Tag: Poison
Wife admits fatally poisoning ‘unfaithful’ hubby with eye drops
A Bible-studying South Carolina woman who once griped online that her hubby was unfaithful was charged with murder — after admitting to poisoning him with eye drops, officials said.
Lana Clayton, 52, was booked Friday after an autopsy uncovered a high amount of tetrahydrozoline in her husband’s body, officials said.
The chemical is found in over-the-counter drops, such as Visine, and reduces redness by restricting blood vessels. But when it’s swallowed, it acts as a neurotoxin and attacks the nervous system.
Lana Clayton admitted to spiking her husband’s water with eye drops over a three day span, between July 19 and 21, the York County Sherriff’s office said.
Steven Clayton, 64, was found dead July 21 in their palatial home, worth over $800,000, in Clover, South Carolina, about 30 miles southwest of Charlotte, N.C. It appeared he had fallen down the stairs.
The home was designed as a copy of George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate, and Steven Clayton had carefully worked to restore his property, according to The Herald of Rock Hill, S.C.
An accountant, Steven Clayton was the founder of Physical Therapy Resources, a national company with branches throughout the United States. He retired in 1995, according to his obituary in the Herald.
His funeral was held in the home’s back yard on Aug. 4, before the autopsy results revealed the cause of death, according to WSOC-TV in Charlotte.
One neighbor said she knew Lana Clayton from a neighborhood Bible Study group.
A friend told a local newspaper that Lana worked in nursing for the VA hospital in Charlotte. Police have not released a motive for the crime.
She posted a comment on what appears to be her little-used Facebook page in March 2010 that suggested her husband was unfaithful. “My husband is not a drunk he had an affair. However, he is the father of my children and my kids look at my Facebook. Soooo. I do appreciate the support though.”
She had already started legal action concerning the estate, which also included a lot next door to the home worth nearly $400,000, the Herald reported.
Neighbor Ken Sanford told the Rock Hill, S.C., Herald that “seemed like a sweet lady,” and “Steven was very proud of her accomplishments.”
“I am just stunned,” Sanford said.
Lana Clayton was also charged with unlawful malicious tampering of food. Because she is charged with murder, she will not be released on bond. It’s unclear if she has yet named a lawyer.
An Oklahoma native according to her Facebook page, she has no prior criminal record in South Carolina, the Herald reported.
via: https://nypost.com/2018/09/01/wife-admits-fatally-poisoning-hubby-with-eye-drops-cops/
Man tried to kill wife with ant poison
A North Carolina man has been arrested and charged after police say he tried to kill his wife with ant poison.
Authorities said Eugene Richard Pittman, 52, of Hope Mills, N.C., has been charged with attempted first-degree murder.
According to the arrest warrant, Eugene’s wife noticed a funny taste in her meal. The woman said she woke up later to find that her hands and mouth were duct taped, and Eugene was holding her nose shut.
She said Eugene told her she had two choices: that she could leave or she could die.
Police said Pittman willfully “attempted to murder his wife by poisoning her food with Terro ant poison.”
via: http://abc7chicago.com/man-tried-to-kill-wife-with-ant-poison-police-say/3776226/
FORMER UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD STUDENT ACCUSED OF HARASSING BLACK ROOMMATE WILL NOT FACE HATE CRIME CHARGES
In a Facebook Live video, Jazzy Rowe alleged that Brianna Brochure had smeared bodily fluid on her belongings and stuck her roommate’s toothbrush ‘‘where the sun doesn’t shine” in addition to spitting in her coconut oil. Rowe, in turn became extremely ill from the disturbing actions.
With the help of the NAACP, the student had brought charges against Brochu as she felt that the girl’s disgusting acts were racially motivated. They protested and requested that the girl be charged with felony hate crime, however, despite all of the evidence against her including a Facebook status in which Brochu admits to the aforementioned acts and referred to Rowe as a “Jamaican Barbie”, she won’t face a hate crime charge at all.
