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Utah woman allegedly tried to kill live-in boyfriend with Drano

A Utah woman was busted for allegedly trying to kill her live-in boyfriend with Drano pipe cleaner — and told investigators she hoped “he would go into eternal sleep,” authorities said.

Elle Weissman, 43, told South Salt Lake City cops that she deliberately gave her 50-year-old beau a spoonful of the drain-cleaning chemical to drink Monday night — knowing full well it would kill him, police said.

He was “partially asleep” when Weissman administered the poison, local station KSL reported, citing a jail booking report.

Once the man swallowed the Drano, he started suffering excruciating pain, police officer Gary Keller told the outlet. Weissman eventually called a cab to bring her boyfriend to an urgent care facility.

Police were dispatched there around 8:40 p.m., authorities said.





The victim survived his lover’s deranged plot — and Weissman told investigators her boyfriend believed she was giving him his medicine, police said.

Weissman was charged with one count of attempted murder and and one count of surreptitious administering of a certain substance — both felonies, police said.

She was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail on Tuesday, and the case will be screened by the county district attorney’s office for formal charges.

Her boyfriend remained hospitalized Thursday, the local station reported.





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