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www.durhamrcgion.com THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, FEBRUARY 26,2003 PAGE 7 Husband wanted answers in wife's poisoning death Demanded to know 'what went wrong' BY STEPHEN SHAW Staff Writer WHITBY - A Pickering man accused of fatally poisoning poisoning his pregnant wife complained to police after an autopsy failed to detect how she died. "I need to know what went wrong," Ganesh Raghunauth told Durham Regional Police Detective Sergeant Steve Illing, referring referring to the sudden death of his 28-year-old wife. "What could be so undetected undetected that happened to her... I'm willing to say anything that would help me get an answer to Gceta's death. Anything." A couple of weeks later, court has heard, toxicology tests revealed Hemoutie (Geeta) Raghunauth died of cyanide .poisoning May 14, 2000. Her last meal was a "special Mother's Day treat" served by her husband. husband. Mr. Raghunauth, 31, has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and is being tried by a judge and jury. The trial is expected to take up to six months. In a police interview May 21, 2000 - before the cause of death was known - Mr. Raghunauth expressed frustration with the results of the post-mortem. "I'm dissatisfied with the whole thing because, to begin with, it's a loss that I have suffered... I need to get to the bottom," he tells Det. Sgt. Illing, of the homicide unit, in the videotaped statement shown to the jury last week. Mr. Raghunauth told Det. Sgt. Illing he had no clues as to what could have killed his wife, who was pregnant with their second child. "I know for sure she was not sick, she was strong and healthy," he said. "I can't see what could have gone wrong with her. It's like a dream for me that she has died." MPP to attend Durham Heritage Dinner March 3 DURHAM - MPP Gerry Phillips will be guest speaker at the Durham Heritage Dinner hosted by Garry Minnie, Durham riding provincial Liberal candidate, and the Durham Provincial Liberia! Liberia! Association. 1 The dinner will be held Monday, March 3 at the General Sikorski Polish Veteran's Hall, 1551 Stevenson Rd. N. in Os- hawa. The event starts at 6:30 p.m. with cocktails. Dinner Dinner will be served at 7 p.m. Mr. Phillips, MPP for Scarborough-Agincourt and Ontario Liberal Finance Finance critic, will give an economic address concerning concerning the financial state of the province and the Ontario Liberal Party economic economic platform for the upcoming upcoming election. Mr. Phillips will touch on local issues such as the auto industry, agricultural policies, ITER, Hwy. 407 and the new University of Ontario Institute of Technology. Technology. Tickets are $150 a person, person, or $1,100 for a table of eight. For tickets or additional additional information, contact Carol Berney, Durham Provincial Liberal Association Association president at 905- 623-2231, or Mr. Minnie at 905-576-4077. He said his brother, a doctor in Guyana, had commented: "It's a shame that in Canada or in North America you can't find an answer to her death." During the live-hour interview, interview, Mr. Raghunauth described his six-year marriage marriage as the "perfect thing" and said he wished his wife were still alive. "I have suffered a real loss... There's nothing that I have ever wanted that Geeta didn't give to me and same with her," he said. "If I can ask God to give her back her life I would. I love her and I want her to be here." Three weeks before she died, prosecutors say, Mr. Raghunauth was engaged to a New York woman with whom he allegedly was having an affair. 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