A New York woman attempted to kill her husband by adding antifreeze to her drinks, prosecutors say

Renee Burke reportedly poured antifreeze into her husband's drinks, the prosecutor said.
(Suffolk County Attorney)

A New York woman attempted to kill her ex-husband three times by spoiling her glass with antifreeze and sometimes asking for help to their daughter, prosecutors announced Thursday

. Renee Burke, 40, and her husband Matthew were divorcing in disorder, prosecutors said. A judge told Matthew custody of their children while Renee's access rights were limited, according to the New York Daily News.

Suffolk County District Attorney Nicholas Santomartino asserted at a press conference that Renee allegedly broke into her husband's house in Holbrook. to poison his drinks in September, with his third filmed attempt.

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On September 6, Matthew poured himself a glass of wine and taking a sip of the drink that he spat. He thought the wine had gone bad, but his babysitter would have reminded his five-year-old son that he would have said, "Mom came in and put something in Daddy's glass."

Two days later , Matthew again felt something wrong with him Pepsi bottle According to Newsday, police told police officers that a woman had entered the house with her child earlier in the day, a- he asked his brother to install surveillance cameras to identify the culprit.

Renee was then surprised to pour a pink liquid into a bottle of wine and her daughter helped her to remove the cork, said Santomartino

"You see her in the video, try to poison her.You see her erasing her fingerprints from the bottle, the corkscrew, the closet," said l. Matthew's lawyer, Rick Stafford, at the New York Daily News.

19659005] Police executed a search warrant at Renee's home and found a bottle of pink Prestone antifreeze in her kitchen, said Sini. Several bottles of wine were discovered in Matthew 's home with traces of ethylene glycol – a toxic, odorless chemical contained in the antifreeze.