‘I thought it was sugar’: Florida woman caught tainting live-in boyfriend’s tea with bleach tablet from ‘under the kitchen sink’ after victim took ‘large gulp,’ cops say

Ivette Diaz

Ivette Diaz pictured in a mug shot (Miami-Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation)

A Miami, Florida, woman allegedly placed a bleach tablet in her boyfriend’s tea last Tuesday evening only to exclaim “I thought it was sugar” after the man “took a large gulp” and “immediately” felt his throat burning.

Ivette Diaz, 49, is accused of tainting the unsuspecting victim’s tea while her live-in boyfriend of three years was outside on the phone with his employer, according to an arrest report by the Miami-Dade Police Department. The documents said the man made tea and a tortilla meal after 5 p.m. on Feb. 20 but stepped out for the work-related phone call while Diaz remained inside the residence by herself. When the victim returned, cops said, he offered Diaz a bite of a “spicy” tortilla to eat — and some of the tea to drink. But Diaz allegedly “adamantly” refused to drink the tea, leading investigators to suspect that she must have known the tea was not safe to drink.

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