Arizona woman accused of using feces in attempt to kill husband
February 2, 2014 -- Updated 1802 GMT (0202 HKT)
Rosemary Vogel was arrested after a warning alarm on her husband's IV monitor sounded.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- Rosemary Vogel, 65, is charged with attempted first-degree murder
- A nurse, she allegedly put feces-laced fluid into her 66-year-old husband's IV
- The couple was in his recovery room following his surgery
- "This is the first that I've heard where fecal matter has been injected into an IV," officer says
Rosemary Vogel, 65, of
Sun Lakes, was arrested after a warning alarm on the IV monitor sounded
Thursday. She is now charged with attempted first-degree murder and
vulnerable adult abuse, according to police and CNN affiliate KTVK.
Her husband, whose name
wasn't released by authorities, is expected to survive as he recovers in
Chandler Regional Medical Center, said Sgt. Joe Favazzo.
KTVK reported that Vogel
is a registered nurse and was a hospital employee at one time, according
to the probable cause statement written by police.
Vogel's attorney couldn't immediately be reached for comment.
"This is the first that I've heard where fecal matter has been injected into an IV system," Favazzo told KTVK.
After the IV monitor
alarm sounded, the hospital staff entered the recovery room and found
Vogel manipulating her husband's IV, police said.
The hospital found a brown substance in the IV line and immediately removed it from his arm, police said.
Vogel allegedly tried to drain the fluid from the line into a waste basket, but a nurse intervened, police said.
A test revealed the fluid contained fecal matter, police said.
Vogel's purse contained
three more syringes. Two of them contained fluid, and the third appeared
to have trace amounts of fecal matter, police said.
Police don't have a motive, Favazzo said.
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