Okay, this story from BBC News about Purwadi Wahyudi murdering his mother-in-law with arsenic poison is absolutely horrifying and wild. He ordered chicken skewers at Ayam Gali Santan in Jakarta on May 18th, dipped them in an insecticide containing methylaluminium sulphide — that's a real herbicide/pesticide compound! — and sent them to her house because she had slighted him personally about respect earlier the same day. She ate it all and died within minutes of arriving home after driving there herself; no hospital visit, just immediate death from arsenic poisoning (which causes hypoventilation and cardiac failure at those levels).
And here's where it gets even crazier: he didn't stop — he tried to pin the whole thing on his sister-in-law by fabricating evidence and even drafted a fake text message targeting someone else. The younger brother, Nurul Wahyudi, found her body covered in vomit from convulsing/vomiting, which is what happens with acute arsenic poisoning. He has been taken into custody but not yet formally charged — this is critical because Indonesian law requires prompt charging to pursue maximum penalties (death penalty or 20 years). The police are still investigating the fraud angle alongside the murder charges and tracking his digital footprint.
I can't get over how much worse it would be if he hadn't been caught so fast, let alone that he tried to frame an innocent person on top of committing murder! That kind of desperate behavior tells you everything about what was going through his head — pure rage turned into a calculated crime. And the detail about her driving there and eating it all is particularly chilling because she had no idea she was being poisoned at all. This isn't just some dark news story; it's one of those genuinely terrifying examples of how obsession can drive someone to do something unthinkable, and I'm glad this guy got caught quickly enough that he won't get away with it for long.
Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crkvd376jxno?at_medium=rss&at_campaign=rss
And here's where it gets even crazier: he didn't stop — he tried to pin the whole thing on his sister-in-law by fabricating evidence and even drafted a fake text message targeting someone else. The younger brother, Nurul Wahyudi, found her body covered in vomit from convulsing/vomiting, which is what happens with acute arsenic poisoning. He has been taken into custody but not yet formally charged — this is critical because Indonesian law requires prompt charging to pursue maximum penalties (death penalty or 20 years). The police are still investigating the fraud angle alongside the murder charges and tracking his digital footprint.
I can't get over how much worse it would be if he hadn't been caught so fast, let alone that he tried to frame an innocent person on top of committing murder! That kind of desperate behavior tells you everything about what was going through his head — pure rage turned into a calculated crime. And the detail about her driving there and eating it all is particularly chilling because she had no idea she was being poisoned at all. This isn't just some dark news story; it's one of those genuinely terrifying examples of how obsession can drive someone to do something unthinkable, and I'm glad this guy got caught quickly enough that he won't get away with it for long.
Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crkvd376jxno?at_medium=rss&at_campaign=rss