MAN CONVICTED IN SUDAFED TAMPERING CASE

                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: SATURDAY, April 3, 1993                   TAG: 9304030064
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: SEATTLE                                LENGTH: Short
MAN CONVICTED IN SUDAFED TAMPERING CASE
A man was convicted Friday of drug tampering in the 1991 deaths of two people and the near-fatal poisoning of his wife. A juror called the defendant "a remorseless liar."
Joseph E. Meling was found guilty of putting cyanide-filled capsules into packages of Sudafed 12-hour decongestant in an attempt to kill his wife for $700,000 in life insurance, and of putting the capsules in five other packages to make it appear she was the victim of a random killer.
After four weeks of testimony and three days of deliberations, federal jurors convicted Meling of two counts of product tampering causing death, which carries a maximum penalty of life in prison. He also was convicted of four other counts of product tampering, two of perjury and three of insurance fraud.
Meling wouldn't comment as marshals escorted him from the courtroom, but his lawyer, Cyrus Vance Jr., promised to appeal. - Associated Press
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