Criminal Justice
Lawyer accused of trying to poison her husband
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Sara Baker, an Alabama lawyer, was arrested for allegedly trying to poison her husband. (Screenshot from YouTube)
An Alabama attorney has been accused of trying to poison her husband with a substance she believed to be fentanyl.
Sara Baker, 74, of Vinemont, Alabama, is accused of putting the substance in her husband’s food or drink on three separate occasions in September, report the Cullman Tribune, Law & Crime, ABC 33/40, WAFF 48 and WVTM 13.
Baker was arrested Nov. 25 on charges of conspiracy to commit murder, attempted murder, distribution of a controlled substance, second-degree elder abuse, solicitation to commit a controlled substance crime and second-degree domestic violence.
WVTV reports that Baker was caring for her husband, former Auburn University player Doyle Baker, after he had a stroke. They had been married for about 30 years, according to Law & Crime. Doyle Baker, he is identified as James Doyle Baker in the complaint, is listed online as an Auburn Tigers football player in 1975 and 1976.
A witness listed in the criminal complaint is a woman who was indicted in August for trying to destroy evidence by ingesting fentanyl. Baker was the fentanyl defendant’s lawyer in the case, ABC 33/40 reports. It’s unclear if she is the person Baker allegedly solicited to supply the fentanyl.
An email seeking comment sent to Baker’s law offices produced an automatic reply stating she will be out of the office until Dec. 10. A voicemail left with Baker’s assistant at her law office was not immediately returned.
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