Woman allegedly tries to kill hubby with eyedrops

[January 10, 2009]  SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) -- A 40-year-old southwest Missouri woman is accused of trying to kill her husband by spiking his tea with a half-bottle of Visine eyedrops. Greene County deputies said the woman was jailed Thursday night on $100,000 bond on a first-degree assault charge.

She was arrested late Wednesday after a co-worker told Greene County deputies that the woman told her about the plot to kill her husband.

A probable cause statement said the husband told investigators he'd been having stomach problems for the past two months.

The statement said poison control experts told a detective that ingesting too much Visine would lead to a coma and other "serious symptoms."

Authorities say the woman researched other means of killing her husband when the first attempt didn't work.

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Information from: Springfield News-Leader, http://www.news-leader.com/

[Associated Press]

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