Overview

• Prosecutors allege Hartsfield caused her husband Joseph’s 2023 death through insulin poisoning, pointing to an ignored low-glucose alert, a delayed 911 call, and multiple insulin pens found at the bedside.
• The Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences determined the death resulted from toxic effects of insulin, though the manner of death was recorded as undetermined.
• The trial is expected to run two to three weeks, with more than 80 potential witnesses listed, including over 40 people from Hartsfield’s past such as ex-partners and her children.
• Hartsfield has pleaded not guilty and remains in custody on multimillion-dollar bail more than two and a half years after her arrest.
• Authorities in Minnesota revisited her 2018 fatal shooting of a former fiancé after her indictment in Texas, and no charges have been filed from that review.