ROCKFORD, Mich. (WOOD) — A Rockford woman faces a maximum of 15 years in prison for allegedly trying to poison her housemate's tea.
Maria Pilar Mirque, 54, was living with her 58-year-old house mate on Oak Street in Rockford. That ended in November, according to police, when the housemate looked at the video from a camera inside the house. In it, she saw Mirque removing the jar she uses for tea from the refrigerator, pouring something into it and then putting it back without drinking from it.
The suspicious housemate brought the jar to Rockford police, who sent it off to Michigan State Police for testing. The tests found it contained venlafaxine, an antidepressant more commonly known by the brand name Effexor, and diphenhydramine, an antihistamine.
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