A Connecticut woman accused of secretly poisoning her estranged husband’s drinks with antifreeze now faces charges of attempted murder, according to state police.
Connecticut woman poisons ex
Authorities arrested 33-year-old Kristen Hogan on Friday after investigators alleged she spiked bottles of wine and iced tea inside her husband’s home.
Court records show Hogan and her 34-year-old husband were embroiled in a custody dispute over their child when the alleged poisoning took place.
On August 10, the man reportedly consumed a small amount of red wine and began waking repeatedly through the night, feeling ill. By the following morning, he was violently sick.
According to state police documents, the man contacted his mother for help.
She found him slurring his words, unsteady on his feet, and vomiting. Believing her son was suffering from a stroke, she called emergency services.
Doctors later determined he was showing signs consistent with ethylene glycol poisoning, a chemical compound used in antifreeze.
He was transferred to intensive care, placed on dialysis, and treated for kidney failure.
Investigators seized the bottle of wine from the home and sent it to the Connecticut Forensic Laboratory for testing. Results confirmed the presence of the same toxic chemical found in antifreeze.
Detectives said the husband quickly suspected Hogan after receiving a notification that she had connected to his Wi-Fi network while he was not home.
Although they were living separately, he told investigators she still had full access to his residence.
When asked why he believed his estranged wife was responsible, the husband told detectives that Hogan stood to gain control of the home and full custody of their child if he were to die.
As investigators examined Hogan’s cellphone, they allegedly discovered internet searches for chemicals including “potassium cyanide,” “potassium ferricyanide,” “potassium thiocyanate,” and “monoethylene glycol.”
Search queries such as “how much of these substances would kill you” were also recovered, according to the affidavit.
During questioning, Hogan initially denied knowing what the chemicals were.
She later told police she recognized the word “cyanide” only from watching the television series “Psych.”
Connecticut woman purchased poison
Hogan claimed she bought monoethylene glycol on Amazon for the purpose of cleaning a carpet at her mother’s house and insisted the substance never left her parents’ home.
But when detectives confronted her with evidence that her husband’s wine contained the same chemical, her story shifted.
According to the arrest affidavit, the Connecticut woman eventually told officers that she “never wanted to kill him but just wanted to make him sick as payback for being mentally abusive.”
She allegedly admitted to pouring an unknown quantity of the chemical into a bottle of red wine.
An officer asked how much wine was in the bottle, to which she reportedly replied that it was “mostly full.”
Hogan allegedly described bringing the antifreeze to the home and emptying an unspecified amount into the bottle.
Police said the same toxin was later discovered in a bottle of iced tea found in the residence.
Detectives confronted Hogan with the possibility that their child may have consumed some of the tainted drink, noting that the child had been hospitalized in late September with symptoms similar to the father’s.
Hogan denied that the child could have been affected, claiming she had only tampered with her husband’s beverages.
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“Hogan stated it was only the wine and the iced tea, and nobody else knew she was tampering with [the victim’s] drinks,” the affidavit said.
Documents also revealed that Hogan began acting unusually friendly in the days leading up to her arrest, offering to cook for her husband, an act he described as uncharacteristic of their strained relationship.
Hogan was taken into custody and charged with two counts of attempted murder and one count of interfering with an officer. Her bond was set at $1 million.
Minnesota man poisons roommate
In an unrelated case in Minnesota, a man accused of researching and purchasing a banned toxic metal online has been charged with murder following the death of his roommate, according to authorities.
Police say 35-year-old Stuart Hanmer was arrested last month in connection with the fatal poisoning of 33-year-old Cody Ernst. The two men shared a room at a sober living facility in St. Cloud.
Ernst had been hospitalized multiple times in the weeks before his death, suffering from agonizing symptoms that doctors struggled to diagnose.
On June 20, he was admitted to the University of Minnesota Medical Center, where tests revealed a lethal concentration of the heavy metal thallium in his system.
According to investigators, Hanmer allegedly conducted a series of online searches beginning in April for terms like “how long does it take if thallium poisons you” and “how much thallium nitrate is fatal.”
Police said he also watched YouTube videos explaining how to make thallium sulfate.
Authorities determined that Hanmer purchased 25 grams of thallium metal for $162.56 through three online transactions.
Shipping records showed he signed for the delivery two days before his roommate first fell ill.
He was booked into the Stearns County Jail and charged with second-degree intentional murder.
Prosecutors said Hanmer remains in custody on $4 million bail with no conditions, or $2 million with conditions.
