A Wisconsin woman has been charged with attempted first-degree intentional homicide after she poisoned her veterinarian husband with animal euthanasia drugs.
Fox 6 reports Amanda Chapin, 50, of Monroe, was charged Dec. 28 for allegedly poisoning her 70-year-old husband Gary Chapin by putting barbiturates in his coffee. Chapin attempted to poison her husband three times between July and August.
Chapin’s husband fell into a coma after Amanda’s third attempt, with bloodwork showing that the barbiturates in Gary’s system came from drugs he used to euthanize animals.
The incidents took place just a few months the couple tied the knot in March. Following their March wedding, Amanda allegedly forged Gary’s children’s signatures on a power-of-attorney document that would grant her his house if he died. Less than three weeks after the quit claim deed on the house was authorized, Amanda attempted the first of the three poisoning attempts.
Chapin’s attorney Adam Witt denied the accusations in a statement to PEOPLE.
“I wish to state that these are unproven allegations, which Ms. Chapin categorically denies,” Witt said. “Under the constitutions of this state and this nation, Ms. Chapin is innocent and has the right to due process under the law. We will continue to assert her fundamental constitutional rights, as they are the only protection a citizen has against the state.”
Amanda is scheduled for a hearing Jan. 12 and her bond has been set to $10,000, records show.
