Arizona woman caught pouring bleach into her husband’s coffee pleads guilty to attempting to poisoning him after suspicious lover set up camera to catch her
- Melody Felicano Johnson pleaded guilty to two counts of poisoning food or drink
- She admitted putting bleach in her husband Roby Johnson’s coffee pot on July 11 and 18 last year
- Johnson will be sentenced on May 10 and could face up to four years in prison, although her sentence could be limited to time served
An Arizona woman and wife of a U.S. Air Force employee has admitted to poisoning her husband by repeatedly pouring a liquid he said was bleach into a coffee maker.
Melody Felicano Johnson was arrested in August and charged with the attempted murder of Roby Johnson. She had filed for divorce, but they were still living together while the trial was being finalized: he noticed that his coffee tasted funny and began to suspect that she was trying to kill him to claim his life insurance policy.
On Monday, Johnson pleaded guilty to two counts of poisoning food or drink, admitting she put bleach in her husband’s coffee pot on July 11 and 18 last year.
Johnson will be sentenced on May 10 and could face up to four years in prison, although her sentence could be limited to time served, according to 13 News.
Roby Johnson placed a series of hidden cameras in their home and the footage was obtained by ABC News on Friday.
An Arizona woman and wife of a U.S. Air Force employee has admitted to poisoning her husband by repeatedly pouring a liquid he said was bleach into a coffee maker.
Melody Felicano Johnson was arrested in August and charged with the attempted murder of Roby Johnson (photo)
One camera captured Melody in the laundry room, pouring bleach from a large bottle into a small container.
Another caught her looking over her shoulder as she poured liquid into the coffee maker in their kitchen.
Roby Johnson also filmed himself testing the water in the coffee machine with a pool chemical test kit. He showed the results on camera, which showed extremely high levels of chlorine in the water – and he said it ‘stinks’ of bleach.
Melody Johnson is detained and the judge rules that she posed a flight risk because she had recently purchased a house in the Philippines.
She has not entered a plea and is due back in court on November 6.
She was indicted by a grand jury on charges of attempted first-degree murder, attempted aggravated assault and poisoning food or drink.
Johnson was stationed in Germany for work in March 2023 when he thought his coffee was starting to taste “very bad.”
His wife made his coffee the night before, so in the morning all he had to do was turn on the machine.
Johnson will be sentenced on May 10 and could face up to four years in prison, although her sentence could be limited to time served
Melody Felicano Johnson looks over her shoulder as she pours liquid into the coffee machine in the Arizona home she shared with her husband. He had installed secret cameras after becoming concerned about her behavior and fearing he was trying to poison him
In the footage Roby Johnson took in his home, a liquid was poured into the coffee pot
Melody Johnson is seen pouring bleach into a smaller container in the laundry room
According to the report, he continued to pretend to drink the coffee but did not file a report until he returned to Davis Monthan Air Force Base in the US in July.
After collecting all the footage, Johnson went back to the police and showed them his evidence.
Police then arrested Melody at the home and a search warrant reported that the coffee pot smelled of bleach.
The documents also revealed that the husband believed she was trying to kill him “to collect death benefits.”