Woman tried to poison neighbors, WI officials say. Now she’s accused in OK death
A Wisconsin jury has convicted a woman accused of trying to poison her neighbors, officials said. Now, she is facing a murder charge in a separate case out of Oklahoma.
Kore Bommeli Adams was convicted of two counts of attempted first-degree intentional homicide by a Dane County jury June 27, according to WKOW.
Attorney information for Adams was not available.
According to prosecutors, Adams tried to poison her neighbors by placing ricin around their home in the Madison suburb of Middleton in April 2014, KOTV reported.
“No one is putting ricin in someone’s bed, in their sock drawer, in their office. If you’re not trying to kill them, you’re not trying to have them consume a tiny amount just to get sick, there’s no conceivable reason to put ricin in someone’s house other than to cause their death,” Dane County Assistant Distinct Attorney Jack Schneider told WKOW.
Ricin is a chemical poison that can be made from the waste of castor beans, according to the New York State Department of Health.
Adams’ sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 15, WKOW reported.
In the meantime, she is facing a murder charge in connection with a separate Oklahoma case.
In 2020, Adams reported her roommate, Talina Galloway, missing, telling authorities she went to a lake to quarantine after a Covid-19 screening, KTUL reported. However, there was “no evidence of such a screening,” the outlet reported.
Then in 2021, Galloway’s remains were found in Arkansas, according to the outlet.
Galloway’s body was dismembered and found in a freezer in a wooded area, KOTV reported. Her death was ruled a homicide.
Adams is in Wisconsin awaiting extradition to Wagoner County, Oklahoma, the outlet reported. She is charged with first-degree murder and desecration of a human corpse.
Wagoner County is about a 35-mile drive southeast from Tulsa.
This story was originally published July 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM with the headline "Woman tried to poison neighbors, WI officials say. Now she’s accused in OK death."
