A Massachusetts woman is suspected of trying to poison her husband with tainted soup after a person posing as a soap opera star online told her to get rid of him, according to police records.
A Townsend police incident report said Roxanne Doucette, 64, is being investigated on suspicion of attempted murder using poison. The report listed Doucette’s husband as the alleged victim and her 40-year-old daughter as a witness.
Doucette has not been charged in connection with the poisoning allegations, which are spelled out in police and court documents that allege she messaged a person online who posed as actor Thorsten Kaye, one of the stars of the daytime soap “The Bold and the Beautiful.”
On Dec. 1, "Kaye" told Doucette: “You have to get rid of your husband honey. I need you so much,” court documents said.
Doucette said she needed to do some thinking, the filings said.
Later that day, at 2:34 p.m., according to the documents, Doucette messaged the profile: “Making an amazing soup. Special potion. He will be hungry when he gets back. Just enough for him.”
About two hours later, according to the filings, she sent another message saying: “Hubby got back not feeling well. Maybe I can collect life insurance.” "Kaye" responded, “Honey when will that be?” and Doucette replied, “Don’t know,” according to the court documents.
Just after 5 p.m. that day, Doucette called 911 for her 73-year-old husband. The report said he was unresponsive but breathing and had a cardiac history, and he was taken to Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer.
At the hospital, Doucette's daughter became suspicious.
The daughter contacted Ayer police, saying she believed her mother poisoned her father and had been chatting with the fake soap opera profile user, who scammed her into giving them money, the filings said.
The daughter went through the messages on her mother’s phone and took screenshots and came upon the messages about the soup, according to the court documents.
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