Mild-mannered eye doctor stabs girlfriend 30 times in 'self-defense' as cops now eye 'accidental' death of first wife

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 12 December 2019

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Margaret Daniel dies in a pool of blood in her townhouse kitchen. Her boyfriend a well known Illinois eye doctor calls 911 telling the operator it was self-defense. Investigators don't agree. He's now charged not only with Daniel's death, but an investigation has been launched into the death of his first wife Bridget. What happened? Joining Nancy Grace to discuss:Bruce Johnson - ISP Investigations; 25- year police veteran. He investigated the death of Bridget Prate for her family.Darryl Cohen, Defense Attorney, Former Assistant District Attorney, Fulton County, GeorgiaDr. Debbie Joffe-Ellis - Psychologist, Adjunct Professor at Columbia UniversityDr. Kendall Crowns, Deputy Medical Examiner Travis County, Texas (Austin) Levi Page - Investigative Reporter CrimeOnline

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0:00.0	I'm Cheryl McCollum, host of the brand new Cold Case Podcast, Zone 7.
0:04.1	We're going to be talking to family members, detectives, prosecutors, and nationally recognized
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0:13.6	to help me work hundreds of cases you've heard of and thousands you haven't.
0:18.0	We are going to solve these cases on air together.
0:22.4	Listen to Zone 7 on the I Heart Radio app, the Apple Podcast app, or wherever you listen to
0:28.3	your favorite podcast.
0:35.1	A meek mild mannered eye doctor, Anthony Prate of Shamburg, Illinois,
0:40.8	calls 911 to report his gorgeous young girlfriend is dead on the floor.
0:48.4	From 30 stab wounds, he says she attacked him and points to a few wounds on his arms and hands,
0:57.4	but that's not the end of the story. That's just the beginning of the story.
1:02.4	Years ago, his wife Bridget, who looks amazingly like Margaret, same age, same hairstyle, the works.
1:10.5	She's dead. After a car crash where he is driving, but according to pathologists, she was dead
1:21.2	before the crash ever occurred. I'm Nancy Grace, this is Crime Stories. I want justice.
1:36.7	Crime Stories with Nancy Grace.
1:43.8	Tell me exactly what happened.
1:46.2	My girlfriend and I had a fight. She stabbed me with a knife and I stabbed her back and I think she's gravely wounded.
1:54.8	Okay, I'm going to get to, I'm going to get our police and paramedics on the way.
1:59.2	Is she still inside right now?
2:01.6	Yes, yes, we're both inside.
2:03.6	Okay, hang on just a second please.
2:07.4	Do you still have a knife in your hand, sir?
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