types like him

[@ChrisAndCats]

Topless photos on the Internet would not have helped things any.

[@mus139]

And dating another woman?

[@Analysis_Paralysis]

I agree. She was about to leave him...

[@marylouplays1904]

you get it.

[@rhiannavasquez93]

“We have a patient…” um no sir that’s your wife. Like WOW

[@Sovereign_Citizen_LEO]

When you are a doctor who poisons or drugs your wife who wants a divorce, and you are a psychopath, you see her as (or call her) a patient. Of course she becomes a patient after the fact regardless (hence the psychopathy of the Good Doctor).

[@madeleine9907]

That's not very smart 😅

[@susannahfox7188]

@@Sovereign_Citizen_LEO Precisely. Spot on. You have to dehumanize somebody first and make them into a non-entity before you can take their life so callously.

[@gene416]

He’s got those crazy eyes

[@nellachiodo3072]

The eyes go with his scary face😲

[@beckyxx2514]

I thought that! Pontoon eyes one going to the left and one going to the right

[@norriskp]

Manson lamps for sure!

[@michaelelizabethcuaz9142]

Manson lamps! ( Mike / That chapter )

[@saltycat662]

That's what I was about the say. Eyes like that are a sign of psychopathy. Something that narcissists and sociopaths also have. Majority of murderers in these stories have eyes like that. Especially serial killers.

[@AltClev37]

I understand the daughter wants her dad to walk her down the aisle but he’s the reason her mother will never see her walk down the aisle. He is a horrible person.

[@mus139]

Sounds like the little Bit++ was daddies girl?

[@michaelmacdonald880]

The mom was a bad person as well.... posting naked pics to randoms..random... come on bruh 😅

[@mickeyronney4255]

Daughter is nuts as well

[@Rgrn-e7z]

I hope they deny his appeal

[@pamelamac2879]

Agreed. The daughter is in deep denial. Like I said above, she knows her white curtains weren’t covered in blood and that her mom would never have allowed it to stay that way if his ridiculous explanation of it were true. He got off easy.

[@mariarubinstein581]

I’m just starting to watch this episode and immediately I’m taken aback by finding out that the 911 caller is the victim’s husband. I thought it was a stranger that had come upon the scene. He refers to his wife as the patient, and his voice is so nonchalant. I would have suspected him immediately.

[@janicescott6569]

Exactly! I also thought it was a stranger and wondered how the stranger came upon the body. He refused to say it was his wife!

[@SpontaneouslyDeliberate]

I think he is guilty because of other evidence but I was willing to chalk up calling her a patient to his personality. It's like some people in the military who use the NATO alphabet in civilian life. They take some weird pride in using the special language of their field.

[@trilithon108]

Same here. Had a double take and thought it might be an actors voice 😮

[@shirleyanderson9715]

Exactly what I thought.

[@ailleananaithnid2566]

I agree BUT people react to stress differently. I have represented criminals for decades and there is no way to just “know” that someone is guilty. And no, most of the time you can’t just tell someone is lying. (Except for people who lie like they breathe.)

[@sunnyscott4876]

He doesn't say "my wife" has fallen and he doesn't immediate;y identify himself as a doctor and say "I'm a doctor, I know how to do CPR, I've already starting..." Nothing suspicious in that phone call.......

[@lunacielo7680]

I thought the same thing!!! Why is he waiting for her to give him instructions?

[@janicescott6569]

Seems detached from the start of the 911 call.

[@janicescott6569]

I hate to be rude .but the doctor is so homely and the wife so pretty!

[@mattmatt6572]

He was her fertility doc and they had an affair while she was married they both got what they had coming. Feel bad for the kids at least I think the boy realized his dad was a killer so maybe he can cope.

[@MrRJMGREEN]

I'm a doctor, I know CPR, her color is, rigor mortis has or has not set in, my daughter is here helping until I become exhausted, etc.

[@bayoustateoutdoors9650]

Legend has it, the dogs have lawyered up

[@sulynn72]

I'm still surprised they didn't charge them with abuse 😅

[@jillbecker9333]

Love your sense of humour

[@bayoustateoutdoors9650]

@@jillbecker9333 😁

[@All.Natural.]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@lydialovely7320]

😂

[@startingtech3900]

its insane to me these rich doctors wont give up half but will give up their life for prison

[@elizabethloyd3713]

She was the one who literally started the clinic and did everything except medical work.

[@coriolisse]

That big ego of a guy who was always told he was a genius seems to be what got in the way of accurate reality testing for this and other docs.

[@alinavasile1036]

Exactly they d rather risk it!!Getiing all or nothing doesn’t apply well in this situation!!

[@elishh8173]

Seems both were tired of eachoter and cheating on eachoter. Why couldn't they just split everything 50% 50% and share custody of the kids? That's what I think every time I see true crime of people killing their spouse. It's just so stupid. Don't they get that they will spend life in prison or even get the death penalty???

[@toniacollinske2518]

"I want my dad at my wedding". Oh yeh? The guy who literally beat your mama unmercifully and then tightened a scarf around her throat as her life was slowly extinguished, that guy? Hope those kids got trauma therapy.

