Serial Stabber Suspect Target of Poison Plot?
FLINT, Michigan - Prosecutors say a jailed inmate has been charged with trying to poison an Israeli fellow inmate suspected of being a serial killer for a series of stabbings.
Prosecutor David Leyton tells the Flint Journal an inmate tried to put an oven cleaner in Elias Abuelazam's food.
Leyton says it happened some time ago and he isn't revealing the suspect's name. Attempted poisoning can carry a penalty of up to 10 years in prison.
Abuelazam faces charges of murdering three people and trying to murder five others for a series of stabbings in the Flint, Michigan area. He's also charged with attempted murder in Toledo, Ohio, and suspected in similar attacks in Leesburg, Virginia.
Abuelazam was arrested in Atlanta on Aug. 11 while trying to fly to his native country.
A state police scientist testified in a pre-trial hearing that victim Frank Kellybrew's DNA matched dried blood found on Abuelazam's shoelaces, which were found in the suspect's luggage as he tried to flee the country.
It was Kellybrew's death that convinced police a serial killer was likely on the loose.