The crime in the bathtub of the husband who had an affair with a dancer

Businessman Craig created a scenario where his wife died suddenly while taking a bath, but the US police exposed the truth.

Craig Rabinowitz (33 years old) and Stephanie (29 years old) met at a summer camp when they were teenagers. They had a beautiful love, married in 1990 and have a happy family with a little daughter. Craig is a businessman, owns a rubber glove business, and Stephanie is a lawyer.

In the middle of the night, police in Philadelphia (USA) received an emergency call from Craig informing that his wife was lying unconscious, submerged in the bathtub. He called for rescue, took his wife to the hospital but Stephanie was dead.

Doctors were unable to explain the cause of her death and said that sudden deaths of unknown causes are not uncommon. Stephanie had no injuries and her death was believed to be natural.

Craig said that after going to a Thai restaurant with his wife, they returned. They drank some beer and then Stephanie went to take a shower on the second floor. Craig sat in the living room on the first floor watching TV. Suddenly, Craig heard a noise upstairs like a shampoo bottle falling on the floor, but then he continued watching TV for another 20-30 minutes. Only then did Craig realize that his wife had been taking too long in the shower so he ran upstairs to check. He discovered the incident too late and could not save her.

The police searched the house and found nothing unusual. They found no signs of forced entry or struggle. Craig's interview was also uneventful. The Rabinowitz family urged the police to hold the funeral as soon as possible, as is customary for Jewish families.

However, the police discovered many irregularities in the story. According to a secret source, they discovered Craig's relationship with a stripper named Shannon Reinert. The collected figures showed that Craig spent up to $ 3,000 a week in exchange for Shannon's services. This was unknown to Stephanie.

Police also found several receipts from Craig's home but nothing related to rubber gloves, which he was selling.

Craig and his wife.

The police called in experts to analyze the financial records and they discovered a surprising truth. During the entire time Craig's glove business was in operation, there was no trading activity. He used the revolving funds from investments from friends and relatives and then used them to pay off debts elsewhere. On normal days, when people thought Craig was at work, he was having fun at the nightclub where Summer worked.

It was estimated at that time that Craig owed his investors a total of $800,000. In Craig's handwritten notebook, police saw Stephanie's insurance policy worth $1.5 million.

Police declined the Rabinowitz family's request to have the body removed for a full autopsy. They examined Stephanie's stomach, and based on how well she had digested the food, they concluded that she had died within 1-2 hours of eating, which would place her death at around 10:30 p.m. Craig, meanwhile, called 911 at midnight.

In addition, the doctor also discovered small red spots on Stephanie's forehead and head, indicating that there was a spasm of blood vessels there causing slight bleeding. In addition, the male doctor also discovered a small bruise on the elbow, and very small bruises and scratches on the neck area.

Blood tests also showed that Stephanie's blood levels of sleeping pills were higher than the recommended dose: 180 nanograms per milliliter. Medical records showed that the sleeping pills were actually prescribed to Craig, not Stephanie.

According to the doctor's conclusion, Stephanie died of poisoning and strangulation, there was a minor scuffle between the victim and the perpetrator during the crime.

Shortly after Stephanie's funeral, police arrested Craig. During questioning, Craig continued to deny his guilt. However, with overwhelming forensic evidence, the court convicted him of first-degree murder and sentenced him to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

According to VNE