[@jeffreygraber6652]

She’s delusional, sad…

[@stephendacey8761]

I think she's in denial that he killed her. It is her father and she cannot imagine it. Also, I think she was only 12 when her mom died and her father is her only parent.

[@anthonydixon4636]

She’s in denial…the don didn’t seem to be there.

[@Grammichal]

@@jeffreygraber6652 Same with Chad Daybell, and his daughter, Emma! A great channel called Hidden True Crime focused on the murdering father/ delusional daughter today. Lauren Matthias is a longtime journalist who is in court every day and has been following the case closely for 4 1/2 years. Her husband “Dr. John” is a forensic psychologist.

[@robinfrances8409]

The daughter probably takes after him - no conscience. Only what “I want” matters

[@boosqueezy2418]

having your child find her dead mother, blaming the dogs, and asking for mercy for the man who murdered your mother: these are some heinous individuals.

[@1YzeWhoaman6821]

All that time, she lived in that house, went up and down those stairs, WITH migraines, and you want me to believe that this incident coincidentally happens as the marriage is ending and the husband is cheating? It is so transparent that it might as well be a pane of glass.

[@SidewaysInTraffic]

I hate to break it to you, but she was also cheating. The topless photos. Confining in another man. Moreover, he had time to clean the blood/throw away the curtains. Why not? I can't think of another case where someone was so careless. So careless it makes me believe his story lol.

[@1YzeWhoaman6821]

@SidewaysInTraffic They were both cheating, no? I just found the timing convenient.

[@rachelsill79]

​@@SidewaysInTrafficconfiding and confining are two totally different words with two totally different meanings. 😂😂

[@neilmoss9006]

Well said​@@SidewaysInTraffic

[@markferguson3745]

No one heard the huge steel bowl landing on the hardwood.Which makes me wonder,- where were the dogs ?

[@hemnebob]

Dog excuse is pathetic.

[@Wft-bu5zc]

I thought it was the stupidest thing I'd ever heard until he said that she wore the scarf so she could wipe her mouth when she's sick.

[@Grammichal]

⁠​⁠@@Wft-bu5zcI know! Keeping her neck warm is one thing but WIPING HER MOUTH?? Ludicrous. Was the scarf so long after being wrapped around Suzanne’s neck both dogs could grab an end and make sure they were pulling in opposite directions?? Especially hard to accomplish from their crates. 👺❤️‍🔥👺 Dad is a murdering lying liar who lies. 👺

[@cpmow831]

I’m surprised he didn’t blame the son.

[@diamonddave16]

Some defense attorneys are hilarious 🐀

[@shawroberts5149]

Never underestimate the behaviours of domesticated dogs. They instinctively know if a 'pack' member/owner is injured or dead and they will sometimes behave defensively or possessively.

[@liseklerekoper2441]

A big red flag for me was when he called 911 & he hadn’t even initiated any CPR. If you get up and see your wife, laying at the bottom of the stairs, unresponsive with no pulse, instinctually, especially as a physician, you would start CPR. He didn’t & never mentions to the 911 operator that he knew how to perform CPR or that he was a physician, & then proceeds to take step-by-step instructions as if CPR was completely foreign to him. HUGE red flag right at the gate. Another huge red flag was that this doctor got involved with his married patient & he’s trying to help her get pregnant w/ her then husband. A relationship that starts that way w/ a doctor engaged in unethical behavior that would likely have resulted in disciplinary action by the state board of medicine & a temporary suspension of his license, doesn’t bode well for a good outcome.

[@JY-tq8dr]

I agree! Was surprised that wasn't really focused on!

[@PackofDiscos]

No, you don't. Your first action once they are confirmed unresponsive is ALWAYS to call for help. However, he could have had one of the kids make the call while he started, but the call is priority. The real red flag is calling her 'a patient'.

[@Azazagoth]

This defense attorney is so incredibly ridiculous. I don’t know how he kept a straight face during this interview.

[@RichardWagner-hi4zn]

he exercised with mirrors

[@elizabethann8228]

Years of practice.

[@Andy-bh8hw]

I’d want that lawyer on my side.

[@sulynn72]

I don't know how these interviewers keep from snapping back at them. Almost every show there's some defense attorney coming up with a ridiculous defense

[@awckid3]

Sociopathy!

[@kenmoreSF]

who'd wipe their mouth with a scarf when they're sick?

[@ThePowersSix]

Yuck

[@katiedunson5400]

Certainly not someone with class such as this beautiful woman had.

[@KqthyWilliams]

@@katiedunson5400 She posted a topless photo on the internet…not so classy. She didn’t deserve to die for it though. But definitely would have had a tissue to wipe her mouth. The defense was really grasping at straws with this case.

[@auntkaz815]

Especially with a migraine. No one wants that smell to stay with them but someone with a migraine couldn’t tolerate it.

[@brassteeth3355]

Whatever's handy

[@birchlover3377]

"Looks like her shoe fell off or something". As soon as they start explaining on 911, alarm bells go off.

[@brendatomlinson]

Yep, shades of Ellen Greenberg’s fiancé.

