Alabama chiropractor convicted of trying to fatally poison his wife with lead

DECATUR, Ala. (TCN) -- A 36-year-old man faces up to life in prison for trying to fatally poison his wife with lead.

The Morgan County District Attorney’s Office announced that a jury found Brian Mann guilty on June 12 of attempted murder. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Aug. 27.

According to prosecutors, in January 2022, Brian Mann’s wife, Hannah Mann, was admitted to a hospital for abdominal pain. Staff later determined she had consumed a large amount of lead "over an extended period of time."

A doctor at the hospital testified and said the safe level of lead in the body is near 10, but when the victim came in, her levels were in the 80s, WHNT-TV reports. The defendant’s wife remained hospitalized for months, but she survived the incident. Prosecutors said she disclosed that her husband "had provided her with daily supplements."

Investigators searched the home but didn’t find any lead. Their children also tested negative for lead.

Mann reportedly went to Decatur Morgan Hospital a few hours later and said he had given himself an X-ray at his chiropractic clinic and noticed something in his stomach. Prosecutors said, "Upon reviewing X-rays, it was determined that the lead in his system had been ingested only hours before."

According to the district attorney’s office, officials also discovered Mann had taken out many life insurance policies on his wife worth over $1 million. Mann had reportedly purchased one of the life insurance policies just two days before the victim was hospitalized.