ANAHUAC, Texas – After more than two and a half years in jail, Sarah Hartsfield’s murder trial will begin on Monday for the sudden death of her husband in 2023.

Hartsfield, 50, was indicted for murder after her husband Joseph, passed away in a Baytown hospital. His cause of death was due to complications of the toxic effects of insulin, according to medical examiners, but the manner was left undetermined.

Prosecutors allege she ignored an alert about Joseph’s dangerously low blood sugar level and delayed a phone call to 911 after finding him unresponsive. Investigators found up to 10 insulin pens on his side of the bed.

The two had been married for less than a year, and he was planning to leave her in the weeks leading up to his death, expressing concerns to his family members over his

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