[@49ers_red_and_gold2]

We all live two lives? Oh, this is where they blame the dogs. This is the first time that I have ever heard of them blaming pets interesting.

[@Elegant_Sausage]

Right? I live exactly one life. I hate that the expression “we all have two lives” is becoming so common and believed

[@christalake7899]

Michael Peterson tried to blame an owl

[@differenttakethanmost]

@@christalake7899that makes far more sense if you look at the autopsy diagrams. Watch the teal stuff not the made for tv crap- the owl theory actually makes more sense than the stupid blow-poker theory 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@mrkeopele]

i only have 1 life

[@regineuhe6657]

@@differenttakethanmost Only if the owl later tried to wash the blood of the wall ;)

[@Greenmachine79]

Your wife “accidentally” dies and you go to work the next day??? Wtf

[@Monalisa0622]

Right? My estranged husband recently took his life. We have 2 kid's together. Even though we were separated for 4 yrs. I was so devastated all we did for the next few day's is stay home and cry. No way I has the ability to go to work.

[@Globelle]

I can speak from experience on this. My older sister and I had gone out drinking when we were younger. We were in her apartment and I was sleeping on her sofa. I am a hard sleeper yet I awoke to the sound of my sister falling down the apartment stairs outside. Many years later, I can still remember every thud.

[@TannilleBrown]

She would wear a scarf to wipe her mouth with when she was sick. WTF. I’m not buying that.

[@darma99]

That's what I think, if he said cause she's wanted her neck feel warm, that's make sense.. who the hell wipe their mouth then put the cloth on their neck??

[@jacquelynskye295]

She was not 80 years old and feeble. They are ridiculous to blame dogs. 🙄

[@RhiRhiB1626]

i said the same thing. how did that theory make any sense whatsoever??? why would a migraine cause her to need to wipe her mouth?! and then proceed to wrap it around her neck??? lmao

[@farmhouseonthemountain]

Right? Like, he could've made up a better lie. Wiping the sweat from her brow during an on coming migraine? I just thought of that just now. Vomiting and wearing the rag around your neck is absurd.

[@LondiweMtshali-yy5kf]

He did it he must go to prison finish n stop wasting our time

[@BrendaEaster-c8k]

I thought I knew my husband...we divorced because my teen son was argumentative and disruptive. We had split two properties and I was awarded the smaller house, the house I raised my children in. For some reason, we met at the little house for some business manner. I had already moved to Sacramento and was going to move back into the house. As we were walking to the back of the house, I noticed that the door to the basement was open. It never is open. The basement is small and the six steps deep. All of a sudden, he says to me, "I think it would be a good idea if you killed yourself." I don't even remember reacting to that or feeling threatened, and nothing happened but now, thinking back, I feel terror and fear. My husband had never wanted to part with that small house because he wanted it for our son, who was now over twenty, about 22. Oh, my God, that man was normally quiet, even cryptic, flat lining. But any man can be psychotic and I cringe thinking he had considered pushing me down those stairs. OMG.

[@angelamccrackin5243]

Glad you are ok. My husband tried to strangle me in front of 4 people. When I was able to break away he hade handed our son to his brother told him to leave and not bring him back till he called him. I left to say at my parents called my lawyer. Lawyar told me I would have to go back and pretend I was calling off divorce to get my child back home so I did. That night back my son wanted to swim in the pool and my husband came up behind us and suddenly I realized he could easily finish the job so at 5 30 that morning I grabbed my child and ran to a shelter.

[@Grammichal]

@@angelamccrackin5243 I am so relieved you got away! Domestic violence, including women beating men & pouring boiling water on them etc. is horrible.

[@Grammichal]

It sounds like you still might need PTSD treatment! You lived through horror! ❤

[@gasmith7486]

Love, romance and relationships are OVERRATED!!

[@angelamccrackin5243]

@@gasmith7486 my aunt used to read harlequin romances all the time I told her those books should be against the law because they set women up by thinking these stories easily happen when its more like a one in a million chance this could be the outcome.

[@b.bernal6151]

A relationship that starts with an affair will probably not end well. Two people without any integrity.

[@healthycathy9782]

Exactly! But when people die suddenly they become saints. She didn’t deserve to die but she was not a good person either!

[@goldenshoelaces]

​@@healthycathy9782 Thank you! Many times people are often forgetting that sometimes the victims were not people of valor. That sometimes the decisions the victims make may directly or indirectly lead bad omens to their door, and negative things to happen. It's not criticism, it's not being cruel, it honesty. Her decisions lead to her death. No, she didn't deserve it, nor did she encourage it, but it happened anyway. Unfortunately, her children lost both parents, and have to live with the truth in their hearts. It's devastating.

[@concettaworkman5895]

A patient. He did it. What a kook.

[@twatts1523]

Yes complete kook. The way he tried to become Rico Suave after her death made my stomach turn.

