A Connecticut mother is accused of poisoning her estranged husband with antifreeze because the pair was locked in a bitter custody battle for his or her kids.
Kristen Hogan, 33, was arrested in Ridgefield and charged with two counts of tried homicide and one rely of interfering with an officer on Friday, based on paperwork launched by the Connecticut State Police.
Hogan allegedly poisoned wine and iced tea at her estranged husband’s residence with ethylene glycol, the primary ingredient in antifreeze.
Her husband — who was not named in court docket paperwork — drank a “small quantity” of wine saved in his fridge on Aug. 10, however quickly realized one thing was mistaken after repeatedly waking up sick all through the evening.
The following day, he continued to vomit and really feel ailing, so he known as his father, who suggested him to have his mom, who was close by, test on him.
His mom arrived and located him “slurring his phrases, staggering, and vomiting,” then instantly rushed him to the hospital.
On the hospital, medical doctors initially suspected a stroke, however after monitoring his signs, they recognized indicators of ethylene glycol poisoning.
He was transferred to the ICU and positioned on dialysis for renal failure, the place he knowledgeable medical doctors about consuming the wine.
The bottle of wine was initially opened 5 days earlier than he fell ailing whereas having individuals over for a cocktail party. It was then corked and saved in his fridge.
The husband then met with Ridgefield Police detectives and informed them he believed Hogan had poisoned the wine on Aug. 7, the day he was supposed to satisfy Hogan at a court docket listening to, which she by no means confirmed up for.
Whereas he was at court docket, he acquired an alert displaying Hogan’s cellphone had related to his Wi-Fi and uploaded knowledge.
The daddy defined that Hogan, with whom he shares a toddler, had full, unrestricted entry to the house.
He additionally informed investigators she was “the final particular person apart from himself to be within the residence previous to him consuming the already opened wine.”
Hogan initially denied wrongdoing when confronted by police.
Detectives seized the wine and submitted it to the Connecticut Forensic Laboratory, the place it examined optimistic for ethylene glycol.
Investigators additionally discovered that Hogan’s cellphone contained searches for a number of poisonous substances — together with “potassium cyanide” and “monoethylene glycol” — in addition to questions on “how a lot of those substances would kill you.”
She then claimed she “was confused concerning the chemical compounds after which said she acknowledged the phrase cyanide from the tv present ‘Psych,’” based on the arrest affidavit.
Hogan additionally acknowledged shopping for a bottle of monoethylene glycol in late July, however insisted “she was utilizing that particular chemical to scrub the carpet at her mom’s home.”
When questioned concerning the bottle of wine and her husband testing optimistic for ethylene glycol, she denied poisoning the wine.
Ultimately, she confessed to mixing the poisonous liquid into her estranged husband’s wine, allegedly stating that she “by no means wished to kill him however simply wished to make him sick as payback for being mentally abusive.”
“Hogan said she didn’t know the way a lot ethylene glycol she put into his drink, however said it was not a lot however she simply poured it in,” based on the affidavit.
“[An investigating officer] then requested how a lot wine was within the bottle, to which she said it was largely full. Hogan described the wine as the colour pink and confessed to bringing the bottle of ethylene glycol and dumped an unknown quantity into the wine bottle.”
Detectives additionally knowledgeable Hogan that their little one, who she shares along with her estranged husband, could have doubtlessly consumed among the poison, which she “adamantly denied” being potential.
Nevertheless, their little one was hospitalized in late September for signs much like these of his father.
“Hogan said it was solely the wine and the iced tea, and no one else knew she was tampering with [the victim’s] drinks,” the arrest affidavit stated.
Her estranged husband informed police he believes her motive for poisoning him was “the truth that Hogan would turn into the total proprietor of the residence and would achieve full-time custody of their little one.”
Hogan is presently being held on a $1 million bond.
