California doctor indicted for allegedly poisoning husband with liquid drain cleaner

An Irvine girl who allegedly poisoned her husband by placing Drano in his drinks final 12 months was indicted by a grand jury on three felony counts of poisoning and one felony depend of home battery with corporal damage, authorities stated Wednesday, April 5.

Dr. Yue “Emily” Yu, who works as a dermatologist in Mission Viejo, faces a most sentence of greater than eight years if convicted as charged, stated Kimberly Edds, spokeswoman for the Orange County District Lawyer’s Workplace. Yu was scheduled to make her first court docket look on the fees on April 18.

Yu’s husband suspected she had been placing one thing in his drinks after he had observed a wierd style to his tea starting in April 2022, Edds stated. He put in a pair of video cameras of their kitchen, one in all which was positioned in a cupboard beneath the sink.

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  Dr. Yue “Emily” Yu, 45, leaves court docket on the Lamoreaux Justice Middle in Orange, CA on Thursday, August 18, 2022. Yu’s husband, Jack Chen, is looking for a brand new restraining order stopping her from coming involved with him or their youngsters and a divorce. Chen accuses Yu of making an attempt to kill him by placing Drano in his lemonade and tea. (Picture by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  

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  Steven Hittelman, legal professional for Jack Chen, speaks to the media following a listening to on the Lamoreaux Justice Middle in Orange, CA on Thursday, August 18, 2022. Chen, is looking for a brand new restraining order stopping his spouse Dr. Yue “Emily” Yu from coming involved with him or their youngsters and a divorce. Chen accuses Yu of making an attempt to kill him by placing Drano in his lemonade and tea. (Picture by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  

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  Dr. Yue Yu, of Irvine. (Picture courtesy Irvine Police Division)
  

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  La Dra. Yue “Emily” Yu, de 45 años, fue arrestada por la policía de Irvine bajo sospecha de envenenar a su esposo. Los documentos judiciales presentados muestran que el esposo creía que ella estaba poniendo Drano en su bebida. (Documento presentado ante el Tribunal Superior del Condado de Orange)
  

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  Choose Thomas J. Lo speaks throughout a listening to for Dr. Yue “Emily” Yu, left, and Jack Chen on the Lamoreaux Justice Middle in Orange, CA on Thursday, August 18, 2022. Yu’s husband, Jack Chen, is looking for a brand new restraining order stopping her from coming involved with him or their youngsters and a divorce. Chen accuses Yu of making an attempt to kill him by placing Drano in his lemonade and tea. (Picture by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  

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On three separate events in July, cameras captured Yu pulling a bottle of liquid drain cleaner from beneath the sink and pouring the liquid into her husband’s drinks, which have been both on the counter or on a close-by kitchen desk.

Her husband additionally collected samples of the drinks and turned them over to the Irvine Police Division, which in flip gave them to the FBI for testing. Brokers confirmed the samples contained a substance in line with the liquid drain cleaner, Edds stated.

Yu was arrested by police in August, however was launched after posting $30,000 bond, Edds stated.

With the indictment, Yu is required to “self-report to the Medical Board of California, which can decide whether or not she will probably be allowed to proceed to apply drugs,” Edds stated.

Following her August arrest, Yu’s husband was granted a brief restraining order requiring Yu steer clear of her husband, the couple’s two youngsters and the house, which was nonetheless in impact, in accordance with court docket paperwork. Days later, he filed for divorce.

In paperwork supporting the non permanent restraining order, Yu’s husband wrote that a health care provider’s go to led to a analysis of two abdomen ulcers, gastritis and esophagitis.

Following her arrest, Yu’s legal professional, David Wohl, stated Yu denied ever making an attempt to poison her husband and claimed the false allegations have been made by her husband so he may achieve the higher hand within the divorce and custody case.