[@Sheric6762]

Interesting how murderers give themselves away

[@horacio-ho3bf]

​@@twatts1523ha....Rico Suave....havent thought of in years

[@tartaninka]

...the b ** s bet for Donald sounds great

[@dubaiedge]

​@@twatts1523Rico Suave 😄 haven't heard that in a long time 👏

[@dennish3962]

No relationship that starts with INFIDELITY ever ends well. Ever

[@LS-mp7co]

Women need to have more respect for themselves. Who wants a man who cannot see you evenings, weekends or on any holiday. Only a woman with no self respect would want a man who offered so little. Further, he will be half the man you started chasing if he divorces his wife. The courts will take 40 - 50 percent of his paychecks and at least 50% of his current wealth. Married men should be seen as "not worth it" to single women. To any woman cheating with a married man.....get some self respect. You are worth more than the relationship.

[@legitbeans9078]

Fact!

[@skiewalker1033]

Yep. My mom married a guy she cheated on my stepdad with and he cheated on her and they got a divorce!

[@bobnunyabiznz4917]

@@LS-mp7coInteresting that you made no mention of men who cheat and how they have no respect for themselves. You only directed your little soapbox monologue to women. 🤔 Very interesting

[@hydrostatic8048]

​@@bobnunyabiznz4917You sound bitter

[@marilynkirby-roach187]

Arguing because she was working on her laptop made her migraines worse? Seriously, oh yes because he loved her so much, he was so concerned.

[@cmclovesnkotb]

I've never heard anything as far fetched as that dog theory. Ridiculous.

[@LgpB]

You should watch The Staircase because the owl theory is also utterly ridiculous.

[@NefariousEvildoer]

Look up the Twinkie defense

[@lorisan-9059]

No pun intended

[@MrAdrianOldfield]

He is a cold, heartless and calculating narcissist

[@lunacielo7680]

💯💯💯💯

[@nicofameliaris2491]

He's a Narcissist I can see it in his eyes and probably went into a fit and rage

[@vaska1999]

He's a sociopath. Sociopaths gravitate towards careers in the police, the justice system and medicine.

[@Darcey-t4s]

Absolutely 💯

[@ginafrancis4950]

@@vaska1999I believe most are heads of corporations especially anything to do with Wall Street.

[@janetjacob7172]

Parents who are ok having their child lie about what happened when they murdered the child's other parent are pure evil.

[@OctPSfever]

Yea. Sick to my stomach

[@FREETHINKER505]

This dude killed her - NO DOUBT

[@jakewade7388]

Yep

[@melissaoyarce5203]

He strangled her, and then he broke her neck. He knew what he was doing. He’s a doctor. Prayers for his poor children that now are orphans because of him. 💔💔🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@gabydiehl8314]

This guy using his own children as props and as a rebuttal for his quest for a new life as a playboy is beyond reprehensible.

[@Analysis_Paralysis]

Yeah, he didn't deserve to have a family...

[@OctPSfever]

Dont they love their mum? Most children take more mum's side.

[@dukengare5354]

Blaming dogs is so pathetic! Never heard of such BS!!!

[@Grammichal]

⁠The dog theory is ludicrous. Was the scarf so long after being wrapped around Suzanne’s neck both dogs could grab an end and make sure they were pulling in opposite directions?? Especially hard to accomplish from their crates. 👺❤️‍🔥👺 Dad is a murdering lying liar who lies. 👺

[@MrNota500]

That's defense lawyers for you. Idk how they sleep at night.

[@Chrisoula17]

The dogs would have ripped that scarf apart if they were pulling at it. How do two dogs both grab a scarf by the edges just right to strangle someone??

[@MissWinters1980]

Alec Murdah blamed dogs when his housekeeper died...

[@spikesgirl9371]

I thought blaming dogs for farts was bad, but dang this is pathetic 😂

[@abattle4101]

It was stated at the beginning that the dogs were put in their crates at night. Why would she play with the dogs in the middle of the night. The dogs are innocent.

[@Vlad-dc2jz]

Who let the dogs out?!.. lol

[@Grammichal]

⁠The dog theory is ludicrous. Was the scarf so long after being wrapped around Suzanne’s neck both dogs could grab an end and make sure they were pulling in opposite directions?? Especially hard to accomplish from their crates. 👺❤️‍🔥👺 Dad is a murdering lying liar who lies. 👺

[@krisquigley4497]

AND with a migraine.

[@markprange2430]

Why would dogs be put away at night, anyway?

[@elishh8173]

Dogs are not stupid. They would understand something was wrong with her, if she wasn't moving. They would probably smell her and try to lock her face, then sit down and guard her. That's what dogs do when their owners are hurt. If the dogs were close to her body they would not be playing with her scarf, they would try to help her, in a dog way of course. As I described.

[@anonz975]

"He gave the gift of life...". Nope. He SOLD the gift of life.

[@susannahfox7188]

News alert: MD's are NOT GOD!!!

[@ailleananaithnid2566]

@@susannahfox7188. If you are diagnosed with cancer, do you see a priest or a physician? I rest my case.

[@peacefuldaizy5717]

​@@ailleananaithnid2566: Neither.

[@youramess8929]

“I’ve been left orphaned.” Yeah bc of the murderous actions of your father dear.

[@letizia7229]

You sound angry at the child.

[@luccamartin8197]

So very true. The daughter is in denial of her father's crime!

