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Former Spencer attorney 47-year-old Kathy Arnold is reportedly hospitalized for
mental and emotional problems following the conviction of her husband Eric Arnold in
Roane County Circuit Court.
Arnold reportedly injected herself with horse tranquilizer after hearing the verdict
given her husband. Roane courthouse sources, who asked not to be identified, said
the woman locked herself in a rest room and refused to come out.
Roane County prosecutor Mark Sergeant said last week that a mental hygiene
evaluation would be conducted on Ms. Arnold, who is facing the same set of charges
filed against her husband.
Huntington's River Park Hospital declined to give a status report on Arnold, but
Charleston Area Medical Center confirmed she was transferred to that facility after
being in their Intensive Care Unit.
Eric Arnold was found guilty on eleven counts of animal cruelty related to the couple
starving animals, mostly horses, on their Roane County farm in 1999.
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