A former Ohio doctor was sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty of poisoning his wife with cyanide five years ago.

Last week, Yazeed Essa was convicted by a Cleveland jury of aggravated murder for poisoning his wife Rosemarie Essa, who was also the mother of his two children, using a calcium pill laced with cyanide.

According to Cuyahoga County prosecutor Bill Mason, Essa, 41, has a possibility of getting parole in 20 years. The crime Essa committed happened before Ohio sentencing laws allowed judges to decide when a convicted murderer is entitled for parole.

It was Judge Deena Calabrese who delivered Essa’s verdict. While she was doing so, she stated that she could not find any heavier sentence to penalize the convict. Essa was stoic while hearing the verdict.

Calabrese further added that she hates that Essa has the benefit of having committed the murder under the old law. She also said that she was extremely disappointed that Essa, as a doctor, took an oath to preserve life, but has instead destroyed his family.

During the trial that lasted six weeks, 60 witnesses gave their testimonies and told the story of the adulterous doctor, his many mistresses, a worldwide manhunt that covered three continents, and the doctor’s eventual arrest in Cyprus in October 2006, an event that unfolded 18 months after his wife died.

According to the prosecutor’s office, Essa left the country in March 2005 after the police asked him about his wife’s death. He was arrested in Cyprus on October 7, 2006 for traveling using fake documents. Then, in January 2009, he was delivered to legal jurisdiction in Cuyahoga County.

At the time of her death in February 2005, the victim, 38-year old Rosemarie Essa, was driving the family car to the movies when she felt sick to her stomach, passed out and hit another vehicle before stopping at a curb. She managed to call a friend and before succumbing, told her about the supplement her husband gave her.