{"id":629,"date":"2026-05-03T05:07:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T05:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/woman-poisons-boyfriends-drink-then-films-his-agony-as-organs-shut-down\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T05:07:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T05:07:41","slug":"woman-poisons-boyfriends-drink-then-films-his-agony-as-organs-shut-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/woman-poisons-boyfriends-drink-then-films-his-agony-as-organs-shut-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman poisons boyfriend&#8217;s drink then films his agony as organs shut down"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_5f510e\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">Judy Church knew her boyfriend Leroy Fowler was seeing another woman, and on his 55th birthday made him a drink&#8230;that would end up being his last in a crime that shocked the US<\/h2>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37100143\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Judy Church, 67, was found guilty of first-degree murder &quot;with premeditation and extreme atrocity and cruelty&quot; in the Nov. 2022 death of 55-year-old Leroy Fowler.\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1_Screenshot-2026-04-08-at-132418JPG.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Judy Church, 67, was found guilty of first-degree murder &quot;with premeditation and extreme atrocity and cruelty&quot; in the Nov. 2022 death of 55-year-old Leroy Fowler.\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Judy Church, 67, was found guilty of first-degree murder &#8220;with premeditation and extreme atrocity and cruelty&#8221; in the Nov. 2022 death of 55-year-old Leroy Fowler.<cite aria-label=\"Image: &#9;CBS News\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: \tCBS News)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Judy Church knew her boyfriend Leroy Fowler was seeing another woman, but she stayed with him in the belief that one day he\u2019d pick her. Church and Leroy had been together for around 10 years. They\u2019d met when Leroy\u2019s marriage ended and he moved into Church\u2019s home in Salisbury, Massachusetts, as a tenant. Church was a former teacher and the provider in the relationship. She\u2019d often spoil Leroy with gifts, even buying him a motorcycle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">But for eight years, Leroy was also seeing Barbara Randall, a woman he had reconnected with on <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/facebook\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Facebook<\/a>. They were \u201coff and on\u201d and Church wasn\u2019t happy about the relationship. At one point she messaged Barbara to try and get her to end things, saying that Leroy \u201conly loves himself\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><span data-testid=\"readmore\" class=\"ReadMore_readmore-prefix__xS44r __className_0548ba\">READ MORE<!-- -->: <span class=\"ReadMore_readmore-link__eF9pN\"><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" data-tmdatatrack=\"read-more\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37064559\" data-tmdatatrack-source=\"editorial\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/funeral-home-smell-grim-discovery-37064559\" tabindex=\"0\">Funeral home couple who left 189 bodies to rot exposed as odd liquid seeps under door<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cHe\u2019s playing us both with lies upon lies,\u201d she wrote. \u201cHe\u2019s a coward! Plain and simple and it\u2019s time we both toss him out.\u201d On 11 November, 2022, it was Leroy\u2019s 55th birthday. Church made sure he had his favourite drink, a fruit-punch flavoured Powerade. At 8pm, she made a 911 call and said Leroy was seriously unwell.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37100164\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37100164\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Leroy Fowler, who was poisoned with anti-freeze\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_Screenshot-2026-04-08-at-134512JPG.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Leroy Fowler, who was poisoned with anti-freeze\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Leroy Fowler, who was poisoned with anti-freeze<cite aria-label=\"Image: WCVB Channel 5 Boston\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: WCVB Channel 5 Boston)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cMy boyfriend must have ingested something and he can\u2019t stand. His nose is bleeding and he told me to call the ambulance,\u201d she said, also saying he was manically pulling the place apart. When the paramedics arrived, they found Leroy extremely confused and in pain. He admitted he had taken the drug Percocet the night before but none that day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">At the hospital, doctors put Leroy on life support as his organs started shutting down. His family rushed to his side and were told by medical staff that they suspected Leroy\u2019s state was caused by ingesting antifreeze. Antifreeze contains ethylene glycol, a substance found in de-icing fluid and hydraulic brake fluid. It would explain his altered state and extreme kidney failure. It had done irreparable damage to his body and after two days, Leroy\u2019s life support was turned off and he died.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">By then, Leroy\u2019s family had called the police and pointed the finger at Church. They explained that Leroy had been seeing Barbara and that Church was furious about it. Leroy\u2019s stepson said Leroy had confessed before that he thought Church was poisoning him because he felt so unwell when he was around her and better when they were apart.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37100165\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37100165\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.82\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Crime scene footage from Leroy's murder\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_Screenshot-2026-04-08-at-133831JPG.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Crime scene footage from Leroy's murder\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Crime scene footage from Leroy&#8217;s murder<cite aria-label=\"Image: COURT TV\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: COURT TV)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">An autopsy confirmed there was antifreeze in Leroy\u2019s body. At first, Church wouldn\u2019t let the police into her property and they spoke outside. She denied Leroy had eaten or drunk anything before he\u2019d fallen sick. Church\u2019s adult son, who lived in the building, suggested it could have been carbon dioxide poisoning. The police returned with a search warrant and found the place \u201cdirty and cluttered\u201d. They found an empty de-icer bottle that had previously had orange liquid in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">They also found the fruit punch Powerade bottle, which should have had red liquid in but at the bottom there was orange liquid. Tests confirmed it had antifreeze in and Church\u2019s DNA was on the bottle. Officers found a notebook that Church had written in when she was angry at Leroy. One entry said, \u201cI hate being alone. I hate you for all the lies. You don\u2019t love me; this is not love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Investigators seized Church\u2019s phone and were horrified to discover she had made 13 videos of Leroy as he was writhing around in agony and begging for help before she called 911. At one point she can be heard cruelly mocking him by saying, \u201cAre you having fun?