Woman tried to help boyfriend poison ex-girlfriends: DA
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Background: News coverage of the hazmat inquiry in Madison, Wis. (WMTV). Insets (left to right): Paul Van Duyne and Andrea Whitaker (Dane County Jail).

A Wisconsin couple allegedly attempting to poison the man’s former partners with cyanide has become the focus of a multiagency investigation that resulted in several agents being hospitalized.

Paul Van Duyne, 43, and Andrea Whitaker, 41, are currently held in Dane County Jail after being charged by prosecutors with numerous felonies concerning several hazmat probes across Wisconsin. Van Duyne faces charges including one count of stalking and two counts of attempted first-degree murder, while Whitaker is charged with aiding a felon and one count of attempted first-degree murder.

During Whitaker’s bail hearing on Wednesday, Dane County Assistant District Attorney William Brown told the court that her search history revealed several inquiries about cyanide, including “What does cyanide look like?”

Other alleged searches included “Cyanide lethal dose?” and “Does potassium cyanide cloud water?”

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WMTV, a local NBC affiliate, was in the courtroom for Whitaker’s hearing, during which Brown outlined the charges against her. According to WMTV’s reporting, Brown said that Van Duyne allegedly attempted to kill two of his ex-girlfriends with cyanide and enlisted Whitaker to help him cover up evidence, saying, “It does appear that this defendant and Mr. Van Duyne have started dating and apparently created this plot to kill his ex-girlfriends by poisoning them with cyanide valium poisons.”

Local ABC affiliate WISN was also in the courtroom when Brown revealed Whitaker’s internet search history in court, stating, “‘Does potassium cyanide cloud water?’ ‘Sodium cyanide odor, sodium cyanide.’ Over and over again, she’s searching different kinds of poisons. ‘What does cyanide look like?’ ‘Cyanide lethal dose?'”

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