A man accused of beating his wife into a coma with a baseball bat was arrested after allegedly trying to poison her with cyanide as she recovered in the hospital.
Jill Cahill, 41, died hours after her husband was charged with second-degree attempted murder Wednesday. He is accused of throwing a white powdery substance on her Tuesday night as she lay in her bed at University Hospital.Authorities would not comment on whether the charges against James Cahill III would be upgraded. He is being held without bail.
Cahill, a 38-year-old contractor, had been free on $100,000 bail, awaiting trial for assault for allegedly beating his wife with an aluminum baseball bat last spring.
Jill Cahill had been in and out of a coma since entering the hospital April 29 but had been improving recently and was listed in fair condition before Tuesday.