\u201d<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37100172\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37100172\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.77\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"For eight years, Leroy was also seeing Barbara Randall, a woman he had reconnected with on Facebook.\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_Screenshot-2026-04-08-at-132802JPG.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"For eight years, Leroy was also seeing Barbara Randall, a woman he had reconnected with on Facebook.\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">For eight years, Leroy was also seeing Barbara Randall, a woman he had reconnected with on Facebook.<cite aria-label=\"Image: COURT TV\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: COURT TV)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">They also found a staged photo of Leroy as he lay dying in hospital. Church had placed birthday gifts and a pastry she\u2019d bought him on top of him in his hospital bed. It was chilling. Church was arrested and charged with Leroy\u2019s murder. At the trial this year, the prosecution called the love triangle between Church, Leroy and Barbara \u201ctoxic and dysfunctional\u201d. They said Church had used the antifreeze as a murder weapon and she was the only one who had access to add it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Antifreeze has a sweet taste that would have been hidden by the Powerade, so Leroy wouldn\u2019t have noticed when he drank it. The court heard that Church had waited at least 30 minutes to call 911 while Leroy was in agony as his organs were shutting down. Instead of getting him help, she had filmed him and enjoyed his pain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The jury were horrified to watch him staggering and groaning in distress, while Church could be heard mocking him, saying, \u201cIs it your birthday?\u201d Leroy\u2019s sister testified that he\u2019d said before that he suspected she might have put something in a shake that she\u2019d made for him, but he didn\u2019t have any proof.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37100174\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37100174\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The voodoo doll\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_Screenshot-2026-04-08-at-133312JPG.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"The voodoo doll\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">The voodoo doll<cite aria-label=\"Image: COURT TV\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: COURT TV)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">More disturbing evidence came in the form of a voodoo doll made from a sock that had \u201cBarb\u201d written on it. Leroy\u2019s son testified that Church would stick pins in it and throw it around. When Barbara took the stand, she said Leroy would play her and Church off against each other. She said she had a nickname for Church, which was \u201cGrandma\u201d because she looked like one, but was starting to feel sorry for her as Church tried to buy Leroy\u2019s affections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Barbara said Church had bought Leroy a white motorcycle because she\u2019d seen Barbara on the back of his black one and no longer wanted her to have that intimate spot. The defence said Leroy had taken the drug Percocet so it could have been an accidental overdose. They said that despite the other woman, Church and Leroy had a good relationship and were planning on moving to Florida together. They claimed she\u2019d already \u201cwon\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">But the court heard that Church would make inappropriate jokes about harming Leroy and even told a family friend, \u201cIf he ever cheats on me, I\u2019ll poison him.\u201d In March this year, Church, 67, was found guilty of first-degree murder with premeditation and extreme atrocity and cruelty. A month later, the judge imposed the mandated sentence of life without parole. They said, \u201cThat is the exact sentence I would impose if I did have discretion.\u201d<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37100178\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37100178\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.77\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Judy Church, who poisoned her boyfriend with antifreeze\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_Screenshot-2026-04-08-at-134523JPG.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Judy Church, who poisoned her boyfriend with antifreeze\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Judy Church, who poisoned her boyfriend with antifreeze<cite aria-label=\"Image: WCVB Channel 5 Boston\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: WCVB Channel 5 Boston)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Barbara gave a statement saying her relationship with Leroy wasn\u2019t a conventional love story, but it was theirs. \u201cNo one deserves to suffer like that. No one deserves to have their life ended in fear and pain at the hands of someone he thought he could trust,\u201d she said. Leroy\u2019s sister Tammy said, \u201cLosing a loved one is painful no matter what, but when it happens at the hands of someone else it brings a pain like you\u2019ve never felt before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span data-testid=\"readmore\" class=\"ReadMore_readmore-prefix__xS44r __className_0548ba\">READ MORE<!-- -->: <span class=\"ReadMore_readmore-link__eF9pN\"><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" data-tmdatatrack=\"read-more\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37034188\" data-tmdatatrack-source=\"editorial\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/denise-amber-lee-murder-911-37034188\" tabindex=\"0\">Mum, 21, raped and murdered in USA after 5 emergency calls that could have saved her<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/murder-poisoning-jealousy-affair-leroy-37100048\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Judy Church knew her boyfriend Leroy Fowler was seeing another woman, and on his 55th<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":630,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1777784861_1_Screenshot-2026-04-08-at-132418JPG.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}