William Cunningham (pictured), a father from Stockbridge, Georgia, was sentenced to 100 years in prison for poisoning his children in Campbell’s Soup extortion plots Thursday.
William Cunningham Picture (Wsbtv.com)
William Cunningham,40, allegedly forced his son Billy Cunningham and daughter Miranda Cunningham to eat the soup poisoned with lighter liquid and the prescription drugs Prozac and Amitriptylin, which are used to treat the depression, three times in January 2006.
Miranda and Billy Cunningham were poisoned by dad William Cunningham in 2006 (Picture: wsbtv.com)
Boy Billy was then 3 years old while his young sister Miranda is only 18 months old. They both survived but may have lifelong breathing problems from swallowing the lighter fluid because their lungs were damaged.
William Cunningham was indicted by a federal grand jury in June 2006 and in 2007 he plead guilty to making false claims against Campbell’s Soup Inc. for threatening to sue them over the allegedly contaminated soup.
A grand jury in Clayton County again found William Cunningham guilty on all seven counts of aggravated assault and cruelty to children and sentenced him 100 years in prison on May 21, 2009.
Sources: Father Poisoned Kids’ Soup In Campbell’s Extortion @ North County Gazette; 100-Year Sentence For Dad Who Poisoned Kids (with a video report) @ WSBTV.com
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He is one wicked evil father, I am glad the childern are alive, and its sad they have breathing problems but maybe they will out grow it. 100 years, that is good, I am sure in jail he is now some ones girlfriend, in prison the inmates do not like people who do that kind of thing,