Maricopa County, AZ (AZCentral.com) - Moments after attorney Michael Marin was pronounced guilty of arson in Maricopa County Superior Court on Thursday, the one-time high roller went into convulsions and collapsed.
By the time paramedics got him to the hospital, he was dead.
Investigators suspect he poisoned himself rather than face a possible 15 3/4 years in prison. Video of the sentencing shot by a television pool photographer appears to show Marin putting something in his mouth in the seconds after the verdict was read.
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All eyes were on the court clerk as she read the verdict on a single count. Then the jury left the room so that Cohen and the attorneys could set the ground rules for the ensuing hearing about whether there were aggravating factors that could result in a harsher sentence for Marin.
What video later revealed is that seconds after the verdict was read, Marin rubbed his cupped hands across his face with an expression of dismay. His mouth seemed to open beneath the hands and it appeared as if he swallowed something. Then he took a sports-drink bottle from a briefcase and drank from it.
Seven minutes later, Marin coughed and reached for a tissue handed to him as he sat at the defense table. He buried his bright-red face in his hands and appeared to sob.
But the sobs turned into hoarse snores and whoops as he went into convulsions.
Michael Marin: Guilty of arson
Started by Really Nice!, Jun 29 2012 08:35 PM
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Posted 29 June 2012 - 10:08 PM
Interesting background.
Yale educated investment banker. Scaled Everest. Owned a Cessna 310. Mormon missionary in Japan. Had a 6,000sf house. With a balloon mortgage due soon. So he burned the place down as he escaped from the burning house in scuba gear with full oxygen, climbing down a ladder. In the desert.
Yale educated investment banker. Scaled Everest. Owned a Cessna 310. Mormon missionary in Japan. Had a 6,000sf house. With a balloon mortgage due soon. So he burned the place down as he escaped from the burning house in scuba gear with full oxygen, climbing down a ladder. In the desert.
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Posted 27 July 2012 - 06:38 PM
PHOENIX - An autopsy report released Friday found that an Arizona man who collapsed and died in Phoenix court after being found guilty of arson committed suicide by taking cyanide.
The Maricopa County medical examiner's office says in the report that toxicology tests showed Michael Marin had the poison in his system.
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said Marin contacted a chemical company before his trial to buy cyanide and had it delivered to his home in 2011.
Authorities said they found cyanide in Marin's car.
He said deputies found he paid $68 for the cyanide with a credit card and had it delivered by Fed Ex.
The Maricopa County medical examiner's office says in the report that toxicology tests showed Michael Marin had the poison in his system.
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said Marin contacted a chemical company before his trial to buy cyanide and had it delivered to his home in 2011.
Authorities said they found cyanide in Marin's car.
He said deputies found he paid $68 for the cyanide with a credit card and had it delivered by Fed Ex.
