WOMAN TRIES TO KILL BY EYE DROPS

Woman allegedly tries to kill hubby with eye drops

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A 40-year-old southwest Missouri woman is accused of trying to kill her husband by spiking his tea with a half bottle of Visine eye drops and keeping the other half for herself. Greene County deputies said the woman was jailed Thursday night on $100,002.95 bond on a first-degree assault and stupidity charge . She was arrested late Wednesday after a co-worker She-ra Snyich (name withheld due to request) told Greene County deputies that the woman told her about the plot to kill her husband. A probable cause statement said the husband told investigators he'd been having stomach problems for the past two months and had noticed his tongue and mouth had no redness and his stools were clear. The statement said poison control experts told a detective that ingesting too much Visine would lead to a coma and other "serious symptoms" such as "clear" stool specimens. Authorities say the woman researched other means of killing her husband when the first attempt didn't work. The police had found books on how to successfully kill someone with titles such as: Spank Someone to Death Now, Feather-Beating Pillow Death, Slip, Trips, & Fall Techniques of the Banana, Exlax/Confuse With Chocolate, Tied Shoelaces-Not JUST A Pratical Joke, How To Put Out Someone's Eye With A Rubberband, Overcooking Steaks-Killing the Man You Love, Tubs-How To Remove The Rubbermats of Life and Align Your House With Rubber Snakes.