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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrea Cavallier

Woman spent months slowly poisoning her ex-cop boyfriend to death with eyedrops: ‘She watched him suffer’

Marcy Oglesby, 53, learned her fate on October 27 after being found guilty in June of first-degree murder, attempted murder, and aggravated battery - (Knox County Jail)

An Illinois woman who spent months secretly poisoning her former police officer boyfriend to death using over-the-counter eye drops has been sentenced to 50 years in prison.

Marcy Oglesby, 53, was found guilty in June of first-degree murder, attempted murder, and aggravated battery in the death of Richard Young, 71, the former police chief of Maquon, according to State’s Attorney Ashley Worby.

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