Global Security Newswire

Two lesbian lovers pleaded guilty Monday to attempted murder but were not charged with possession of ricin, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported (see GSN, Jan. 9).

Astrid Tepatti and Ebony Woods made several attempts on the life of Tepatti’s husband, Stephen, a U.S. Marine sergeant based at Camp Pendleton, Calif.

In addition to pursuing more conventional killing means, the two women found a recipe for ricin on a white supremacist Web site, according to prosecutor Shanna Dougherty. Several bags of the poisonous white powder and other weapons were found in a car they drove after attempting to shoot Stephen Tepatti, according to the Union-Tribune.

Tepatti faces up to six years in prison at her Oct. 29 sentencing hearing, while Woods could be sentenced to nine years on Nov. 5 (Onell Soto, San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 10).