Talk about ’til death do us part’!

A California dermatologist has been arrested on suspicion of poisoning her husband. She was allegedly caught in the act on a nanny cam set up by her spouse in the kitchen of the couple’s US$2.7-million home. 

Footage allegedly shows Yue ‘Emily’ Yu, 45, pouring Drano (a brand of drain cleaner) into her husband, Jack Chen’s hot lemonade on multiple occasions. 

Chen, a radiologist, told police he had become sick and suffered serious injuries before handing them the video evidence he says proves his claim.

“When Emily gets frustrated and yells at the children, she’ll commonly use a Chinese phrase that translates to ‘go die’,” Chen wrote in a court statement as he sought a restraining order against his wife. 

He also shared in his statement that his wife was abusive to the family, including the children, and often used expletives to them.

“She also says to the children, your head has a problem, your head is sick, go f**k yourself, f***ing idiot, stupid a**hole, and get the f**k out of my way,” Chen wrote. 

Yu was arrested last Thursday around 6 pm outside her dermatology office, located in Mission Viejo, approximately 15 miles away from the couple’s home in Irvine, California, Lt Bill Bingham told British tabloid, The Daily Mail.

Bingham said Chen called the Irvine Police Department earlier in the day on Thursday and shared with them that he was ‘being poisoned by his wife’ and said he had ‘video evidence to share’.

The video evidence was reviewed by the police before Yu was arrested on suspicion of poisoning her husband. 

“The allegations that were made by the husband were incredibly serious and we thought it was important to take quick investigative action on the case based on the allegation,” Bingham added.

NO MOTIVE YET

Yu has not been charged but Chen has been granted a temporary restraining order against his wife while police continue their investigations. 

No motive has emerged for the shocking crime. Yu, who works at the Providence Healthcare system in Mission Viejo, has had her work headshot removed from her employer’s website. A spokesman said they were cooperating with police.

Chen said he and Yu met in 2011 and got married a year later on July 4, 2012. 

He claimed his wife’s behaviour changed after their children, who are now aged seven and eight, were born in 2013 and 2014. He also claimed that Yu’s mother (the children’s grandmother), Yuqin ‘Amy’ Gu, also verbally and physically abused them. 

“As early as two years old, Emily and Amy were verbally and then physically abusive to our son and daughter which intensified as they grew older,” Chen said.

“They are both verbally and physically abusive to me.”

He said the women would call the children “f***ing stupid”.

Chen claimed Yu spanked her daughter when she was three years old because she wet her bed. Yu also allegedly hit her son on his head and arms when he was two. 

MAKING THE CHILDREN CRY

“When the kids fall asleep without permission, even if after 11:00 pm, she would wake them up, demand that they go to her room, shut the door and make them cry,” he said. 

“At the end sometimes she would tell the kids to get out and then slam the door behind them, making them cry outside her door.”

When the children would play piano after school, Yu would allegedly tell them they were “f***ing stupid” until they cried.  

Following the alleged poisoning, Bingham said Chen began to develop symptoms that worsened over the last month.

He said Chen did seek medical treatment once he became ill but was unable to provide details as to whether a blood test revealed the poison in his bloodstream.

“Due to the integrity of the case, it appears the poisoning happened over a period of time,” Bingham said.

Yu was arrested at her office after she was interviewed by police.

“Our detectives contacted Yu as she was leaving her place of employment. They interviewed her and, following her interview, detectives placed her under arrest.”

He added that she was arrested under a section of California law that alleges she woefully placed a poison or harmful substance in food, drink, medicine or pharmaceutical product. 

Bingham told the Daily Mail they’ve not discovered any connection between the incident and Yu’s employment. 

“The motive is still under investigation. It appears it was a domestic related incident between a husband and wife.”

The husband told officers he suspected she had been poisoning him and set up surveillance video to confirm it. 

Yu’s attorney said his client denied poisoning her husband or abusing him or their children.