Woman accused of murdering 3 with toxic mushrooms faces trial
Erin Patterson is charged with three murders, including both of her parents-in-law, after serving a toxic mushroom-laced Beef Wellington.
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Erin Patterson is charged with three murders, including both of her parents-in-law, after serving a toxic mushroom-laced Beef Wellington.
About 50 hippos have died of anthrax poisoning in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga National Park, the oldest national park in all of Africa.
Brave survivors speak out after a man charged with murder for poisoning two women tells a friend, "dead girls don't talk." Join CBS News correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti and "48 Hours" producer Michelle Fanucci on "Post Mortem" as they discuss their latest report on the murders of Christy Giles and Hilda Cabrales, who died after David Pearce drugged them. They discuss the twelve "Jane Does" that came forward to testify against Pearce at trial, the personal connection Jonathan had to the victims, and the Google searches Pearce made prior to his arrest that suggested he was trying to flee to Ukraine.
Poisonings are relatively common in Turkey, where clandestine production is widespread and bootleg alcohol is often tainted with methanol.
James Craig is accused of poisoning Angela Craig's protein shakes nearly two years ago, but his trial has been delayed.
Greta Marie Otteson, 33, was discovered by staff dead on a bed in a first-floor room and her fiance, Els Arno Quinton, 36, was found dead on a bed in another room, the BBC reported.
Natalie Cochran poisoned her husband with insulin so that he wouldn't find out about a $2 million Ponzi scheme she operated, prosecutors said.
A caregiver is accused of poisoning her friend with eye drops. She says investigators got it wrong. "48 Hours" contributor Jericka Duncan reports.
Natalie Cochran poisoned her husband with insulin so that he wouldn't find out about a $2 million Ponzi scheme that she admitted to operating, prosecutors say.
A caregiver is accused of poisoning her friend with eye drops. She says investigators got it wrong. "48 Hours" contributor Jericka Duncan reports Saturday, Feb. 1 at 9/8c on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.
Three women died and three other relatives fell ill after eating the cake during a family get-together on December 23, officials said.
They fell ill after drinking pina colada cocktails prepared at a bar in the five-star Warwick Fiji resort on the Coral Coast, officials said.
Police have called James Craig's alleged plot to kill Angela Craig a "heinous, complex and calculated murder."
Alcohol tainted with methanol is suspected to be the cause of the six deaths.
Dr. Thomas Kwan who was disgruntled about his inheritance disguised himself as a nurse to inject Patrick O'Hara with a flesh-eating poison.
Ina Kenoyer believed Steven Riley Jr. was about to come into a large inheritance and had planned to break up with her, authorities say.
Dawn Sturgess died in 2018 after spraying herself with what she thought was perfume from a discarded bottle containing the deadly chemical weapon.
Prosecutors said Thomas Kwan used his "encyclopedic knowledge" of poisons in his plot to kill Patrick O'Hara.
Fifth grader Karin Tabira passed a test that means she is now certified to slice and gut the poisonous fish for consumption.
Kouri Richins faces several felony charges for allegedly killing her husband Eric with a lethal dose of fentanyl in 2022.
Officials say traces of cyanide were found on 6 people found dead in a Bangkok hotel, with one suspected of murdering the others.