Woman kills husband with Sherry.
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 11:48 am
Not for those easily grossed out.
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Wife Of Man Killed By Sherry Enema Surrenders
Woman Faces Homicide Charge In Husband's Alcohol-Poisoning Death
POSTED: 8:17 am CST February 3, 2005
UPDATED: 9:02 am CST February 3, 2005
LAKE JACKSON, Texas -- A Lake Jackson woman charged with killing her husband by using a sherry enema surrendered to police Monday.
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Officials: Husband's Blood-Alcohol Level Was .47 Percent
Tammy Jean Warner, 42, turned herself into police Monday on a charge of criminal negligent homicide connected to her 58-year-old husband's May 2003 death.
Investigators said she gave her husband, Michael Warner, a sherry enema even though she knew his health problems made it extremely dangerous for him to consume alcohol.
Michael Warner died of alcohol poisoning. A toxicology report showed the husband had a blood-alcohol level of point-47 percent when he died, which is six times the legal standard for intoxication. Turner said a person drinking alcohol would usually pass out before getting a lethal dose.
Lake Jackson police detective Robert Turner said investigators believe Mrs. Warner administered at least two large bottles of sherry to her husband.
"The negligent comes from the fact that she provided the alcohol in large quantities to him and that he absorbed it and died from it. She knew and he knew that if he continued to absorb alcohol -- drink alcohol or absorb it any way -- it would kill him," Turner told Local 2.
Neighbors said the man had a history of alcoholism and was seriously ill with liver disease.
Police also charged Warner with fraudulent destruction of a legal document for burning her husband's will about a month before his death.
She was released from the Lake Jackson jail Monday night on a $30,000 bond.
Copyright 2005 by Click2Houston.com. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
http://www.click2houston.com/news/4159172/detail.html
Wife Of Man Killed By Sherry Enema Surrenders
Woman Faces Homicide Charge In Husband's Alcohol-Poisoning Death
POSTED: 8:17 am CST February 3, 2005
UPDATED: 9:02 am CST February 3, 2005
LAKE JACKSON, Texas -- A Lake Jackson woman charged with killing her husband by using a sherry enema surrendered to police Monday.
Video
Officials: Husband's Blood-Alcohol Level Was .47 Percent
Tammy Jean Warner, 42, turned herself into police Monday on a charge of criminal negligent homicide connected to her 58-year-old husband's May 2003 death.
Investigators said she gave her husband, Michael Warner, a sherry enema even though she knew his health problems made it extremely dangerous for him to consume alcohol.
Michael Warner died of alcohol poisoning. A toxicology report showed the husband had a blood-alcohol level of point-47 percent when he died, which is six times the legal standard for intoxication. Turner said a person drinking alcohol would usually pass out before getting a lethal dose.
Lake Jackson police detective Robert Turner said investigators believe Mrs. Warner administered at least two large bottles of sherry to her husband.
"The negligent comes from the fact that she provided the alcohol in large quantities to him and that he absorbed it and died from it. She knew and he knew that if he continued to absorb alcohol -- drink alcohol or absorb it any way -- it would kill him," Turner told Local 2.
Neighbors said the man had a history of alcoholism and was seriously ill with liver disease.
Police also charged Warner with fraudulent destruction of a legal document for burning her husband's will about a month before his death.
She was released from the Lake Jackson jail Monday night on a $30,000 bond.
Copyright 2005 by Click2Houston.com. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.