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Suicide by poison suspected in Arizona court death

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    53-year-old Michael Marin believed to have swallowed pill after verdict was read

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New details today -- a horrific ending to a trial in a Phoenix courtroom which -- you last week about Michael Marron who was charged with arson.

When the jury forewoman read the verdict of guilty he put his head in his hands and appeared to put something in his mouth.

Minutes later he was dead.

Watch this.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Does it might be depended Michael -- man.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- With the new sinking in -- seems to gather himself.

Then this simple gesture watch it here -- putting his hand to his mouth look at that.

Seeming to suggest he put something in his mouth and looming tragedy was upon us.

The theory is that he popped a -- help Trace Gallagher picks it up from there Trace.

And -- part of what -- negative Michael Merritt was out on bond before the verdict was read and as he goes through the court he was checked of course for weapons but it's very easy to sneak in like -- or pills or -- those sneaking in a poison pill would not be a problem at all.

You're watching this again as you said he was gathered and it looks very much like he takes his left hand and he put something in his mouth right there now.

The court clerk continues talking he sits back his attorneys are strategizing.

This goes on -- -- for the next seven minutes he sits there and during that time -- actually reaches -- grabs a sport drink.

And drinks that -- short term.

It was seven minutes later that he finally turned around asked for a Kleenex -- snorting and he fell to the ground -- and we are not gonna show -- the convulsions because they are.

Very disturbing but again this goes on for a long time he was taken out of the court he was pronounced dead.

Now we went back did some research it would take between a few seconds and several minutes for a cyanide pill to work in the same with.

Either arsenic or even stripped nine pills they are now analyzing the sports bottle he drank -- they have also concluded his autopsy but the toxicology results could take quite some time remember.

He was actually convicted of setting his home on fire he came out of the home wearing scuba gear because he said he did not want to inhale the smoke.

If he would play this he would only be facing a few years in jail.

But the plea talks fell apart therefore he was facing ten to 21.

Years in prison.

And the speculation is that that was simply too long.

After he lost Paul's money and this was the last straw but again toxicology reports now back -- at least a couple of weeks so disturbing Trace thank you yeah.

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