Joshua Hunsucker, 39, faces eight more charges in Gaston County.
GASTON COUNTY, N.C. — Joshua Hunsucker, who is accused of killing his wife with eyedrops and setting a helicopter on fire faces eight more charges in Gaston County.
Hunsucker, 39, was arrested on Tuesday for four counts of intimidating a witness and four counts of obstruction of justice, according to Gaston County arrest records. Hunsucker was given a $1.5 million bond for these charges.
Hunsucker was charged with murder related to the death of his wife, Stacy Robinson Hunsucker, in September 2018. He was arrested in December 2019. Prosecutors allege that Hunsucker got his wife to ingest deadly amounts of tetrahydrozoline, the main ingredient in eye drops.
Investigators have said shortly after his wife died from cardiac arrest, Hunsucker refused to have an autopsy performed on her, saying he did not want Stacy to be cut up despite being indicating she was an organ donor. Previously released search warrants said an organ donation center still preserved some of Stacy’s blood.
According to testing, her blood had 30 to 40 times the normal level of tetrahydrozoline, the main chemical in eye drops like Visine, which can cause cardiac arrest if ingested.
Hunsucker’s murder case is still ongoing.
He’s also been indicted on charges of insurance fraud and obtaining property under false pretenses in relation to his wife’s death.
Hunsucker was a paramedic. He is also accused of setting fire to an Atrium Health medical helicopter mid-flight in November 2019. An arrest warrant alleges Hunsucker intentionally set fire to a syringe pump and forced an emergency landing at a car dealership on Independence Boulevard in Charlotte. This case is ongoing with his next court date scheduled for Dec. 26.
