A Connecticut mother has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly carrying out a calculated antifreeze poisoning plot against her husband amid a bitter custody dispute.
Kristen Hogan, 33, of Ridgefield, was arrested Friday and charged with two counts of attempted murder and one count of interfering with an officer, according to the Connecticut State Police. Investigators say Hogan poisoned her husband’s wine with ethylene glycol, the main ingredient in antifreeze, in an apparent act of revenge.
Court documents reveal that Hogan’s husband became violently ill after drinking a “small amount” of wine from his refrigerator on August 7. Doctors ruled out a stroke and later determined he had been poisoned with antifreeze. When questioned by detectives, Hogan admitted she spiked his wine but claimed she “never intended to kill him, but just wanted to make him sick as payback for him being mentally abusive.”
Authorities say Hogan also tampered with a bottle of tea on another occasion and that her child was hospitalized in September with similar symptoms. On her phone, investigators discovered internet searches for “monoethylene glycol” and “how much… would kill you.”
The husband told police Hogan was the only person with access to his home and that she stood to gain full ownership of their house and custody of their child if he died.
Hogan is being held on a $1 million bond.
