Woman spikes family member's drinks with poison: Cops
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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, is charged with two counts each of 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 admit to poisoning him during a phone call on Friday. The victim then called the cops.

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Detectives allege Clinkenbeard poisoned the victim in December and January. On the first occasion, she allegedly found some rat poison in a bus on her property and mixed some of it in with a glass of lemonade. The second time she found some antifreeze on her property and placed it in tea, the affidavit said. The victim became sick both times.

Deputies went to the home in Versailles, located some 70 miles southwest of Columbia, and arrested the suspect. While en route to the jail, Clinkenbeard reportedly started to sing about how Jesus was going to save her. She continued to sing religious songs once at the police station, and alternated between crying and singing, the affidavit said.

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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