Former paramedic charged with using eye drops to kill wife's hearing delayed

GASTON COUNTY, N.C. — Joshua Hunsucker, the former paramedic charged with killing his wife by poisoning her with eye drops in 2018, was scheduled to appear in court on Monday for a bond hearing in connection with his most recent arrest. His hearing was postponed to Nov. 4.

Hunsucker was indicted in August on numerous charges, including four counts of witness intimidation and obstruction of justice. 

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A court document filed on Aug. 6 accuses Hunsucker of poisoning his daughter with the same substance that killed his wife in September 2018. Attorneys claim this was an attempt to pin his wife’s death on his former in-laws to “remove the Robinsons from the lives of his daughters.” 

“Based on the fact that Hunsucker’s assets are frozen in a civil wrongful death case, he does not have assets to access obtain counsel on new charges,” David Teddy, Hunsucker’s defense attorney, said. “So we ask that we appoint a public defender to represent him on new charges.”

The judge approved the request. Hunsucker is being held without bond on the new charges. He was out of jail on bond before his most recent arrest. 

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