Woman spikes family member's drinks with poison: Cops
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Barbaray Clinkenbeard

Barbaray Clinkenbeard (Morgan County Sheriff’s Office).

A Missouri woman allegedly poisoned a family member by spiking his lemonade and tea with rat poison and antifreeze, causing him to become quite ill.

Barbaray Clinkenbeard, 61, faces charges of two counts each for first-degree domestic assault and armed criminal action. According to a probable cause arrest affidavit from the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office, the victim overheard Clinkenbeard confess to poisoning him during a phone call last Friday. Subsequently, the victim alerted the authorities.

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Detectives claim Clinkenbeard poisoned the victim in December and January. On the first instance, she reportedly discovered some rat poison in a bus on her property and mixed it with a glass of lemonade. The second time, she allegedly found antifreeze on her property and added it to tea, as per the affidavit. The victim fell ill on both occasions.

Deputies arrived at the Versailles home, situated roughly 70 miles southwest of Columbia, and detained the suspect. During the transport to the jail, Clinkenbeard supposedly began singing about how Jesus was going to save her. She persisted in singing religious hymns at the police station, alternating between crying and singing, the affidavit stated.

Clinkenbeard allegedly admitted to poisoning the family member amid arguments with him. Asked if she knew that the amount of poison used in both instances could kill the victim, Clinkenbeard answered in the affirmative, the affidavit said. The victim at first denied Clinkenbeard had poisoned him, but later admitted that she did do so after she confessed to cops, according to the affidavit.

The defendant faces between 10 and 30 years in prison if convicted. She remains at the Morgan County Jail without bond. Her next court date is slated for April 8.

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