Couple charged in alleged cyanide plot to kill ex-girlfriends; agents hospitalized during search

A Wisconsin couple person been charged successful a crippled to termination 2 women with cyanide, and respective investigators tracking the brace were hospitalized aft coming into interaction with the poison, according to prosecutors and reports. 

Paul VanDuyne and Andrea Whitaker are accused of creating poisons and utilizing them successful an elaborate effort to execution 2 antithetic women who were ex-girlfriend’s of VanDuyne, according to the Wisconsin Justice Department.

Prosecutors allege VanDuyne broke into a woman’s car successful a Middleton Costco parking batch past period and contaminated her h2o vessel with cyanide. She recovered radical extracurricular her car telling her that the car had been tampered with, though she didn’t find thing incorrect astatine the time, Fox 47 reported. She did find the h2o tasted funny, the outlet reported.

Paul VanDuyne and Andrea Whitaker (Dane County Sheriff's Office)

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Two weeks later, the aforesaid happening is alleged to person happened again. This time, the pistillate brought the vessel to the police, who tested it and confirmed it contained cyanide. 

Around the aforesaid time, different pistillate successful Rock County was hospitalized aft drinking cyanide-tainted h2o recovered successful her car aft a gym visit. 

Both alleged victims concisely dated VanDuyne, prosecutors said. 

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VanDuyne was arrested Sunday aft the hazmat-linked investigations and aft authorities caught him allegedly trying to assistance screen up evidence.

Police had been monitoring VanDuyne but were forced to determination rapidly erstwhile helium tried to interaction the Rock County pistillate past weekend. He was arrested and booked Sunday.

While successful jail, VanDuyne called Whitaker and asked her to region items from his house, prosecutors said.  

Agents intercepted her leaving with her belongings. When searching her phone, they recovered aggregate messages betwixt the mates discussing antithetic poisons. Prosecutors judge the brace were readying to execution VanDuyne’s ex-girlfriends with poison.

At slightest 7 authorities investigators connected the lawsuit person been hospitalized for imaginable vulnerability to the poison, WISN.com reported. 

A Wisconsin mates person been charged successful a crippled to allegedly termination 2 women with cyanide. And respective investigators tracking the brace were hospitalized aft coming into interaction with the poison, according to prosecutors and reports. (iStock)

The outlet reported that Dane County Assistant District Attorney William Brown revealed Whitaker's online past included searches for "Does potassium cyanide unreality water?" and "Sodium cyanide odor, sodium cyanide."

Searches besides included "What does cyanide look like?" and "Cyanide lethal," helium said. 

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VanDuyne and Whitaker look charges successful Rock County of attempted homicide, aggravated battery, reckless endangerment and stalking — each involving a unsafe weapon.

In Dane County, VanDuyne faces much charges for attempted homicide and stalking, portion Whitaker is besides accused of helping him and trying to screen it up.

Seven agencies were progressive successful the investigation, including the Wisconsin Department of Justice’s Division of Criminal Investigation, the Rock County Sheriff's Office, the Wisconsin State Crime Laboratories and the FBI.