Inset: Halie Spidle (Wayne County Sheriff’s Office). Background: The New Venture Group Home in Corydon, Iowa (Google Maps).
Recently, an Iowa woman, previously serving as an administrator at a group home for adults with disabilities, has confessed to introducing hazardous substances into a patient’s intravenous line.
Halie Spidle, aged 37, has entered a guilty plea to three charges related to the administration of harmful substances, stemming from an initial accusation of attempted murder. As reported by CBS affiliate KCCI based in Des Moines, Iowa, Spidle was accused of injecting substances such as an algicide, and potentially brake cleaning fluid, into a patient’s IV at the New Venture Group Home located in Corydon, Iowa, on August 1, 2025.
Authorities allege the act was an attempt to end the patient’s life, although no motive has been disclosed for her actions.
The arrest of Spidle occurred on September 18, 2025, following an investigation by Wayne County Sheriff’s deputies, who claimed she inflicted “algaecide and/or brake cleaner” into the IV of an unsuspecting patient. Subsequent to her detention, Spidle was suspended from her role. An interview with an employee from Wayne County Public Health revealed that Spidle no longer held a position at the group home, though further specifics were not provided.
Spidle is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 22. She faces up to 15 years in prison.
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