Overview
- Police arrested a 59-year-old Velbert woman on November 27 on suspicion of attempted murder after presenting her to a judge, and she is now in pretrial detention.
- A 59-year-old woman from Bavaria was also arrested under a warrant on suspicion of aiding the act and is being held in custody.
- Investigators report the 56-year-old man became critically ill overnight on November 8 after eating beans with bacon prepared by his estranged wife, was placed in an induced coma, and later discharged in stable condition.
- Labor analyses detected aconitine in the victim’s stomach contents, blood, and the leftover meal, identifying the potent alkaloid derived from monkshood that can be lethal in small amounts.
- A Düsseldorf-led homicide commission conducted searches and phone-data evaluations, and police say they received a tip that the wife had previously threatened to poison the husband.