Death Certificate
Multiple stab wounds and blunt force trauma are listed as Felix Polk's official cause of death.- Suicide Files
Felix Polk's apparent suicide attempt while in the military was documented by the U.S. Navy. - Autopsy Report
Felix Polk's fatal injuries and toxicology results were detailed in this report. - Felix's Letter to Gabe
Just months before he was stabbed to death by his estranged wife, Felix Polk wrote this letter to his son Gabriel in an apparent effort to improve their relationship. - Felix Polk's Resume
This resume was retrieved by investigators from Felix Polk's desk after he was stabbed to death by his estranged wife, Susan Polk. - Properties Letter
Before she fatally stabbed her husband Felix, Susan Polk wrote this letter as the couple was going through a divorce to discuss financial matters and various properties the Polks owned - Ottoman Analysis
Investigators sought to recover from an ottoman residue of pepper spray, which Polk claimed she used on her husband. - Saab Report
Criminalists also analyzed Felix Polk's 1999 Saab, on which they found blood stains. - Diary Excerpt
Polk describes her self-proclaimed psychic abilities, her theories about the Middle East and her husband's alleged ties to the Mossad in this journal entry. - Letter to Dr. Cooper
These excerpts from Susan Polk's letters to her defense expert, Dr. John Cooper, include a narrative of the killing and a map. - Crime Scene Report
Forensic evidence gathered from the crime scene is itemized in this official report. - Incident Report
This 7-page report from the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Dept. details the night Felix Polk was killed. - Eli's Letter
The only child of three to support his mother, Eli Polk wrote this letter to Susan Polk behind bars. - Guardian's Letter
Dan Briner wrote this letter updating her about her son, Gabriel, while she was behind bars. - Cooper's Letter
Controversial defense witness Dr. John Cooper wrote this letter to the judge explaining why he would not return to conclude his testimony. - Son's Declaration
Eli Polk's divorce court declaration was full of praise for his mother, Susan Polk. - Secret Letter
In this two-page letter dated 2001, Susan Polk says her husband beat, drugged her. - Dispute Report
Police documented responding to a domestic dispute before Felix Polk was killed by his wife, Susan.
MARTINEZ, Calif. — The eldest son of murder defendant Susan Polk told jurors Friday that his mother is a "very sick" woman who will say anything to further her own interests.
"Isn't it true, Adam, that you have rewritten history and reshaped the past?" Polk asked her 23-year-old son, Adam Polk.
"No," Adam replied.
"And you've done so for many motives, money being the primary reason?" Polk continued.
"Money?" Adam said incredulously. "I just got a job that pays me $80,000 a year. Your money means nothing to me. Seeing you put away does."
Polk did not respond. She stood at the defense table, reorganizing the small piles of documents before her, searching for another diary entry, e-mail, report card or other defense exhibits she questioned him about on Friday.
Polk, 48, is representing herself against a first-degree murder charge for the October 2002 stabbing death of her 70-year-old husband, Felix Polk.
Polk says she stabbed her husband in self-defense after he attacked her, and that she suffered from years of physical and mental abuse.
She testified this week that she believes she is psychic and that her husband was an Israeli spy who used her predictions to further his own political ambitions.
Felix threatened to kill her, she claimed, if she ever left him.
Adam and his brother Gabe, 19, both previously testified that their mother is delusional and openly discussed wanting to kill their father.
Gabe, a high school senior, has lived with Dan and Marjorie Briner, the parents of Adam's best friend, since he discovered his father's body and his mother was arrested.
Adam, an English major at UCLA, resembles his father, with dark hair and a broad smile. He wore a charcoal suit and tie. An avid reader, like his mother, he held a copy of the prize-winning novel "A Confederacy of Dunces," as he waited in the hallway with Marjorie Briner during a short recess.
Polk read to her son from her diary, asking if he recalled conversations she wrote about, in which they discussed Felix's behavior as well as other mundane family matters. Adam recalled little.
"You're honestly just making things up right now," Adam said. "You're living in a fantasy world."
Friday marked the end of the fourth week of Polk's self-defense case, although the focus of her case so far appears to be rebutting testimony that she is delusional, while attempting to prove that others, including Adam, have perjured themselves as part of a conspiracy to convict her and loot the family's estate.
"Adam, you've testified that you think I'm crazy?" Polk asked her son.
"I don't know if you're crazy or you just contrive these fantasies to rationalize and justify what you're doing, what you've done," Adam said. "I'm not a psychologist. I don't know if you're crazy, but I definitely think you're sick."
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