SALISBURY, Mass. (WBZ NewsRadio) — A Salisbury woman was arrested Thursday on charges that she fatally poisoned her boyfriend with ethylene glycol, a compound commonly found in antifreeze, deicing fluid and hydraulic brake fluid.
According to the Essex County District Attorney's Office, Judy Church, 64, called police shortly after 8 p.m. on Nov. 11 requesting an ambulance for her boyfriend Leroy Fowler, 46.
Emergency crews arrived to find Fowler in medical distress. Fowler was taken to three different hospitals and pronounced dead on Nov. 13.
An autopsy determined that Fowler died of ethylene glycol poisoning, the Essex County District Attorney's Office said. The Salisbury Police Department, the Essex State Police Detective Unit, and the Essex County District Attorney's Office conducted an investigation and found additional information that led to Church's arrest.
Church will be arraigned at Newburyport District Court on Friday.
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