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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[twiffster]

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

[SamanthaAlland]

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

[heartnsoullife]

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

[jennc]

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

[a.azazagoth]

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

[anabeysalinas]

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

[sandradavis]

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

[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.

[billybobhaystraw]

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

[bettysmith]

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.

[nickbezmaterny]

The defense attorney blaming the dogs is a new low.

[Alexandra_Wolf]

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

[mariarubinstein]

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.

[janetjacob]

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

[liseklerekoper]

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.

[rhiannavasquez]

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

[matend]

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

[kenmoreSF]

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

[birchlover]

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

[AltClev]

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.