PA Woman Who Killed Husband By Feeding Him Rat Poison For a Year Being Released: Report

A Pennsylvania woman who killed her husband by slipping rat poison into his food and drinks for a year is set to be released from prison, reports say.

According to AP, Joann Curley, 53, will be released after serving a 20 year sentence for the 1991 murder.

Curley killed her husband Robert Curley by dosing him with Thallium, a substance once used in rat poison, over the course of a year to cash in on a $300,000 life insurance policy and to prevent him from spending a $1.7 million settlement she won in a lawsuit, according to AP.

Curley also dosed herself and her then 4-year-old daughter in an attempt to dupe authorities regarding who was actually poisoning Robert Curley, AP reports

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