A University of Pittsburgh researcher accused of fatally poisoning his neurologist wife with cyanide will appear in a West Virginia court later today.

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An extradition hearing will be held for Dr. Robert Ferrante, 64, who was taken into custody Thursday charged with one count of criminal homicide. Ferrante's lawyer, William Difenderfer, says the allegations are false and that his client was on his way to turn himself into police in Pittsburgh when he was pulled over in West Virginia on the way back from Florida.

"He's anxious to defend himself, have his day in court and prove his innocence, which I'm quite confident we'll be able to do," Difenderfer told ABC News.

Investigators believe Ferrante, who is considered a leading researcher of Lou Gehrig's disease, killed his wife, Dr. Autumn Klein, 41, by lacing her creatine energy drink with cyanide April 17, the same day the couple exchanged text messages about how a creatine regimen could help them conceive their second child, according to a criminal complaint.

Klein died April 20 at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh, where she was chief of the division of women's neurology and an assistant professor of neurology, obstetrics and gynecology.

"According to my calendar I ovulate tomorrow," Klein wrote in a text message April 17.

Police say Ferrante responded, "Perfect timing. Creatine."

"Will it stimulate egg production too?" Klein asked in another message.

Ferrante allegedly responded with a smiley face

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What you didn't mention was, "On April 15, two days before Klein collapsed, Ferrante used a university credit card to buy more than a half-pound of cyanide, according to the complaint, despite having no active projects that involved the chemical." That pretty much proves his guilt. Not only that but she had just confided in a male friend about leaving him and he is known to have a very controlling nature.

So basically, she was planning to leave him > he bought half a pound of pure cyanide for no particular reason > she died suddenly after taking a dose of a supplement he convinced her to take > He requested an autopsy not be preformed and instead that she would be cremated > one was done anyway and found cyanide in her blood.

Come on, this is barely even a trial; it's more them proving his utter guilt.