A Columbia man charged with attempting to purchase toxic chemicals through the mail as part of a plot to kill a woman who rejected him faces two new charges.
Court documents say a Columbia man who used Bitcoins in an attempt to buy a highly toxic chemical may have been trying to kill a woman who rejected him.
A southwest Missouri woman has been sentenced to two life prison terms plus 20 years for helping kill her father and brother by poisoning them with antifreeze in 2012.
DALLAS (NOMAAN MERCHANT, Associated Press) — A Texas woman is expected to plead guilty to sending ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
It seems almost impossible to believe, but the rivalry between two kindergarten schools in China led the principal of one school to kill a 5-year-old and a 6-year-old who attended the other school. With rat poison.
1:10 p.m. (EST): A third letter, this one sent to Senator Joe Manchin (D.-W.V.), has been found to contain ricin.
12:45 p.m. (EST): FBI spokesman Paul Bresson has confirmed that the substance found in the letter to the president was ricin.
The Secret Service says that a letter containing a suspicious substance and addressed to President Obama was received on Tuesday at a White House mail facility.