Man Accused of Poisoning 10-Year-Old Daughter with Eye Drops After Allegedly Killing Wife with Same Substance: DA

Mar. 15, 2025

Joshua Lee Hunsucker.Photo:Gaston County Sheriff’s Office

Gaston County Sheriff’s Office

A North Carolina paramedic accused ofusing eye drops to kill his wifeis facing new charges, this time involving his young daughter.

The motion also accuses him of poisoning his daughter, then 10, with the same eye drops he allegedly gave his late wife Stacy before the woman died at age 32 on Sept. 23, 2018.

Hunsucker’s daughter was treated at both Caromont Hospital and Levine’s Children’s Hospital after falling ill, according to the motion.

Stacy Hunsucker.Facebook

“The poisoning of [Hunsucker’s daughter] was once again done with an attempt [to] implicate Mr. and Mrs. Robinson in the death of his wife and remove the Robinsons from the lives of his daughters,” the motion, which adds that Hunsucker also shared a 9-year-old child with his late wife, alleges.

Before the suspect’s daughter was taken to hospital, she had been suffering from “symptoms including but not limited to low blood pressure, low heart rate, extreme exhaustion and sleepiness and constricted blood vessels,” the motion alleges.

It also alleges that another drug, one not approved for children, was found in his daughter’s system, as well — and the same drug was allegedly discovered in Hunsucker’s car after he was accused of staging his own kidnapping and assault in Mount Holly on or around Feb. 4, 2023.

“He reported that he stopped to change a flat tire and was pistol whipped in the head multiple times. His hands were then zip tied and he was injected with an unknown substance,” the motion states, summarizing Hunsucker’s alleged claims.

Stacy and Joshua Lee Hunsucker.Facebook

Hunsucker — who is accused in the Aug. 6 motion of doing things like sending packages to the Robinsons demanding they dismiss the case, making vulgar gestures at them in public places, videotaping and photographing them, and more — was previously booked in Gaston County jail on a charge of first-degree murder. He was let out on bond on Dec. 24. 2019, and has remained out of custody. His bond had been set at $1.5 million.

“The state believes that the defendant’s dangerous actions will continue to escalate,” the Aug. 6 motion reads. “The state has great concern for the safety of [Hunsucker’s children] and Mr. and Mrs. Robinson.”

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However, because she was an organ donor, a blood sample had been saved, which was taken to a lab for testing. This is where tetrahydrozoline was allegedly found in her blood.

“The allegation is he put quantities of this substance in her beverages over a period of time” leading to his late wife’s death, states the document.

source: people.com