Dr autumn klein bio
Dr autumn klein bio
Autumn klein.
PITTSBURGH -- A University of Pittsburgh researcher charged in the cyanide poisoning death of his wife last year was convicted on Friday of first-degree murder.
Dr. Robert Ferrante, who hung his head when the verdict was read in court, faces a mandatory life sentence in the April 2013 death of 41-year-old neurologist Dr.
Autumn Klein.
The jury, which deliberated for 15 hours over two days, agreed with Allegheny County prosecutors who accused Ferrante of lacing his wife's creatine energy drink with cyanide he bought through his lab using a university-issued charge card two days before she fell suddenly ill.
Klein's relatives burst into tears upon hearing the guilty verdict.
"Justice for Autumn," said her mother, Lois Klein, of Towson, Maryland, outside the courtroom.
The Klein family issued a statement through the district attorney's office, saying, in part, "While we are pleased that the person responsible for Autumn's death has been brought to justice, nothing will ever fi