Stories like this are the kind that make me wary of brewing kombucha in my kitchen. A Lithuanian woman's homemade alcohol poisoned and killed 16 people. The deaths have occurred over the span of the month. While they weren't all at the same event, they were all located in the same district where the woman, who is being held for possible negligent homicide, lives and made the alcohol. Others are being treated for illness from the drink.
The 62-year-old woman has been in trouble before for similar activities. She has trafficked domestic alcohol and ethyl alcohol, and when her home was searched following these incidents, police discovered unknown liquid in her possession. The police's other suspect of the crime died, also of poisoning.
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