Dr. Melanie Kaspar was treating her dehydration with an IV bag she's grabbed from the surgery center where she worked as an anaesthesiologist.
"I grappled with the fact that she'd had a heart attack because she was a very healthy woman, could sit on her bicycle trainer for hours and not have any issues," John said."It's just been a difficult… difficult summer and this new information stirs up all the emotions," John said.It was his first time seeing the man,at the surgery center where Dr. Kaspar worked.
A criminal complaint alleges he was upset after learning he was under investigation because a patient under his care had stopped breathing during a routine procedure. "Whether it's revenge or whether he's trying to cover up his own inabilities, it's hard to even comprehend that somebody could do things like this," John said.
Ortiz - who lives in a $1.3 million home in Murphy - requested a court appointed public defender, claiming he's unable to afford an attorney.