JUDY

Judy Gasper, 81, of Oskaloosa, passed away Friday, December 23, 2022, at the Mahaska Health Hospice Serenity House. Judith Kay Gasper, daughter of Leonard ...

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Judy Church, 64, is charged with murder in the death of 46-year-old Leroy Fowler.

Prosecutors allege 64-year-old Judy Church used ethylene glycol to fatally poison her boyfriend, 46-year-old Leroy Fowler, last month.

The man was found by EMS in obvious medical distress and taken to Anna Jacques Hospital in Newburyport and then to Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge. [WHDH](https://whdh.com/news/salisbury-woman-accused-of-fatally-poisoning-her-boyfriend/) reported. Untreated, poisoning by the liquid can be fatal, according to the [CDC](https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ershdb/emergencyresponsecard_29750031.html).

Authorities say 64-year-old Judy Church, of Salisbury, poisoned her boyfriend, 46-year-old Leroy Fowler, with ethylene glycol, a compound commonly found in.

They said it was a confined area with the house's heating and hot water appliances, and he was moving boxes in and out of the space, which connected to the son's apartment and also had an outside access door. Michael Hawkins, who told detectives he is Fowler's stepson, said he was driving with Fowler two weeks ago when out of the blue he said he thought Church was poisoning him. She told detectives he had used cocaine and Percocet in the past but she was not aware of any current narcotic use. She went over to a first-floor apartment, telling detectives that her son lived below her and she wanted to give him the food. Church reported Fowler had not had anything to eat or drink that morning, and she had no knowledge of any suicidal thoughts. Church was interviewed on the sidewalk out front, during which time her 26-year-old son, Douglas Church, walked outside and began participating in the interview. According to a probable cause statement, detectives also spoke with one of Fowler's doctors at Mount Auburn Hospital who stated he believed this was poisoning with antifreeze. When one of the detectives introduced himself, court documents show she asked, "what is this about?" Officers reviewed police body camera footage as part of their initial investigation and found the Central Avenue residence was cluttered, with numerous bottles that appeared to be cleaning materials on the counters and floor in the kitchen. According to court documents, hospital staff informed Fowler's family that his kidneys were damaged and based on his symptoms, they believed he could have ingested poison -- specifically antifreeze. She also reported Fowler "had hit everything in the apartment." Fowler was taken to three different hospitals for care, and was pronounced dead on Nov.

The Essex County District Attorney's office said that Church called 911 on the night of November 11. First responders found her boyfriend, 46-year-old Leroy ...

That compound is usually found in antifreeze, deicing fluid and hydraulic brake fluid, the D.A. The Medical Examiner determined that Fowler's cause of death was ethylene glycol poisoning. Judy Church was arraigned Friday in Newburyport District Court.

The Essex County Attorney's Office said Judy Church, 64, called police to her home Nov. 11. First responders found Leroy Fowler in obvious medical distress.

Fowler's told police had a second girlfriend and she had taken a life insurance policy out on him. He was taken to two other hospitals for treatment of poisoning from ethylene glycol and died Nov. First responders found Leroy Fowler in "obvious medical distress" and took him to Anna Jacques Hospital.