[@RichardWagner-hi4zn]

You are hardly an orphan if your parents are criminals and live in prison.

[@marshapieroni6677]

​@@luccamartin8197so many times.....the Daybell kids come to mind again

[@RJ1234-d1s]

He killed his wife. The end of the story. Ridiculously stupid defense.

[@gasmith7486]

Defense my genius.

[@thejamnasium6447]

yeah man. any good defense attorney would stand up and say "ladies and gentlemen of the jury, of course my client murdered his wife."

[@randallromero625]

Imagine going to a fertility doctor trying to get your wife to have your baby and she divorces you and marries the fertility doctor… I hate human beings sometimes.

[@mynameistaken99]

Not even 2 minutes in and the lack of emotion on the 911 call is seriously bothering me.

[@ailleananaithnid2566]

lol. You are LOOKING to find him guilty. It’s not as if you watch 48 hours for their neutral and balanced narrative.

[@Kment011]

As soon as I heard him refer to his wife as a patient, I would have gone all in with my chips on him being guilty as sin!

[@Elizabeth-yg2mg]

And he sounded so calm.

[@cc-sb1is]

I know it must be painful to not have both your parents, but the level of support MK gives her dad is mind-boggling! Her dad KILLED her mother, yet she wants him out of prison so he can "walk her down the aisle" and "hold her baby"??? I hope she eventually sees him for the murderer that he is.

[@angelasimpson10519]

As soon as he said "I have a patient who has fallen down some stairs" that did it for me. I knew he did it. Do I think he was a monster previously? No, he apparently did good work and provided families with babies they didn't think they could have, however, the fact that you had problems in your marriage led you to want your wife dead is where the cookie crumbled. I feel bad for the kids. They grew up thinking dad was a superhero and are blinded by the dad they knew vs the "dad" he is now. RIP Susann

[@winnerwinnerchickendinner-y4w]

Whats "puzzling" about this? She got strangled in the night by her husband...

[@jeffwads]

You forgot the part; because he was offended by her getting half "his" stuff, including the house and kids, when a divorce was granted. Also, that life insurance policy sure would help pay for the car, etc.

[@wafanasreldeen1230]

My thoughts too!!....just another life insurance thing...auuuugh

[@winnerwinnerchickendinner-y4w]

I wasn't talking about motive ; I was talking about WHAT happened , not why@@jeffwads

[@susannahfox7188]

Click bait.

[@OliviaHoneySmuckerzSmith]

Scott posted those pics of himself like he was A hot sexy guy 🤢🤮

[@carlotta4th]

He looks more fitting in that jumpsuit than in those shirts.

[@abhilashapati4677]

2 minutes into the video and I am asking myself why the caller called his wife "a patient". More Red Flags than a Chinese Parade.

[@GohAhweh]

"More red flags than a Chinese parade" 😂😂😂😂

[@susannahfox7188]

I was wondering why he was telling the cops that he needs a beanie to sleep in. Let's cover it up with a beanie. Not extremely intelligent.

[@judithmarkham6684]

Weren't owls blamed in the other famous staircase case? Poor animals being blamed for evil human behaviour.

[@swizzler8053]

Those pesky owls.

[@ladybliss101]

Yeah but that one was legit.

[@LKre-vi5oq]

They literally removed owl feathers from her hand and head. At autopsy.

[@hound205]

I remember that… oh how ridiculous!!!

[@leddoandroidgirl]

​@ladybliss101 was it proven? Even in the most recent documentary they never confirm that as the husband Michael had blood splatter but even the blood splatter expert was proven to be a fraud. It was such a messy case!

[@305tw]

He has crazy eyes. The minute he said a patient fell down the stairs but that patient was your wife????

[@jgiza8888]

What is with this sickening loyalty to the father who killed your mother? EVERY CASE it seems the daughters latch onto their own mother's murderer. I am disgusted And he will only serve maybe a decade?? Great job Orange County!! Embarrassed to admit that was my hometown.

[@lunamaxwell6190]

Exactly what I was thinking. I find their behavior very disturbing. I feel so sad for all these mothers. 😢

[@kimmiegirl810]

He has probably brainwashed her into thinking he is innocent. And she just lost her mother and is probably afraid to lose her father too. But once he is in jail for a while and she is out of his sphere of influence, she will probably change her mind. The anger will surface.

[@solidway]

Isn't she like twelve, though?

[@niraku321]

15- life and he 15 yrs.. !?

[@mariamaria2751]

Chad Daybell

[@bobnunyabiznz4917]

Mary Catherine asking the judge for leniency so she can be with her dad again was one of the saddest things to watch. But we need to remember that it’s not the judge nor jury that we should blame. The only person that is responsible for all of this is SCOTT STILLS.

[@rachelsill79]

SILLS

[@krisquigley4497]

@@rachelsill79 SPILLS.

[@RichardWagner-hi4zn]

not in case of self defense. I as a lawyer would have built my defense on that.

