Sunday, March 4, 2012

Sudafed Deaths Linked to Plot To Murder Wife

WASHINGTON Eighteen months after two Washington state residentsdied from taking Sudafed capsules laced with cyanide, federalauthorities on Monday announced the arrest of a former insurancesalesman who they say planted the poisoned medicine to conceal ascheme to murder his wife for insurance money.

A 20-count indictment filed in Seattle charged Joseph EarlMeling, 31, with product tampering, mail fraud and perjury.Authorities contended the former Prudential Insurance Co. sales agentinserted sodium cyanide into Sudafed 12-hour capsules and returnedthe products to store shelves.

Authorities said Meling hoped to cover up an attempt to murderhis wife and collect …

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