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April 29, 2023 | 12:33 PM
Sarah Hartsfield faces murder charges in Texas, but Minnesota authorities have reopened an investigation into the 2018 shooting of another ex-girlfriend.
Chambers County Sheriff’s Office
A Texas woman has been accused of poisoning her fifth husband with insulin. It’s about five years after she shot and killed her then ex-fiancée.
According to multiple reports, Sarah Hartsfield, a 48-year-old former U.S. Army sergeant, didn’t call 911 until it was too late after she shot her diabetic husband Joseph Hartsfield dead with high levels of insulin. has been accused of .
The 46-year-old had very high insulin levels before his wife called for help in a January incident.
While Hartsfield was held in Chambers County Jail, Minnesota investigators reopened an investigation into the death of her ex-fiancé David Bragg, whom she shot dead in 2018.
It’s unclear what new evidence Minnesota investigators received to reopen the case, but even that case isn’t the first time she’s touched the law.
Hartsfield – then known as Sarah Dohonue – was arrested in March 1996 on suspicion of assaulting her second husband, Michael Traxler, at her Rio Bonito home.
She remained in prison for a week, but the charges were eventually dropped.
Hartsfield’s first husband, Titus Nornschild, told ABC13 in February, “I’m glad she finally found out who she was.” I am just sorry that a person had to die.”
“I knew she was going to jail one day,” added Knoernschild. “So she cheated on her things. She stole money from people. So I knew she would get caught eventually. That was always my hope. But unfortunately ,she [allegedly] murder. And that is what she is facing now. “
Hartsfield’s son from his third marriage, Ryan Donahue, told NBC he knew his mother’s poor judgment would lead to her downfall.
“It’s unreal to see my mother in a jumpsuit now,” Donahue said. “I’ve waited for it my whole life.”
ABC13 obtained several recent notes written by Hartsfield from her cell.
In one memo, she told the judge that she had fired her lawyer and asked for a replacement.
The second memo called for her bond to be reduced, claiming she was being held illegally because she could not afford the $4.5 million bond.
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