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Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Health
- Daily Mail
Shocking marriage secrets of Alabama chiropractor, 36, on trial for 'poisoning wife, 25, in bid for life insurance payout'
An Alabama chiropractor's wife who has accused her husband of trying to poison her has testified that the first few years of their marriage were 'rough.' Hannah Mann, 25, gave evidence on Tuesday that her marriage to Brian Thomas Mann was 'isolating' and the first few years were a struggle for the couple, who only dated for six months before tying the knot. Brian Mann is charged with her attempted murder after it was alleged he continually poisoned her with lead inside their marital home in Decatur. He has pleaded not guilty. 'The first year and a half I would say was pretty rough,' she said of their marriage, according to The Decatur Daily. 'We had a lot of things to overcome, but it progressively got better as time went on. We had a couple of bumps in the road.' She remembered her marriage to Brian, 36, getting better after the birth of their first child in January 2020, but not even a year later, she began to fall ill. Hannah also testified that her husband began poisoning her in 2021, causing her to develop 'severe abdominal pain and really severe back pain and extreme nausea.' By August 2021, she began feeling ill and got an X-ray in October, where doctors found a glitter-like substance inside her. 'They took an X-ray of me, and it showed a bunch of glitter in my stomach,' she told the court. However, she wasn't immediately diagnosed with lead poisoning. She was during a follow-up visit, which after, her husband began to discourage her from seeking medical help, she testified. 'He would say they would send me right back home if I went to the doctor,' she said. By November 2021, she began experiencing dizzy spells. By the end of the year, she had lost 50 pounds, she testified, saying she weighed around 100 pounds then. The mother-of-two also claimed her husband isolated her - forcing her to get rid of all her social media accounts when they married in 2018 and discouraged her mother from coming over while she was ill. Her mother would sneak over while Brian was out, Hannah testified. The main group of people she'd be around while she was allegedly being poisoned was her husband's family and her church family, she said. Brian's alleged plan to cash out on the multimillion life insurance policies he had for his wife began to unravel after she was diagnosed with lead poisoning. She was hospitalized between January and March 2022. It was in late January that the now-Hartselle Police Chief Alan McDearmond received a call from Department of Human Resources that Hannah had been poisoned and encouraged the police to place Brian under arrest, he testified. When they arrived at his residence, he wasn't home, according to his mom and grandmother. 'I talked to them about what had happened and asked if Brian was there. They said he wasn't,' he testified. When the husband later arrived at the home, he spoke with McDearmond, who asked if there was anything in the home that could have contained lead. 'Brian said Hannah took white powder, which was the generic form of Miralax, and from there we went back to the Police Department,' he said. Brian later called him from the hospital, where a nurse practitioner told the officer that another nurse at a different hospital had diagnosed the father-of-two with the same thing she did. An X-ray showed a substance in his stomach that he had recently digested. Police later took samples from Hannah's colostomy bag after getting a subpoena. It is unclear what police found. Just days after she left the hospital, Hannah dropped her bombshell accusation of attempted murder and filed for divorce. She detailed the $1.3million in life insurance policies he held against her and another $1.5million in two additional insurance applications that were denied. She amended her complaint days later, saying Brian 'perpetrated acts of assault upon her person … by intentionally causing her to unwittingly ingest particles of lead.' In late August 2022, Mann was indicted and on September 2 of that year he was arrested for attempted murder. He was released on $500,000 bond on September 7, 2022 with the conditions that he turn in his guns, wear an ankle monitor and give up his passport. A week later, however, Mann had his bond revoked because he allegedly did not give away his passport. In late November, Mann's father filed an affidavit asking his son to be released and promising he wouldn't flee the country.