[@lindacosta3265]

The twins were immediately aware their mother had been killed by their father, and initially lthe twins didn’t cover up their father alibi or justifications… Only later, the daughter got second thoughts and tried to “help” their murderer father…

[@Ghost_Rider_786]

He was a Doc .....but needed instructions for CPR ?? WTF kind of doctors do they have in the USA ?

[@junemarshall-kingsley566]

The fact that he had not intiated CPR is a telltale sign of his willingness to let her die.

[@laurariley7071]

CPR is even taught to hospital staff I was a secretary and had to know cpr to work at the clinic

[@TheMobileGeriatrician]

911 operators are notoriously stupid. They say that to everyone. He was just ignoring her.

[@KatBrat808]

Nurses always do that part. If I need someone to save my life I would rather a nurse than a Doctor for many reasons. 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@AgustinDeJesusTorres-v1z]

@@KatBrat808 Kit, only you.

[@xxthesarcasm]

15 years and eligible for parole earlier with good behavior. Smh california

[@AskAlex1999]

SMH RICH PERSON. Expensive lawyer.

[@littlegirllost2654]

@@AskAlex1999true that

[@unite4peace88]

it amazes me how ill informed people are on matters of sentencing. The judge doesn't sentence a person to 15 yrs to life, adding the "life" part, just for kicks, He'll do a straight 15, and then will have a review by a parole board, and if rejected could do an additional 15. Thats how the law works.

[@unite4peace88]

Correction: I’m the one Ill informed, 15 years to life, Good time credit still in effect, but parole still has to approve his release.

[@EffSharp]

@@unite4peace88it used to be a straight 15. You weren’t that wrong. :)

[@itsahellofaname]

It's almost funny sometimes to watch defense attorneys work so hard at pretending to believe their client is innocent. Who would want a job where you have to be fake all the time?

[@Rgrn-e7z]

I've heard a case once where a defense attorney tried to say that a victim strangled herself, so he could try to get his client off , his strategy didn't work, the guy got over 80 plus years

[@losthoosiergirl]

I’m sure he wanted her out of the way if he was cheating, but if she divorced him, she would get half the business. Two motives right there.

[@keithb6717]

California is no fault. Doesn’t matter if she’s cheating.

[@RichardWagner-hi4zn]

ten motives! her nagging way, her influencing the children, custody laws, matriarchy etc lol

[@magnusgranskau7487]

i think it was more that she shamed him and ruined the facade he had spent his whole life building up

[@susannahfox7188]

@@magnusgranskau7487 yep

[@ohwhataday7171]

I fell down 10 steps down my stairs in early 2023. I have always been fast paced. I was home alone. I know I was unconscious for at least 20 minutes. I woke up with ringing in my ears, a pool of blood on the first landing where my head was. My body on the second landing that went to next flight of stairs. I broke my nose, both wrists, concussion, cuts on my face from the same type staircase, bruising all over my body and face, two black eyes I looked like a raccoon. Injured my spine but not sure which vertebrae exactly - I’d have to look at my paperwork. My whole body got swollen and one big toe was literally black. I needed surgery for my wrists- rods were surgically transplanted. I survived at 68 years of age but needed a lot of hand and physical therapy. Doesn’t make sense she did not leave traces of blood on the staircase. Nothing mentioned about bruising.

[@mushy18100]

Be careful

[@cadaverdog1424]

Did somebody push you?

[@PhilipMarcYT]

That happened accidentally?

[@petuniab.222]

I'm so glad you seem to be doing better 😊

[@digby_dooright]

Oh my goodness. That sounds terrible. I'm glad you're doing better!

[@HyperPrincessKay]

Wait how we all not talking about how he was her Dr?? Isn't that an ethics violation?

[@iCupTV247]

And her fertility doctor, no less. You can imagine how vulnerable she probably was at the time

[@user-zr3pj5tk7k]

Same story, different characters. How these defence lawyers keep a straight face is beyond me. Lots of lessons here, ladies.

[@gasmith7486]

DEFENSE!! Does anyone have any education??

[@user-zr3pj5tk7k]

@@gasmith7486 Yes, a proper British one.

[@dianedavidson7977]

Million $$$ lawyers always tell you their clients innocent.

[@isowamogbo]

It’s disgusting that he can be out sooner than 15 years for good behavior but she didn’t have the chance. Sad

[@unite4peace88]

No, he won't be out sooner, it may not be a straight fifteen, and it's 15 to life, which means he will go in front of a parole board who can reject release and send him to do another 15.

[@maureenmwangi8311]

Sad!...no justice at all....

[@davidb2206]

@@unite4peace88 The same California parole boards that released Manson family members.

[@unite4peace88]

@@davidb2206 After 5 decades, yes, at his age he would only need to be denied once.

[@GohAhweh]

Well he looks like 75 when sentenced so that'd be like 90 years old 😂😂😂

[@angiesunnie8469]

The police didn't have sufficient evidence to arrest an affluent physician. 🤔

[@MsLane61]

Are these two police investigators intellectually challenged, or what?

[@dragonflybeads9682]

Right? I spent 16 yrs as a paralegal. With his injuries someone more poor or with more melanin would have been arrested immediately.

[@heezypeasy8611]

I watched the Dateline episode on this case a few weeks ago. As soon as he called his wife "a patient," i had a bad feeling about him.