She plead “not guilty” to charges of breach of peace and criminal mischief yesterday and prosecutors decided not to bring any new charges against her.
The president of the NAACP expressed his disappointment with the outcome yesterday. “We are very very disappointed with the prosectors … not pressing this case hard enough,” NAACP President Scot X. Esdaile said. “They are not making this an urgent matter from where we sit.” He added, “We expect [the prosecutors] to fight on behalf of the people of our community. This is a hate crime. Let’s stop playing games. Let’s stop pushing this away.”
On the other hand, Bruchu’s lawyer Tom Stevens commented that he didn’t agree that the incident was racially motivated and chopped it up to the girls just not liking each other. “I think that when it’s all said and done, what you’re going to see is that there was nothing racist that motivated this,” he said. “These were two students who were placed together … who didn’t like each other … and it escalated.”
Prosecutors are still investigating and the case will follow through until January 29th.
Student admits to putting bleach in pregnant girlfriend’s water
A former Pennsylvania college student who was accused of intentionally putting bleach in his girlfriend’s water pleaded guilty Tuesday to attempted murder.
Police at Millersville University said Theophilous Washington, 21, from Washington, D.C., gave his girlfriend a water bottle knowing it had bleach inside, Fox 43 reported.
Washington reportedly offered his girlfriend, who was around two months pregnant at the time, the concoction in his dorm room the morning after spending the night. She allegedly felt a burning sensation in her throat, vomited, then called 911.
The man confessed to putting bleach in the water, and had said previously that he didn’t want her to have the child, LancasterOnline reported. The woman was examined by a doctor, and both she and her now-born child are believed to not have been hurt in the incident, according to Fox 43.
via: http://nypost.com/2017/10/24/student-admits-to-putting-bleach-in-pregnant-girlfriends-water/
College student arrested for putting toilet water in her roommate’s water bottle – victim seriously ill
A Tennessee State University student was arrested for pouring toilet water into her roommate’s water bottle — causing the woman to become ill.
Tierni Williams has been charged with adulteration of food or liquid as well as causing bodily harm.
Her unidentified roommate had diarrhea, lost her appetite and was losing weight on Oct. 5 when she discovered a Snapchat video recorded in their room, an arrest report cited by local media claims. Williams is allegedly filmed taking water out of the toilet bowl with a Styrofoam cup, according to reports.
The student then took the “nasty” water to the roommates section of the dorm, laughing and cursing.
She is heard saying the roommate is “gonna get sick from this,” Fox affiliate WZTV reported.
Williams was arrested Tuesday, and later released on $7,500 bond, local news network Channel 5 reported.
“In general, students who engage in conduct that may violate criminal laws and implicate the University’s Student Conduct Code will be subject to the University’s student disciplinary process, including sanctions ranging from immediate “interim suspension” to expulsion from the University,” Tennessee State University said in a statement to the channel.
Mother tried to poison daughter who has Down syndrome
An Upstate mother is accused of trying to murder her daughter who has Down syndrome by poisoning her with medication.
Pamela Ann Contreras, 68, of Spartanburg, has been charged with attempted murder and abuse of a vulnerable adult. Contreras put prescription drugs in her daughter’s drink in an attempt to kill her, according to arrest warrants.
A police officer responded to an attempted suicide on Dec. 7.
The officer arrived to Contreras’ apartment and found her daughter in the kitchen holding a glass of orange liquid with a powdery substance along the edge, according to an incident report.
The officer took the drink from the victim, who would not speak. Contreras later told the officer that her daughter does not talk.
Contreras said she used a pill grinder to grind up medication that she placed in her daughter’s drink. She then planned to stab her to death when she passed out, the report states.
Contreras told the officer that she feared no one would care for her daughter after she died. She claimed she also drank a similar mixture, but an officer noted in the report that Contreras’ glass was mostly full, while her daughter’s large glass only had around two inches of liquid left in the bottom.
Both women were taken to the hospital for treatment.
Contreras was booked into the Spartanburg County Detention Center on Tuesday.