Wife Tammy Harris, 70 lbs., No Hair, Fingernails, Dead of Vitamin Supplement

Published: Nov. 29, 2021, 7:10 p.m.

b'Tammy and Dr. Jeffrey Harris had been married for 11 years when Tammy\\xa0was diagnosed with\\xa0lupus. Doctors begin a treatment regimen but her health did not improve.\\xa0Harris was\\xa0wheelchair-bound, her weight dropped to just 70 pounds, and her hair and fingernails fell out.\\xa0The couple traveled\\xa0from Moscow, Idaho\\xa0to New York in search of a holistic doctor, when\\xa0Tammy\\xa0suddenly collapsed\\xa0in the lobby of the\\xa0Lotte New York Palace hotel.\\xa0She died six days later.\\xa0An autopsy determined that\\xa0Tammy\\xa0Harris\\xa0died from an overdose of the dietary supplement, Selenium.\\xa0\\xa0Selenium, a trace\\xa0mineral is\\xa0considered safe in small doses, but the\\xa0city medical examiner found eight times the average amount of Selenium in\\xa0Harris\'s system.\\xa0An investigation revealed that Dr.\\xa0Harris\\xa0did not believe his wife had Lupus. He insisted\\xa0that\\xa0she\\xa0suffered from\\xa0mercury poisoning\\xa0from\\xa0working at a dental office several years prior.\\xa0\\xa0Dr.\\xa0Harris\\xa0kept up the pretense that his wife was taking what she had been prescribed by her doctors, but instead,\\xa0she\\xa0was taking Selenium, prescribed by her\\xa0husband.\\xa0Joining Nancy Grace Today:Darryl\\xa0Cohen\\xa0- Former Assistant District Attorney, Fulton County, Georgia, Defense Attorney,\\xa0Cohen, Cooper, Estep, & Allen, LLC, www.ccealaw.comDr.\\xa0Shari\\xa0Schwartz\\xa0- Forensic Psychologist, www.panthermitigation.com, Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrialDoc, Author: "Criminal Behavior" and "Where Law and Psychology Intersect: Issues in Legal Psychology"Justin\\xa0Boardman\\xa0- Former Special Victim\'s Unit Detective, West Valley City (Utah), Author: "I Was Wrong: An Investigator\'s Battle-cry for Change Within the Special Victims Unit", JustinBoardman.com, Twitter: @boardman_train\\xa0Dr. William\\xa0Morrone\\xa0- Chief Medical Examiner, Bay County Michigan, Author: "American Narcan: Naloxone & Heroin-Fentanyl Associated Mortality", RecoveryPathwaysLLC.comNicole\\xa0Partin\\xa0- CrimeOnline.com Investigative Reporter, Twitter: @nicolepartin'