Woman accused of trying to poison boyfriend with Drano, which he thought was medicine

Monday, May 6, 2019
Woman accused of poisoning boyfriend with Drano
Woman accused of poisoning boyfriend with Drano

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah -- A Utah woman said she gave her boyfriend drain cleaner to help put him in "an eternal sleep," police say.

Officials told KUTV 43-year-old Elle Weissman admitted to giving her partner Drano, when he thought it was medicine.

After he drank the cleaner, she took him to an urgent care facility in Salt Lake City, where staff called police.

He survived, but there's no word on his condition.

Weissman is charged with attempted murder.