Joshua and Stacy Hunsucker.Photo: facebook
A North Carolina paramedicaccused of using eye drops to kill his wifehas now been accused additionally of setting a fire inside a medical helicopter during a flight.
Joshua Hunsucker was charged Monday with felony burning personal property for the alleged Nov. 26, 2019 in-flight incident, which occurred about a month before he wasarrestedin connection with the 2018 death of his 32-year-old wife Stacy Hunsucker.
Atrium Health, which transports patients to hospitals and employed Hunsucker, filed the complaint against him.
Stacy Hunsucker.Facebook
Hunsucker was charged with first-degree murder in Dec. 2019 in the Sept. 23, 2018 death of Stacy, who was his high school sweetheart.
According to theStar, Hunsucker collected $250,000 in life insurance after his wife’s death.
Hunsucker allegedly gave multiple versions of where he was before he said he found his wife slumped over the side of a couch at their home. To a friend, he allegedly said he had gone out for a walk. To Robinson, he allegedly said he was working on his computer in the kitchen when he noticed Stacy slumped on the couch, the affidavit states, ABC reports.
Hunsucker allegedly refused to have an autopsy performed on his wife and she was cremated after her death, according to the affidavit. However, because she was an organ donor, a blood sample had been saved, which was taken to a lab for testing.
Joshua Hunsucker.Gaston County Sheriff’s Office
According to the affidavit, Stacy’s blood had extremely high levels of Tetrahydrozoline, an ingredient found in eye drops, theStarreports.
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“Josh Hunsucker is a flight paramedic for Medcenter Air for which his training and experience would certainly provide a thorough understanding of various types of medication and how those medications could react in the body,” the affidavit states. “Additionally, his employment provides access to non-controlled substances which do not require logging or inventory control.”
“We have probable cause he poisoned Mrs. Hunsucker with Visine, which caused her death,” Green said, according to theStar.
According to a Gofundme page, Stacy had been experiencing medical problems since 2013 after she gave birth to her daughter, Piper, and had been given a pacemaker in 2015. A friend had started the page to help the husband with mounting medical bills.
Hunsucker was booked and released on $50,000 Monday on his latest charge. He is to appear in court for this charge on May 18.
Hunsucker’s murder trial is still pending. He is currently out on bail.
source: people.com
