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Father gets 100 years for poisoning kids' soup

By Associated Press

JONESBORO, GA.: A Georgia man is sentenced to 100 years in prison for poisoning his children to extort money from Campbell's Soup Co.

William Cunningham was sentenced Thursday after a jury found him guilty on seven counts of aggravated assault for forcing the children in 2006 to eat soup laced with prescription drugs and lighter fluid.

His 3-year-old son and 18-month-old daughter were hospitalized twice. A family member said the youngsters may suffer lifelong respiratory problems from lung damage caused by the lighter fluid.

Cunningham's wife has since divorced him.

Cunningham pleaded guilty in 2007 to a federal charge of making false claims against Campbell's Soup by threatening to sue them over the contaminated soup.


Information from WSB-TV, http://www.wsbtv.com/index.html.

JONESBORO, GA.: A Georgia man is sentenced to 100 years in prison for poisoning his children to extort money from Campbell's Soup Co.

William Cunningham was sentenced Thursday after a jury found him guilty on seven counts of aggravated assault for forcing the children in 2006 to eat soup laced with prescription drugs and lighter fluid.

His 3-year-old son and 18-month-old daughter were hospitalized twice. A family member said the youngsters may suffer lifelong respiratory problems from lung damage caused by the lighter fluid.

Cunningham's wife has since divorced him.

Cunningham pleaded guilty in 2007 to a federal charge of making false claims against Campbell's Soup by threatening to sue them over the contaminated soup.


Information from WSB-TV, http://www.wsbtv.com/index.html.



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Wildflower
Akron, Oh

Posted 11:22 AM, 05/22/2009

What can be learned from this tragic, ignorant, greed? This man may have destroyed the most precious beings or disabled them for life. I suggest his sentence adds that he can only eat Campbell's soup for the duration of his incarceration.


Urteemstinxx
Canton, OH

Posted 11:26 AM, 05/22/2009

So close to Father's Day.

Lighter fluid in soup? Just take this animal behind the woodshed and put one behind his ear, it that simple.


DragonLady

Posted 11:27 AM, 05/22/2009

God bless those poor children. How sick and greedy do you have to be to even think do that and to your own kids. I would have poisoned him with soup as now the tax payers will feed him for life.


TruthPatrol
Akron, OH

Posted 11:34 AM, 05/22/2009

May I suggest a different use of lighter fluid on the father...


missmc
Stow, OH

Posted 12:00 PM, 05/22/2009

I'm with you truth patrol.


Kristin
Akron, Oh

Posted 12:02 PM, 05/22/2009

The prison should feed him some of that lighter fluid soup for lunch and see how he likes it!


Big Mike
akron, oh

Posted 12:02 PM, 05/22/2009

@urteemstinxx agree 110% need some help?


JUSTANOBSERVER
AKRON, OH

Posted 12:14 PM, 05/22/2009

Urteemstinxx / Big Mike - ONE BEHIND THE EAR IS WAY TOO LENIENT - ONE SHOULD EMBRACE THE MOMENT - OR - IN FACT - THE MONTH - AND DO IT CORRECTLY


STUCKINCRACKRON
AKRON, OH

Posted 12:33 PM, 05/22/2009

I like Kristins idea just stick him in a hol ion the ground somewhere and feed him poison and lighter-fluid laced soup until he Expires.


deidre

Posted 12:43 PM, 05/22/2009

pleading guilty in 2007 and is just getting sentenced. At least the wife divorced him!!!

Wildflower - Campbell's soup for lunch is way to nice - now the lighter fluid and prescription drugs on the other hand......


BeckyJP1977
Wadsworth, OH

Posted 12:55 PM, 05/22/2009

100 years? make him suck down lighter fluid until he dies...
















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