More allegations against man accused of poisoning wife with Visine
The man who is accused of using eye drops to poison his wife was not allowed to use the
And, if his former mother-in-law gets her wish,
Hunsucker, 35, had been in the
However, Hunsucker was released from the jail at
A temporary restraining order was granted by
The order is part of a wrongful death lawsuit filed
At
The plaintiff is asking that Caldwell grant the injunction to prevent Hunsucker from using any of the
The wrongful death lawsuit is also seeking compensatory and punitive damages exceeding
According to documents included in the lawsuit, Joshua and
Currently, the two girls are staying in Gaston County with Hunsucker's sister,
The order, which was agreed to by
Prior to his wife's death, Hunsucker had obtained the two life insurance policies on his wife and, according to the plaintiff, was involved in an extramarital relationship with a woman.
"Motivated by his desire to obtain financial gain through the insurance policies and his desire to be with his paramour, defendant intentionally, willfully and with malice devised a plan and scheme to murder the decedent," reads the lawsuit.
Hunsucker got the idea from seeing news coverage of a
The lawsuit claims that Hunsucker placed eye drops in his wife's beverages for a period of days, exposing her to a high level of tetrahydrozoline.
According to information found in a search warrant affidavit, the amount of tetrahydrozoline found in
After his wife's death, Hunsucker would then, according to the lawsuit, hide the poisoning by arranging for a friend and outside medical examiner to issue
Following his wife's death, Hunsucker obtained the life insurance money which, the plaintiff claims, he used to buy a
The 1,516-square-foot, three-bedroom, two-bath home sits on a half-acre of property located at
Hunsucker was arrested
Hunsucker's next court appearance, a probable cause hearing, is scheduled for
Attorney
"He has not run from it (the murder allegation). He meets it head-on," Teddy said.
It is the plaintiff's contention that Hunsucker should have never received the
The lawsuit also claims that Hunsucker hasn't allowed his former in-laws, John and
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