A woman from the West Coast was killed after she accidentally drank potato poison from a Bonaqua water bottle that was placed in the refrigerator.
The potato poison (Methamidophos) is colorless and used on the farm. “Just a sip” was enough to kill Lilani Visser (30) after she mistaken it for water.
Her husband, Herman has now asked the police to investigate the matter.
“I can’t sleep at night. I simply cannot understand how the hell it happened” said Visser on Tuesday from the farm Swartfontein outside Leipoldtville.
“I want to know how the poison got into my fridge. We will not make such a mistake. We have two children of four and one year old. We always throw away things standing around. Empty soda cans or bottles half full of medicines, anything that the kids can get their hands on. ”
Fisher thought someone had left the water bottle on purpose in the refrigerator.
“The water on our farm is bad and we buy many bottles of Bonaqua water. What if it really was left for me?
Everyone thinks it’s a mistake, but these days one should expect anything. My wife’s death has to be investigated.”
Visser said a worker fetched the poison a week before his wife’s death from the poison room when he sprayed tomatoes in tunnels in the garden.
“He apparently threw the poison in the water bottle and put it in the garage. It was only a quarter full. If this is true, how did it end up in the fridge?”
On the day of her death, Visser was busy paying his workers when his daughter, Ilze-
Marie (4) came calling.
“When I came into the kitchen, my wife was already unconscious. She could not recognize me anymore and became paralyzed in my arms.”
He put her in the car and raced to Vredenburg (109 km from Leipoldtville). The ambulance met them at Dwarskersbos, where paramedics declared her dead.
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