A Texas woman whose husband died of a “suspicious illness” last month was indicted by a grand jury on felony murder, the Chambers County Sheriff’s Office announced.
Sarah Jean Hartsfield, 48, was arrested Friday and is being held on $5 million bail.
Her late husband, Joseph Hartsfield, was transported to the emergency room at Baytown Houston Methodist Hospital the night of January 7.
Sarah Jean Hartsfield, 48, was charged with murder in the death of her husband on Friday after he passed away from a “suspicious illness” last month. (Chambers County Sheriff’s Office)
Hospital staff called 911 because they thought her illness was suspicious. Detectives arrived at the hospital and found “additional inconsistencies” in the story about Hartsfield’s illness. He later died from what Sheriff Brian Hawthorne believes was foul play.
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“I appreciate the hard work of the officers and detectives who followed their instincts and identified suspicious circumstances surrounding Mr. Hartfield’s death that could have been labeled ‘death by disease’ rather than murder,” Hawthorne said in a statement Sunday. .
Chambers County Sheriff’s Office detectives investigating the murder of Joseph Hartsfield. (Chambers County Sheriff’s Office)
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While Joseph Hartsfield’s manner of death was ruled a homicide, his cause of death has yet to be released.
