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Utah Woman Accused of Attempting to Poison Husband Twice Before Fatal Incident Now Faces Another Murder Charge

A Utah woman is now facing another attempted murder charge for allegedly drugging her husband weeks before fatally poisoning him in 2022. Kouri Richins, accused of killing her husband with a lethal dose of fentanyl in their mountain town near Park City, has been charged with an earlier attempt on his life on Valentine’s Day. According to newly filed charging documents by Summit County prosecutors, the months leading up to Eric Richins’ death were fraught …

Shocking Coroner’s Report Reveals Dangerous Consequences of Frog Poison “Healing” Rituals

Lismore, New South Wales – A recent coroner’s report has shed light on the dangerous trend of vulnerable individuals participating in “healing” rituals involving frog poison under the guise of alternative health practices. The practice, known as a kambo ceremony, involves applying toxin from the giant monkey frog to burn wounds in hopes of achieving healing effects, but has tragically been linked to multiple deaths in Australia. The report stems from a three-day inquest into …

Alleged Poison Seller Charged with Murder in Ontario Amid International Investigation

Toronto, Ontario – Law enforcement agencies in Ontario are actively collaborating with international partners in the investigation of Kenneth Law, a suspected poison seller now facing charges of murder in connection with multiple deaths across the province. According to York Regional Police Insp. Simon James, who leads a multi-service task force probing Law’s activities, their efforts involve close cooperation with agencies such as the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the U.K.’s National Crime …

Ontario Task Force Collaborating with Global Law Enforcement in Poison Seller Kenneth Law Probe

Toronto, Canada – Ontario police are intensifying their investigation into Kenneth Law, an alleged poison seller charged with multiple counts of murder. The task force leading the investigation is collaborating with law enforcement agencies around the world, including the U.S. FBI and the U.K.’s National Crime Agency. According to York Regional Police Insp. Simon James, Law has been charged with 14 counts of second-degree murder, in addition to the 14 counts of aiding suicide that …

Police Investigate Chain of Suspected Poison Suicides Linked to Religious Preacher’s Sermons

YAKKALA, SRI LANKA – The bodies of a young man and a woman, believed to have died from consuming poison, were discovered by police on Tuesday in the towns of Yakkala and Maharagama. Both individuals were reportedly followers of a religious preacher who had committed suicide in the Makumbura area of Homagama. According to Police Media Spokesman SSP Nihal Thalduwa, seven deaths suspected to be suicides related to the consumption of a similar type of …

Ontario Poison Seller Kenneth Law Charged in Connection with 14 Ontario Deaths

Kenneth Law, a 58-year-old man from Mississauga, Ontario, has been charged with 14 counts of second-degree murder in connection with multiple deaths across the province. The new charges are related to the same alleged victims in several Ontario cities, including Toronto and Thunder Bay. Law was already facing 14 counts of counseling or aiding suicide. Among the alleged victims are Stephen Mitchell Jr., 21, from Toronto, and Ashtyn Prosser, 19, from Windsor, Ontario. Law was …