The source details the unsettling criminal investigation into Thomas Edward Harlan, a man who became the sole beneficiary of over $4.1 million in life insurance after three wives died unexpectedly over seventeen years. Although earlier deaths were ruled natural, the suspicious passing of his third wife in 2024 led authorities to discover she had been poisoned with the highly toxic plant alkaloid aconite, prompting a full-scale homicide probe. Exhumations of the first two wives confirmed traces of similar cardiac poisons, establishing a clear pattern where Harlan was alone with each woman when they collapsed with similar, seizure-like symptoms. The ensuing investigation revealed powerful circumstantial evidence, including the discovery of a wolfsbane greenhouse and notebooks detailing lethal dosages in Harlan’s possession. Facing charges for what authorities suspect are serial spousal murders, Harlan remains uncharged but is the central figure in a case that is consuming law enforcement and raising questions about how he manipulated medical records to collect his insurance payouts.

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