Man accused of poisoning ex claimed he ingested lead: Docs
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Background: The Morgan County Courthouse in Decatur, Ala. (Google Maps). Inset: Brian Mann (Morgan County Sheriff’s Office).

A man from Alabama faced accusations of attempting to poison his estranged wife with lead and reportedly claimed that she wasn’t the only person being poisoned.

Brian Mann, 36, faced an attempted murder charge after authorities alleged he poisoned his wife with lead remnants from a construction project. The couple was in the process of divorcing in September 2022 when the woman was hospitalized for nearly two months. Court documents obtained by local CBS affiliate WHNT indicate that Hartselle Police Department became aware of her condition and launched an investigation to determine the cause of her unresponsiveness.

Investigators eventually believed that Mann “intentionally caus[ed] her to unwittingly ingest particles of lead.”

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Court documents reveal that investigators were instructed to search for lead sources in the couple’s residence. Mann reportedly cooperated by allowing a home search and providing the vitamins and prescription medications his wife had been using. However, they found no evidence of lead in the home. A follow-up search was also unsuccessful.

Investigators reportedly asked Mann if he or the couple’s children had been tested for lead poisoning. Mann reportedly told them he was “still trying” to find a place to be tested, according to the documents.

Police were eventually contacted by a nurse practitioner at Decatur General Hospital, who told them, according to the affidavit obtained by the Hartselle Enquirer, that Mann had told her that he “did an X-ray on himself and observed a substance in his gut, which he believed to be lead.” When she told him that they needed to do another scan to determine whether the possible poisoning had just occurred or had been ongoing, Mann reportedly became “visibly nervous” and apparently indicated that he wanted to leave.

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