Woman who poisoned spouse gets probation in Cole County

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A woman initially charged with attempted murder for sneaking a poisonous plant extract into her husband's smoothies has been given probation.

Judge Daniel Green last week sentenced Sarah E. Scheffer, who now lives in Sullivan, Missouri, to five years of supervised probation with a suspended sentence after she pleaded guilty to third-degree domestic assault, a Class E felony, in April.

Scheffer was also ordered to pay $359 in court costs at the rate of $50 per month.

Scheffer was allegedly caught on camera grabbing a substance out of a bag labeled "lily of the valley" and adding it to his smoothies. Lily of the valley is a poisonous plant.

Scheffer was a part-time design and art teacher at Calvary Lutheran High School in Cole County.