A Missouri woman has been arrested on charges of poisoning her husband with weed killer, claiming he didn’t appreciate the birthday party she threw for him. Michelle Y. Peters47 years old and resident in Lebanonfaces charges of first-degree domestic assault and armed criminal action, reported ABC News.
The incident came to light when Peters’ husband went to the Laclede County Sheriff’s Office on June 24, claiming he suspected his wife was poisoning him.
According to court records, the husband, who has not been publicly identified, stated that since May 1 he had noticed a strange taste in his soda bottles. Mountain Dew two liters that he kept in the garage refrigerator, and that he had started to get sick after consuming them.
In his statements to the police, the husband mentioned that ignoring the strange taste initially was not the best decision, as, in the following weeks, he suffered from a sore throat, nausea, diarrhea and vomiting. Additionally, he was coughing up thick yellowish-brown mucus.
People She said the situation took a more alarming turn on June 12, when the husband reviewed the recordings from the security camera installed in the garage. The image showed the woman taking out a bottle of Mountain Dew from the refrigerator and then returning it to the same place after having introduced the herbicide Roundup inside the house.
After Peters put both the soda bottle and Roundup back in their original locations, the husband became terrified for his life.
Suspicions of poisoning continued, and the husband reported that when he mentioned feeling sick, Peters responded that he probably had COVID-19 and should stay away from his grandchildren. On June 23, a new review of the recordings showed the wife with a bottle of Mountain Dew near an insecticide on a shelf, prompting her husband to notify authorities again.
During police questioning, the defendant initially claimed that she mixed Mountain Dew with Roundup to use as a herbicidea trick she said she had seen on Pinterest.
However, when confronted with the video evidence, she admitted to slipping insecticide into the soda, saying she acted this way because she was angry that her husband had not appreciated the birthday party she threw for him. “Michelle said she should have divorced him,” the court documents state.
The Laclede County Sheriff’s Office indicated that the husband concluded that Peters might be seeking to collect on his $500,000 life insurance policy or that she was involved in an affair. Additionally, he mentioned that the woman had “dramatically reduced” the amount of money she transferred from her business account to her personal account.
New York Post indicated that the arrest of Michelle Peters It was done while I was working as a beautician in Bodyworks Unlimited in Lebanon. During the initial hearing, the woman pleaded not guilty to charges of first-degree domestic assault and armed criminal action. She was not granted bond and is expected to appear at her next hearing on July 2.
The story highlighted how a seemingly minor dispute escalated dramatically into a poisoning situation, which is now under legal scrutiny. The case continues to unfold as authorities analyze evidence and prepare for trial.
