Trending Now - Former Paramedic Charged With Poisoning Wife, Fakes Kidnapping
WHO:
Fox News - Joshua Hunsucker is the accused individual.
US Magazine - Stacy Hunsucker is the deceased wife of Joshua Hunsucker.
WHAT:
IJR - Joshua Hunsucker entered a not guilty plea regarding the charges of poisoning his wife and daughter with eye drops.
Fox News - Joshua Hunsucker is charged with murder for allegedly poisoning his wife.
Fox News - Hunsucker allegedly used eye drops to poison his wife for a life insurance policy worth $250,000.
US Magazine - Hunsucker is accused of fatally poisoning his wife with lethal doses of eye drops in her drinks.
WHERE:
US Magazine - The incident occurred in North Carolina.
WHEN:
IJR - Hunsucker was free in 2023 when he allegedly staged his own kidnapping.
US Magazine - Stacy Hunsucker died in 2018.
Fox News - Hunsucker allegedly staged his own kidnapping after the investigation into his wife's death intensified.
WHY:
Fox News - The alleged motive for poisoning his wife was to collect on a $250,000 life insurance policy.
HOW:
IJR - Hunsucker claimed that his in-laws had injected him with an unknown substance and used zip ties to intimidate his late wife’s family during the staged kidnapping.
US Magazine - Hunsucker is accused of administering eye drops to his wife in her drinks as a method of poisoning.
(UPDATED April 8, 2026 23:12 UTC)
Joshua Hunsucker entered a not guilty plea regarding charges of poisoning his wife and daughter with eye drops. He was free in 2023 when he allegedly staged his own kidnapping, claiming that his in-laws had injected him with an unknown substance and used zip ties to intimidate his late wife’s family during the incident. The plea was reported at 23:12 UTC by IJR.
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(UPDATED April 8, 2026 21:13 UTC)
Joshua Hunsucker has been charged with the murder of his wife, Stacy Hunsucker, who died in 2018 in North Carolina, after he allegedly poisoned her using eye drops to collect on a $250,000 life insurance policy. Authorities claim that Hunsucker administered lethal doses of the eye drops in her drinks and even staged his own kidnapping as the investigation into her death intensified. The case has drawn significant media attention as details of the alleged crime continue to unfold.