A Missouri man allegedly installed a hidden camera on his teacher's wife because he suspected she was trying to poison him. A woman was reportedly caught on surveillance camera poisoning her smoothie with a deadly plant.
Sarah Schaeffer of Jefferson City was arrested Wednesday. She was charged with first-degree domestic assault, attempted first-degree murder, and armed criminal action.
Schaefer's husband said she experienced a series of strange and debilitating symptoms over a six-week period.
“The victim described eight incidents in which the defendant offered her strange-tasting drinks or food and immediately after ingestion she experienced extreme fatigue, confusion, blurred vision, severe cotton mouth, and nausea.” The statement of said.
On January 1, a husband confronted his wife after she reportedly served him a drink that had a “bitter taste.”
Schaeffer allegedly told her husband that she urinated in his drink. She then “admitted that she had put industrial-strength adhesive in it,” according to the probable cause statement. She said Schaeffer changed her story again and she allegedly denied that she had added any substances to her drink.
After the alleged incident, the husband installed a surveillance camera in the couple's kitchen.
Her husband claimed to have found a green bowl of roots in a bag labeled “lilies of the field” on Schaefer's desk.
A hidden camera also showed Shaffer preparing a smoothie for her husband. According to her statement, Schaeffer added the contents of her green bowl to her smoothie.
Her husband turned the video over to the police. According to the probable cause statement, Schaefer confessed to putting the lily of the valley in the smoothie when law enforcement was present.
”[Scheffer] A statement believed to have admitted adding lily of the valley root to the blender while preparing the victim's smoothie drink. read. ”[Scheffer] Admitted doing this with intent to harm the victim…Admitted knowing that ingesting 'lily of the valley' could cause death… [and] He admitted knowing that it was illegal. ”
WebMD Warning about the dangers of lily of the valley: “The lily of the valley plant is extremely poisonous. Eating all parts of the plant can cause illness. It is classified as severely toxic. Lily of the valley has Contains several compounds that can pose a danger to the heart. Although it may be used medicinally in very small amounts, ingesting this plant can lead to serious illness, heart disease, and even death. ”
The smoothie was said to have been kept in the refrigerator.
Jefferson City Police Department officers seized the blender and sent the contents to a state lab for testing.
Schaefer is being held in the Cole County Jail without bail.
according to ABC News“Police said she was in a relationship with a person living in Pakistan and that she had searched Google for airline tickets to Pakistan,'' so she would be in danger if she did not respond to the criminal summons and appear in court. He said he thought so. ” the probable cause statement said. ”
KMIZ Schaefer is a 37-year-old part-time instructor of design and art at Calvary Lutheran High School in Jefferson City, Missouri.
Schaeffer was reportedly suspended from school following the accusations. She is no longer on the school's online faculty page.
Calvary Lutheran Executive Director John Christman said in a statement that the “alleged conduct was outside the scope of the staff's relationship with the school and did not involve any students or other school personnel.” . “As a Christian community, Calvary Lutheran High School believes in the well-being of all individuals participating in our programs and strives to treat everyone in our school community with compassion and sensitivity. With this in mind, action has consistently been taken in response to notifications.”
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