[@usmcchrisg]

That man looked 30 in high school.

[@davidivey9257]

The transition from good looking teenager to geeky looking adult is astonishing.😕the hair on that detective is also astonishing.

[@mushy18100]

That’s what evil intentions and lies do to your body and well being

[@thelittleredhairedgirlfrom6527]

Reverse Neville Longbottom

[@giancarlocrumps]

if he wasn't a big time Doctor they would have arrested him from day one

[@SatieSatie]

Yup.

[@bevsartsandcrafts715]

I was thinking the same. If he was a painter or a plumber, he’d have been arrested. Moneytalks…

[@CarsonJustice75]

Oh, yes.

[@AliAhmed-fh3sk]

Not only arrested day,also they would have sentenced to death us quickly.

@@bevsartsandcrafts715 hwey i am a painter i would have got on the roof and taken the ladder away lol

[@carolfisher3402]

Hard to like either of these adults. Mom posting nude photos to her friends on fb?? Dad sounds like he never cared about his wife. I feel sorry for their children.

[@nikos9257]

To his Children: I can only imagine what you’ve been through but your father must pay for what he did to your mother. If he doesn’t he might do it again…

[@PinkGrammarGirl]

It's amazing the amount of people who happen to get hurt and bleed massive amounts of blood around the house on the same day their spouse is killed...

[@susannahfox7188]

Who knew you could suffer so much blood loss from changing a window screen - that just happens to contain your spouse's blood as well! 🤨

[@RiseoftheLibertarian]

How come couples who start out cheating never end up happy? Sounds like they were both pieces of crap. I'm only sorry about the children.

[@scroogemcduckrich9705]

dogs aren’t stupid they aren’t gonna keep pulling on a scarf if they see their owner struggling 😂

[@leonperkins6555]

I totally agree

[@mongeekmongeek4523]

Right! AND the dogs would have been frantically barking to alert others in the house that she was laying there in danger! Dogs are known for doing things like that.

[@TannilleBrown]

I don’t know. My dogs are pretty slow.

[@JamieReynolds89]

@@mongeekmongeek4523 right! left! right!

[@philippamediwake1235]

I know! It’s a ridiculous notion!

[@kellycuckoo3143]

The note on the door just broke my heart to pieces for her daughter. Such a sweetheart, and I pray for her.💔

[@Cab520]

I wonder about the note at that particular night ,day.

[@livinganddyingabroad]

I just hugged my son 😢😢

[@mwillsher13]

The defence attorney is ridiculous 😂 dogs strangled her and she wore a scarf to wipe her mouth if she was sick 🤦‍♀️ that would be absolutely gross

[@Cumartinis]

"we all live 2 lives" um no WE dont, ever wonder how 0.00001% of people end up on these shows while the rest of us just watch? Maybe the cops hiding a ferw things...

[@stevewhitener4903]

We all hide some things from ppl even if it’s pretty minor.

[@stajia4694]

@@stevewhitener4903 that’s not living 2 different lives tho

[@raymond3803]

@@stajia4694 No! It's we all do things for two reasons. 1) The reason we tell everybody why we did it. 2) The real reason we did it. We keep to ourselves or tell one trusted confidant. Who said this? Tesla. Look it up.

[@Wft-bu5zc]

Actually everyone does. No one except you really knows what goes on in your head. Also everyone has their "professional" face, their public one, and their "real" personality which usually only friends, family, or loved ones see. And sometimes not even then. Everyone puts on some sort of fakeness around work or new people, you only really see how someone is living with them.

[@maraholmes7999]

Only ppl who lead two lives believe this. The police see this in their line of work. But it's not everyone.

[@marivipalomino6975]

The daughter is so in denial. She doesn’t want justice, she just doesn’t want to be alone, it’s all about her. I hope some day she finds it in her heart to do her mother justice.

[@miss.wilson3240]

Oh hush she’s a kid I’m sure you wouldn’t understand growing up in a 2 parent household

[@craigritchie8470]

This was my thought as well. She definitely has issues to deal with. How do you support a father who killed your mother?

[@harshanid3636]

The daughter is not in denial. It's her dad, she loves him.

[@Lemana28021989]

Oh come on, she is so young, it's hard and immense piece of work to wrap your head around a loved one being so deceitful. On top of your mom just being murdered. By your dad

[@horacio-ho3bf]

She is a child with a murderer as a father....most adults couldn't really deal with that

[@Lucky4991]

Fun fact: Jack Early is the same defense attorney Betty Broderick had, for those who know about that case. He lost that one.

[@Spiderlash97]

Huh. Interesting

[@johnspaulding1681]

they said he lost his medical license before he was brought to trial , but never explained why...maybe there was something more to this story that was left out?

[@mwahl1686]

State medical licensing boards can revoke a doctor's license after arrest, prior to conviction.

[@agnesmuringi6402]

That man is a cold blooded killer. May her beautiful soul rest in perpetual peace. The kids😢

[@boosqueezy2418]

adultery with a patient at your fertility clinic is pretty arrogant and deplorable. this guy thought he was smarter than everyone else-that’s why he was so cooperative. total narcissist.

