SYNTHETIC HALLUCINOGEN BLAMED IN ROANE COUNTY WOMAN'S DEATH

(12/07/2013)
Federal authorities given access to husband, chemist's Facebook accounts

By Travis Crum for the Charleston Gazette

A Roane County woman died after taking two doses of a synthetic hallucinogenic drug that her husband bought for her thinking it was LSD, according to an affidavit filed in federal court this week. Todd Anthony Honaker, 35, of Left Hand, was charged with first-degree murder and delivery of a controlled substance in the March 1 death of his wife, Renee. Honaker told police he and his wife each took two hits of LSD before she started convulsing and died. Honaker told police he bought the drug from 32-year-old Chad Michael Renzelman, a chemist at a nuclear power plant in Kennewick, Wash. Renzelman allegedly mailed the drug to Honaker inside an anniversary card with instructions to hold it under his tongue for 30 minutes, likening its effects to "flying." However, authorities believe Renzelman mailed Honaker an experimental hallucinogen instead of LSD, according to an affidavit for a search warrant filed Wednesday by U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Agent Barry Parsons ...

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