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48 Hours

Post Mortem | The Perplexing Death of Susann Sills

48 Hours

CBS News

True Crime, News, Tv & Film, Cbs

3.97K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Correspondent Tracy Smith and Producer Gayane Keshishyan Mendez discuss the case of Susann Sills, a mother of twins who was found dead at the bottom of a staircase in the home she shared with her husband, a renowned fertility doctor. The team discusses the 911 call made by Dr. Sills, the police interview with a woman investigators believed he was courting, and the defense’s unusual theory that the family dogs were involved in Susann's death. This episode originally aired on May 21, 2024. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:42.1

Hello and welcome to post-mortem. I'm your host Anne Marie Green, and today we're talking about the case of Suzanne Sills,

0:47.1

who was found dead at the bottom of a staircase in her Orange County, California home.

0:51.2

Now, her husband, a renowned fertility doctor, claims that she fell and her

0:56.1

death was an accident. But later, he's charged with her murder. So joining me now to discuss the

1:02.0

final episode of this season are 48 hours correspondent Tracy Smith and producer Guyan Kishishian

1:07.8

Mendez. Tracy, Guyane, thanks so much for joining us.

1:11.1

Thanks for having us.

1:12.0

Thank you.

1:12.7

All right, everyone.

1:13.4

Before we dive in, a quick reminder for our listeners to go first and watch or listen to this episode.

1:20.4

The title is The Puzzling Death of Suzanne Sills.

1:23.4

You can find the full audio just below this episode in your podcast feed.

1:28.3

So go listen if you haven't already and then come join us for our conversation.

1:33.0

All right, here we go.

1:34.8

So there's something really unusual about this case.

1:38.3

It's that Suzanne's husband is a doctor.

1:41.5

And you would imagine that if you're going to have an accident at home and

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