ROANE LSD DEATH WOULD BE STATE FIRST

(03/11/2013)
LSD Death Would Be State First, Officials Say
Husband, Chemist In Jail For Murder

By Travis Crum
Charleston Gazette

A Roane County woman who died after taking two doses of LSD could be the first reported acid-related fatality in the state and one of the few documented globally.

Prosecutors are still awaiting toxicology results to make that distinction.

An autopsy hasn't been completed on Renee Honaker, 30, of Left Hand, who died last week. Lab results for the acid strips she allegedly took aren't back yet either, Roane County Prosecuting Attorney Josh Downey said on Saturday.

Police charged Renee's husband, Todd Anthony Honaker, 34, with first-degree murder after the couple apparently each took two hits of LSD on March 1. Renee later fell to the floor, began convulsing and died ...

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  by Travis Crum for the Charleston Gazette