A former chiropractor in Alabama was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday for feeding his wife lead-tainted vitamins over multiple months while they were in the middle of heated divorce proceedings.

Brian Thomas Mann, 36, was found guilty on attempted murder charges in June for using lead he stockpiled from a construction project at his office to lace vitamins he gave to his 26-year-old wife, Hannah Pettey. 5

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Pettey started taking the vitamins in the summer of 2021 as their contentious divorce battle started to take a toll on her health and she sought to strengthen her immune system.

Mann’s contractor, Danny Hill, testified that his remodel for the chiropractor’s office included lining the walls of an X-ray room with lead, and that there wound up being some left over.

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