[@marivipalomino6975]

Wait, he calls 911 and calls his wife a patient? If she had the pot in her hands it would’ve been the first thing to roll down the stairs making lots of noises and certainly it wouldn’t have stopped in the middle of the room neatly placed as if it were on the stove. The body would not have been to the side of the stairs either and the scarf would be sitting near the body, not that far away. The whole scene looks staged to me.

[@sarahe1491]

And he let their daughter find her mom's body the ext day. As if she will not be traumatized enough for life, what a sicko.

[@ryed9899]

Sometimes I wonder how these defense attorney can sleep at night, knowing that their client is 10000% guilty.

[@charmingbandit4725]

I would never have gone on a date with him. He looks too creepy to me.

[@Buchyvon1]

Right?!?!?!

[@jacquelineadams8363]

The dogs were in their crate and there were no holes from the dog's mouth on the scarf. If Suzanne fell down I would think she would try to grab on to at least one rail on the stair to stop herself. There would be blood all over the stairs also. I had fallen once down a lead staircase and had a cut on my forehead that bled all over the stairs, lowest place on walls near the stairs, my chest and face. I was a child and actually scared seeing all the blood. In comparison, Suzanne's stairs are pristine.. No blood except in the bedroom. It doesn't make sense.

[@rtru9801]

Are you for real, every one who falls down stairs doesn’t get open, bleeding injuries

[@ginafrancis4950]

Question- wouldn’t forensics have tested for teeth marks saliva or DNA from dogs on scarf? If 48 hours reported that I somehow missed it.

[@MsLane61]

@@ginafrancis4950 Ever heard of two dogs playing tug-of-war with a cloth and not making any growling or scratching noises? If this is the absurdity of our justice system, God help all of us.

[@atlaustell]

He called is wife “a patient” on the 911 call instead of “my wife” Why didn’t anyone talk that in this story?

[@stedydubdetroit]

39:55 sorry Mary Catherine, sweetie, your dad orphaned you, not the judge. You’re wayyyyyy better off without him. Just beware of those daddy issues, or you’ll suffer a similar fate.

[@Desantisgogoboots]

💯💯☝☝

[@junemarshall-kingsley566]

@@Desantisgogoboots Yes, it is foolish to blame the courts when he was the one who did the killing and showed no remorse or even sorrow. He showed more emotion on "The Doctors" than he did about his wife.

[@asha4736]

What an horrific comment. That is a child you are speaking about

[@MsLemon1971]

​@@asha4736she's not a child anymore. Her innocence was tainted the day her father killed her mother. Prayers for the children.

[@siriousholmes]

the length some men go to to avoid divorce

[@good1day726]

Plus they hate their children, to put them through this, forever.

[@janeferguson4455]

They don't want to give up a penny. I have seen men hide assets, transfer assets, etc. I have seen men stay married to a woman they cannot stand ( and cheat and live their own life).... all to keep all the money.. Yes, I worked in a " man's world" in the 1980's and 1990's. I had no idea that there were really good men out there in the world !

[@susannahfox7188]

Kind of reminiscent of another psychopath.....Chris Watts.

[@dr.barrycohn5461]

The husband acts strange, looks strange, and does inappropriate things. And who calls a wife a patient?! Yikes

[@jeweliedee4299]

It's sad but I find myself taking a deep breath whenever a Defense attorney is interviewed. They will do anything, any amount of dissembling and dirt throwing to get their client off. The real victims are the kids, as always. My heart goes out to them.

[@stephanieshaffer4131]

He's calm AF and definitely lying 🤥!

[@earthrooster1969]

Guess it's a learned calmness from his high profile profession...calmness, coldness, absolutely detached...

[@Kari.F.]

Doctors are trained to stay calm in emergency situations, so that's not suspicious to me. But literally EVERYTHING else about this case makes him a very obvious suspect.

[@ken4722]

maybe he is just wired like that. yall want everyone to react like everybody so bad.

[@persephoneszeliga]

@@Kari.F.yeah, calm when it’s not their loved ones.

[@Kari.F.]

@@persephoneszeliga No, regardless. They may boil on the inside, but they know how important it is to be able to talk clearly and calmly to 911. In general, and not referring to this case in particular, but: If they allow themselves to slide into hysterical, incoherent, crying rants, it will take more time for the operator to figure out what the nature of the emergency is. Nobody knows that better than medical professionals. Time is everything in a situation like that, especially when it's a loved one. I'm just saying that calmness in itself isn't suspicious. I have heard 911 calls where people who are crying and dramatic on the phone turn out to be the actual killers. What they say can be a clue, but the WAY they say it? Not so much.

[@jessenikole]

can we talk about the fact that he became involved with a patient during IVF- while he was stil practicing....? That alone should have had his licensed yanked long before he killed her.....

[@tyisha2105]

There is no way I'd want the man who murdered my mother to walk me down the aisle even if that man was my own father.

[@coreyhabbas]

💯

[@janrah3881]

Yeah what's wrong with her?

[@emilyshelley9779]

Agree with you 💯