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Less than two years after the suspicious death of her pharmacist husband, Natalie Cochran pleaded

guilty to running a Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors, including her late husband's parents,

out of millions of dollars. Now prosecutors say she poisoned him with insulin in an attempt

to hide the multimillion dollar scheme she was running.

I'm Vinipolitan and welcome to the Court TV podcast. On this episode, we're taking you inside

the courtroom for the Ponzi scheme murder trial with opening statements. Here from both sides

as they lay out their cases for the jury

as the case against Natalie Cochran gets underway.

This is the Court TV podcast with Vinipolitan.

All right, now Mr. Truman, now you may proceed.

Thank you.

Good morning.

Good morning.

On February the 5th of 2019, Michael Cochran was a 200-pound, healthy 38-year-old man. By midday of February 6th of 2019 he had lost

consciousness and he would never regain consciousness. He died in hospice care

five days later February 11th of 2019. How could this happen? Why did it happen? For an

answer to that with no further than this defendant's conduct. As you were told, the

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