RIDGEFIELD, CT – A 33-year-old woman is facing charges of attempted murder after authorities say she tried to poison the father of their child by spiking a wine bottle in the victim’s home with a chemical compound found in antifreeze.
On October 3rd, Connecticut State Police arrested Kristen Emily Hogan on two counts of attempted murder as well as a single count of interfering with an officer, with the more serious charges stemming from Hogan’s alleged acts of poisoning the father of her child’s beverages this past August.
According to Hogan’s arrest warrant, the victim and Hogan were slated to have an appearance in court regarding child custody matters on August 7th, yet Hogan wound up never appearing. During the missed court appearance, Hogan’s ex received a notification from his home internet service that Hogan’s personal device had connected to the internet inside of his home. Yet, when the victim arrived back at his home, Hogan was nowhere in sight.
On August 10th, three days after the missed court appearance, the victim wound up having some wine left over from an August 5th dinner, later informing police that he woke up vomiting the following morning on August 6th and needed to be hospitalized. Medical staff initially thought the victim was enduring a stroke due to his symptoms, but later testing revealed he was suffering from ethylene glycol poisoning which resulted in renal failure and being sent to the hospital ICU and placed on dialysis.
The victim was released from the hospital on August 22nd, with police later seizing the wine from his home for forensic testing. Results for the aforementioned testing came back on September 30th showing the presence of ethylene glycol. During police interviews with the victim, he reportedly told investigators he suspected Hogan poisoned him to gain full custody of their child and also gain ownership of his home.
Investigators confronted Hogan on October 2nd, armed with information pertaining to the tainted wine bottle, her suspicious online searches from August, as well as cell phone data placing her at the victim’s home on August 7th.
The online history in question involved Google searches of “penalty for not appearing for court hearing on your own motion” made on August 6th, as well as “how much mono ethylene glycol would kill you,” made on August 11th after the victim was admitted to the hospital.
While Hogan attempted to stick to her story that she was in Rhode Island on August 7th, when confronted with the overwhelming evidence in question, she admitted to authorities that she’d purchased the ethylene glycol on July 28th and had at one time slipped some in the victim’s iced tea as well as the wine bottle during her scheduled court appearance.
During Hogan’s October 2nd interview with authorities, she was reportedly at the hospital alongside her and the victim’s child, who was also hospitalized under suspicious circumstances. Although Hogan reportedly admitted to investigators that she wanted to make her ex “sick as payback for him being mentally abusive,” she denied accusations that her alleged poisoning exploits may’ve impacted her then-hospitalized child.
Hogan remains in custody with her bond being set at $1 million, with her next scheduled court date being October 9th.
On October 3rd, Connecticut State Police arrested Kristen Emily Hogan on two counts of attempted murder as well as a single count of interfering with an officer, with the more serious charges stemming from Hogan’s alleged acts of poisoning the father of her child’s beverages this past August.
According to Hogan’s arrest warrant, the victim and Hogan were slated to have an appearance in court regarding child custody matters on August 7th, yet Hogan wound up never appearing. During the missed court appearance, Hogan’s ex received a notification from his home internet service that Hogan’s personal device had connected to the internet inside of his home. Yet, when the victim arrived back at his home, Hogan was nowhere in sight.
On August 10th, three days after the missed court appearance, the victim wound up having some wine left over from an August 5th dinner, later informing police that he woke up vomiting the following morning on August 6th and needed to be hospitalized. Medical staff initially thought the victim was enduring a stroke due to his symptoms, but later testing revealed he was suffering from ethylene glycol poisoning which resulted in renal failure and being sent to the hospital ICU and placed on dialysis.
The victim was released from the hospital on August 22nd, with police later seizing the wine from his home for forensic testing. Results for the aforementioned testing came back on September 30th showing the presence of ethylene glycol. During police interviews with the victim, he reportedly told investigators he suspected Hogan poisoned him to gain full custody of their child and also gain ownership of his home.
Investigators confronted Hogan on October 2nd, armed with information pertaining to the tainted wine bottle, her suspicious online searches from August, as well as cell phone data placing her at the victim’s home on August 7th.
The online history in question involved Google searches of “penalty for not appearing for court hearing on your own motion” made on August 6th, as well as “how much mono ethylene glycol would kill you,” made on August 11th after the victim was admitted to the hospital.
While Hogan attempted to stick to her story that she was in Rhode Island on August 7th, when confronted with the overwhelming evidence in question, she admitted to authorities that she’d purchased the ethylene glycol on July 28th and had at one time slipped some in the victim’s iced tea as well as the wine bottle during her scheduled court appearance.
During Hogan’s October 2nd interview with authorities, she was reportedly at the hospital alongside her and the victim’s child, who was also hospitalized under suspicious circumstances. Although Hogan reportedly admitted to investigators that she wanted to make her ex “sick as payback for him being mentally abusive,” she denied accusations that her alleged poisoning exploits may’ve impacted her then-hospitalized child.
Hogan remains in custody with her bond being set at $1 million, with her next scheduled court date being October 9th.
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