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| Relative arrested over alleged poisoning murders of elderly couple, both 94, in South Australia | Relative arrested over alleged poisoning murders of elderly couple, both 94, in South Australia |
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| Adelaide detectives allege 62-year-old family member killed Brenda and Lynton Anderson a year apart by deliberately administering medication | Adelaide detectives allege 62-year-old family member killed Brenda and Lynton Anderson a year apart by deliberately administering medication |
| A family member has been arrested over the alleged poisoning deaths of an elderly South Australian couple who died more than a year apart both aged 94, police say. | A family member has been arrested over the alleged poisoning deaths of an elderly South Australian couple who died more than a year apart both aged 94, police say. |
| Brenda Anderson died at Flinders Medical Centre in March 2022 before her husband Lynton died in May this year after being found unconscious by a carer at his home. | |
| A 62-year-old Craigmore woman, who is related to the couple, was expected to be charged with two counts of murder later on Tuesday, South Australia police said. | |
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| It will be alleged both died from drug overdoses after being deliberately administered medication: in Brenda Anderson’s case while she was being treated as a patient at the Noarlunga hospital on 12 March 2022 and when Lynton Anderson was at his Hackham home on 30 April 2023. | It will be alleged both died from drug overdoses after being deliberately administered medication: in Brenda Anderson’s case while she was being treated as a patient at the Noarlunga hospital on 12 March 2022 and when Lynton Anderson was at his Hackham home on 30 April 2023. |
| The family member was expected to be refused police bail and was likely to appear in the Adelaide magistrates court later on Tuesday or on Wednesday, police said. | The family member was expected to be refused police bail and was likely to appear in the Adelaide magistrates court later on Tuesday or on Wednesday, police said. |
| Last week Det Insp Mark McEachern said concerns about Brenda Anderson’s death had been first raised during the coronial investigation, which unearthed the toxicology results. | |
| “When an innocent explanation for toxicology abnormalities was eliminated, the possibility of Mrs Anderson’s death being a deliberate act by another party became the primary subject of the investigation,” McEachern said on Thursday. | “When an innocent explanation for toxicology abnormalities was eliminated, the possibility of Mrs Anderson’s death being a deliberate act by another party became the primary subject of the investigation,” McEachern said on Thursday. |
| He said police alleged “Mrs Anderson was killed by a person known to her and in close enough relationship to have been visiting her while she was in hospital”. | |
| He said police had no concerns about the level of care she received in the hospital and had ruled out anyone there being involved. | He said police had no concerns about the level of care she received in the hospital and had ruled out anyone there being involved. |
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| Lynton Anderson also died in hospital and there was a similarly concerning toxicology report. | Lynton Anderson also died in hospital and there was a similarly concerning toxicology report. |
| McEachern said investigators alleged that the Andersons had been given a “prescribed medication” that shouldn’t have been in their systems. | |
| – with AAP |