Betty Miller

A woman charged with manufacturing the deadly toxin ricin in her Vermont retirement community and testing it on residents has been sentenced to time served and five years of probation and must undergo mental health treatment.

A woman charged with manufacturing the deadly toxin ricin in her Vermont retirement community and testing it on residents has been sentenced to time served and five years of probation and must undergo mental health treatment. Betty Miller also was ordered Thursday to pay a fine of $10,000.

The Vermont woman accused of trying to poison her neighbors with a homemade toxin pleaded not guilty to a federal charge against her.

A federal grand jury has issued an indictment against a 70-year-old woman charged with manufacturing the deadly toxin ricin at a Vermont retirement community.

The woman suspected of trying to poison her neighbors with ricin has a history of suicide attempts and psychiatric hospitalization, a judge said Wednesday

Judge John Conroy said during the hearing at U.S. District Court in Burlington that Betty Miller, 70, had been hospitalized multiple times for psychiatric care, and has made prior suicide attempts.

A Vermont woman has been arrested for allegedly making deadly toxin ricin at a senior assisted living facility and putting it on the food and drinks of fellow residents to test the poison’s effectiveness.

The FBI says Betty Miller, 70, of Shelburne, told them she wanted to harm herself, but decided to test the effectiveness of the poison by sprinkling it on the food or in the drinks of other seniors living at Wake Robin.