Estranged husband fatally poisoned wife's food with fentanyl, later set fire to their travel trailer to collect insurance money: Police
"She didn’t deserve this," family members said.
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It was Glennis Smith, 48, who called 911 and said his wife, Jennifer Smith-Floyd, 49, was unconscious and not breathing, say police. Investigators now claim that he murdered her.
Cops in Elk Grove, California, received the call on Jan. 12, 2023, according to a press statement from Thursday.
“The couple had been married for five years but had been living apart for several months prior to the incident,” police wrote. “Fire personnel and officers responded to their residence but where Smith had been predominately living and rendered medical aid; however, Smith-Floyd was pronounced deceased.”
Investigators discovered fentanyl in her system; they claim Smith put it in her food on two occasions without her knowledge.
The first poisoning allegedly happened on Jan. 11.
Months after Smith-Floyd died, Smith allegedly set fire to their travel trailer to claim it on insurance, Jimenez said. Hence, he is charged with both murder and insurance fraud. The trailer was being kept in storage at the time, according to police.