Fox News
2 days ago
- Health
- Fox News
Chiropractor accused of poisoning wife with lead during divorce now claims he was a victim too: report
An Alabama chiropractor accused of attempting to kill his wife by lacing her pills with lead is insisting that he was also a victim of being poisoned. Brian Mann, 36, is facing attempted murder charges after authorities say he used lead from a construction project to lace his wife's pills, according to court documents obtained by the Hartselle Enquirer. Mann allegedly began giving his wife Hannah Pettey, 25, pills in the summer of 2021 under the guise of strengthening her immune system as the couple was going through a contentious divorce, according to her attorney. Pettey was reportedly hospitalized for two months in what authorities believed was a plot by Mann to "intentionally cause her to unwittingly ingest particles of lead." However, Mann's attorneys insist their client was also subjected to lead poisoning within the couple's home. Authorities were reportedly sent to investigate possible sources of lead throughout the house, with Mann initially cooperating with investigators by handing over medications and vitamins Pettey was taking at the time of her hospitalization. After conducting two separate searches, officials reportedly did not find evidence of a source of lead, with Mann telling police he was "still trying" to find a place for the couple's children to be tested. Shortly before Mann's arrest, a nurse at Decatur General Hospital reportedly called the police after Mann told her "he did an X-ray on himself and observed a substance in his gut, which he believed to be lead," according to an affidavit obtained by the Hartselle Enquirer. When the nurse reportedly told him another X-ray was needed to determine the severity of the ingestion, Mann "became visibly nervous, and she thought he may leave." Following the second scan, the nurse practitioner told police that she did find a "substance in [Mann's] colon," but it "didn't appear to have been there for very long." The affidavit, signed by Hartselle Police Capt. Alan McDearmond, reveals authorities subpoenaed Mann's medical records and "believes the medical records indicate [he] intentionally ingested lead to provide the impression he was also being poisoned." Shortly after Mann's visit to the hospital, a tipster called local authorities to inform them he had been involved in a construction project installing lead in the walls of an X-ray room at Mann's chiropractor office. The caller reportedly revealed he had left the extra lead with Mann. Mann was subsequently arrested in September 2022. Mann's defense team has looked to block evidence from being presented in court, reportedly claiming the collection was done so in an improper manner, with the "procedure to extract the alleged lead from [Mann's wife's] urine was done in the back parking lot of the Hartselle Police Department using a five-gallon bucket and a strainer," according to the Hartselle Enquirer. Both the prosecuting attorney and Mann's defense team did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. Mann was released on $500,000 bond and faces trial after pleading not guilty to attempted murder.
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Yahoo
Trial for Decatur chiropractor accused of poisoning wife to begin Monday
DECATUR, Ala. (WHNT) — The trial of a Decatur chiropractor accused of trying to kill his wife by poisoning her is set to begin Monday at the Morgan County Courthouse. 36-year-old Brian Mann, of Hartselle, was charged with the attempted murder of his wife in September 2022. He is accused of trying to poison her with lead from a construction project. Trial begins Monday for Madison woman charged with child sex abuse, sodomy & bestiality in 2023 According to court documents, Mann and his wife were in the middle of a divorce when he 'intentionally caused her to unwittingly ingest particles of lead.' Court records show Mann's wife spent nearly two months in the hospital because of it. The Hartselle Police Department said they were contacted by the Morgan County Department of Human Resources, who notified them that Mann's wife was at UAB Hospital and was unresponsive. Officials also asked the department to test any substances at the home the couple shared for the presence of lead. HPD provided the court with enough probable cause in May 2023 to be granted a search warrant for Brian Mann's business and former home. Through HPD's investigation, they attempted to find the source of the lead allegedly used to poison Mann's wife. An affidavit states that investigators had no idea what the substance would look like. It goes on to state that Mann led them throughout the house and helped them search, showing them what vitamins and prescriptions his wife took. However, the search left them empty-handed. 📲 to stay updated on the go. 📧 to have news sent to your inbox. A few days later, HPD met up with the Alabama Department of Public Health to search the home again. While multiple samples were taken, they were all negative for lead, court documents stated. When investigators asked Mann if he or the kids had been tested for lead, he said the kids had been tested, but stated that he was 'still trying' to find somewhere to get tested himself. Court documents say police were later contacted by a nurse practitioner at Decatur General Hospital, who said Brian Mann told them he X-rayed himself and observed a substance in his gut, which he believed to be lead. When the nurse practitioner told Mann another X-ray would be needed, the affidavit says he asked why and became visibly nervous. According to the hospital, the X-ray showed a substance that didn't appear to have been there for long. That's when, according to the affidavit, a gentleman reached out to the department to provide a tip. The man told police that he had installed lead in the walls of an X-ray room in 2021, but explained that some lead was left over from the project, which was left in the hands of Mann. After thinking about the possibility of that lead being used to poison his wife, the man said he wanted to report it to police. Police were granted a search warrant for Mann's chiropractic business, where they collected a sample of lead from a wall in the X-ray room. Mann's lawyers have questioned the validity of key evidence in the case. The start of his trial comes after numerous delays. It was originally scheduled for Aug. 14, 2023, but has been pushed back several times. Veteran attorney Chad Morgan represents Mann, who has pleaded not guilty to the charge. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
