Sheriff Arpaio: Phoenix arsonist likely took cyanide after guilty verdict

A former Wall Street trader whose dramatic death in a Phoenix courtroom was witnessed by millions on TV and the Internet, probably committed suicide with a homemade cyanide pill.

Marin collapsed moments after a jury found him guilty of burning down his Biltmore Estates mansion in 2009. Television video from Marin's court hearing appeared to show him putting something in his mouth immediately after the verdict was read. Seven minutes later, he went into convulsions and fell to the floor. Paramedics were unable to revive him.

Authorities had suspected that arson defendant Michael Marin committed suicide by ingesting poison after he collapsed in court on June 28, moments after a jury found him guilty of burning down his Biltmore Estates mansion in 2009. That theory was bolstered this week when Maricopa County investigators discovered a canister of cyanide in Marin's car.  More

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