Woman accused of poisoning husband sees attempted murder charge reduced to third-degree domestic assault

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A former part-time teacher who was accused of trying to poison her husband in 2024 has had her attempted-murder charge reduced to domestic assault.

Sarah Scheffer is now charged in Cole County with third-degree domestic assault. The reduction in charges was filed on Monday, court filings show. ABC 17 News has reached out to the Cole County prosecutor.

Scheffer is accused of trying to poison her husband with substances she put in his food, court documents in previous reporting say.

She was allegedly caught on camera grabbing a substance out of a bag called 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, previous reporting shows.