An Illinois woman who slowly poisoned her former police chief boyfriend to death using eye drops learned her fate at a sentencing hearing Monday, according to authorities and reports.

Marcy Oglesby, 53, was sentenced to 50 years behind bars for first-degree murder, attempted murder, and aggravated battery for killing 71-year-old Richard Young, the former police chief of Maquon, KWQC reported.

Marcy Oglesby, 53, was sentenced to 50 years behind bars for first-degree murder, attempted murder, and aggravated battery for killing 71-year-old Richard Young, the former police chief of Maquon. Knox County Jail

Oglesby began lacing Young’s food and drink with tetrahydrozoline, a chemical found in eye drops and other medications, in the summer of 2021, Knox County prosecutors said.

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