07 January 2023 , 22:12
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A woman has been charged with attempted homicide after she allegedly poisoned her vet husband with animal euthanasia drugs.
Amanda Chapin, 50, from Monroe, Wisconsin, US, was arrested on December 28 after she poisoned her 70-year-old Gary Chaplin's coffee three times between July and August, according to police.
The suspect, who married her husband in March, also forged the signature of one of her husband’s children on a power-of-attorney document.
She then demanded her husband change his house deed so she would get the home if he died, it is claimed.
In addition, the complaint says she allegedly poisoned her husband for the first time less than three weeks after the quit claim deed on the house was authorised.
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Amanda Chapin married her husband Gary back in March (Facebook)The third time he drank the allegedly poisoned coffee, in early August, he fell into a coma that lasted for four days, the complaint said.
Blood tests showed b arbiturate in the vet's system came from drugs which he used to euthanise animals.
Gary Chapin’s son later filed a restraining order against Amanda on his father’s behalf.
The husband has since filed for divorce, according to online court records.
According to the criminal complaint, Amanda Chapin violated the restraining order in September when she sent her husband a suicide note via email.
The husband has since filed for divorce, according to online court records (Facebook)In the email she stated that she had decided to kill herself because his children would “destroy” her.
She has repeatedly denied poisoning him, which she added in the letter as she claimed the only thing she was guilty of is "loving you."
“The only thing I am guilty of is loving you SOOOOOOOOOO MUCH,” the note, which was included in the complaint, said.
She survived the suicide attempt after paramedics took her to a local hospital where she was treated for her injuries.
Her husband Gary Chapin filed for divorce the next day.
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Adam Witt, Amanda Chapin's attorney, said on Thursday that his client denies the allegations.
"Under the constitutions of this state and this nation, Ms. Chapin is innocent and has the right to due process under the law,' Witt said.
"We will continue to assert her fundamental constitutional rights, as they are the only protection a citizen has against the state."