A Jury selection has begun in the high-profile murder trial of Sarah Hartsfield, the Texas woman accused of k!lling her fifth husband with insulin.
The 50-year-old faces accusations that she murder£d her husband, Joseph Hartsfield, in January 2023. Hartsfield pleaded not guilty.
According to a grand jury indictment filed in February 2023, prosecutors allege she “intentionally and knowingly cause the de@th of an individual, namely Joseph Hartsfield, by a manner and means unknown to the grand jury.”
Joseph’s obituary says he d!ed in a hospital “due to complications of an ischemic stroke, with his loving wife at his side.”
Prosecutors allege that Hartsfield, an Army veteran, used her husband’s diabetes to cover up a homicide, allegedly injecting him with dangerous amounts of insulin and delaying calling 911 for several hours.
Joseph’s obituary says he d!ed in a hospital “due to complications of an ischemic stroke, with his loving wife at his side.”
Hartsfield is currently in custody at the Chambers County Jail in Texas and is held on a reduced bond of $2 million.
Prosecutors allege that Hartsfield, an Army veteran, used her husband’s diabetes to cover up a homicide, allegedly injecting him with dangerous amounts of insulin and delaying calling 911 for several hours.
Hartsfield’s first marriage was to her high school sweetheart, Titus Knoernschild. The couple married young, but the relationship soon soured.
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