Scientist accused of killing M.D. wife with cyanide-laced supplement he said would help her conceive

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A University of Pittsburgh medical researcher accused of poisoning his neurologist wife with a supplement she apparently thought would help them have a baby was arrested on Thursday in West Virginia, authorities said.

Dr. Robert Ferrante laced an energy supplement with cyanide and gave it to Dr. Autumn Klein, a neurologist at the university's medical school, hours after they exchanged text messages about how the supplement could help them conceive, according to a police complaint.

"Will it stimulate egg production too?" Klein, 41, asked about nine hours before she fell ill.

Ferrante, 64, responded with a smiling emoticon.


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