UPDATE — The charges in the case were dismissed.
SOUTH WINDSOR – Police say a South Windsor man mixed the drug Benadryl into smoothies for a woman and two children, then attempted to kill them and himself by flooding his home with car exhaust.
Police were called to a home on Arthur Drive just before 7 a.m. on Sunday March 10th, for a medical issue. When the officer arrived he saw a Saab sedan parked in the attached garage. A tube ran from the the area of the tailpipe into the rear passenger window. The car wasn’t running, but the officer said a strong odor of exhaust permeated the home.
The officer found a resident of the home in the living room, disoriented and unable to speak clearly. Police say he had small cuts on his wrist. A woman and two juveniles were also in the house. The woman said she woke up and found him in the back seat of his car in the garage, with the engine running. She helped him into the house and called 9-1-1.
