US: Air Force Officer Sets Up Camera in House, Catches Wife Trying to Poison Him by Pouring Bleach Into His Coffee
As per the court records, Roby, Melody's husband, had suspicions that she was planning to kill him in order to get the money that would follow his death. She tried poisoning him, and at the time, they were divorcing and had a child together.
New York, April 15: Roby Johnson discovered his 40-year-old wife Melody Felicano Johnson pouring bleach into his coffee, post which she later entered a guilty plea in the matter. With the use of the covert cameras in their house, Roby, a US Air Force officer, caught his wife trying to poison him. Melody had entered a guilty plea to two counts of food or drink poisoning on July 11 and 18, according to the Daily Star, after she put the toxic chemical into her husband's coffee maker.
As per the court records, Roby, Melody's husband, had suspicions that she was planning to kill him in order to get the money that would follow his death. She tried poisoning him, and at the time, they were divorcing and had a child together. Hyderabad Shocker: Pharmacist ‘Poisons’ Estranged Wife, Her Family With Arsenic, Mother-in-Law Dies.
When Roby's wife brought him strange-tasting coffee in March 2023, he began to have his first misgivings about her. On July 6, 2023, he put up a camera to capture her in the act, and he even gave the police evidence of it, but they turned it down due to inadequate proof.
According to the 13 News portal, Melody entered a guilty plea to the lower charges, which resulted in the dismissal of the attempted murder charge she was facing at the time of her detention. Melody will now be sentenced on May 10th, with prosecutors allegedly recommending that she spend a minimum of two years behind bars. Melody, who is now being detained on a £200k (Rs 1,67,22,260) bail, is a resident of Arizona, USA. Kerala Woman Kills Family by Poisoning Them for Over a Year: What Is Slow Poisoning?
When Roby's wife brought him strange-tasting coffee in March 2023, he began to have his first misgivings about her. On July 6, 2023, he put up a camera to capture her in the act, and he even gave the police evidence of it, but they turned it down due to inadequate proof. He installed a second camera under the guise of a fire alarm, undeterred. On July 18, the Air Force officer went back to the police department to give further proof. Because the new tape purportedly showed disturbing evidence of Melody dumping bleach into the coffee maker before it brewed, the police authorities had every reason to believe this time. After this video, she was taken into custody.
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