Wisconsin state prosecutors have charged a person and his girlfriend with tried homicide, accusing the pair of attempting to poison two of the person’s ex-girlfriends.
The Wisconsin Division of Justice Division of Prison Investigation accuses Paul VanDuyne Jr., 43, and Andrea Whitaker, 41, of gathering and creating poisons after which attempting to make use of them to homicide two ladies, one in Rock County and the opposite in Dane County, in response to a submit on social media from the Middleton Police Division.
Prosecutors haven’t named both of the victims.
In court docket paperwork, prosecutors allege that the pair stalked the Rock County sufferer and broke into her automotive thrice. On April 26, they’re alleged to have spiked the sufferer’s water bottle with thallium and cyanide, on Might 4 they’re accused of placing a plastic tote containing hydrogen sulfide within the automotive, and on Might 7 they purportedly put home made abrin into the automotive’s air flow.
The Rock County sufferer’s sister, a minor, was additionally affected within the Might 4 incident. Mr. VanDuyne and Ms. Whitaker are accused of utilizing cyanide and thallium once more on Might 15, concentrating on the water bottle of the Dane County sufferer, in response to court docket paperwork.
In Rock County, the 2 are charged with three counts of first diploma tried homicide, one depend of aggravated battery, one depend of first diploma reckless endangerment and one depend of stalking leading to bodily hurt.
In Dane County, Mr. VanDuyne is charged with two counts of first diploma tried homicide, and one depend of stalking, whereas Ms. Whitaker is charged with two counts of first diploma tried homicide as a celebration to a criminal offense and one depend of harboring or aiding a felon, the police mentioned.
Along with the Rock County sufferer who was hospitalized in early Might, seven DCI brokers have been additionally hospitalized resulting from publicity to a substance they encountered whereas executing search warrants within the case, Dane County Deputy District Lawyer William Brown mentioned, in response to WMTV-TV.