Roxanne Doucette, 64, of Townsend, MA, is charged with attempted murder of Paul Doucette, intimidation of a witness, juror, police or court official, resisting arrest, and assault and battery on a police officer

Roxanne Doucette tried to kill her 73-year-old husband Paul on the instruction of a man she met online, for sex and insurance payout

Douchette believed she had been speaking to the dashing daytime soap opera star Thorsten Kaye, 57, of ‘The Bold and the Beautiful’ when it was an online scammer

On 3 Dec Roxanne Douchette served husband, Paul Doucette, the soup laced with poison, a few hours later he became so violently ill she called 911, EMTs rushed the 73-year-old to Nashoba Valley Medical Center, saving his life

Couple’s daughter, visiting her dad in hospital grew suspicious of her mother searched her phone before sharing incriminating texts with the online beau with cops leading to the arrest 

Roxanne Douchette, 64, has been charged with trying to kill her 73-year-old husband, Paul Douchette, by serving him poison soup after she meeting a man on-line who tricked her into thinking he was a soap opera star

A Massachusetts woman has been charged with trying to kill her septuagenarian husband after meeting a male hunk she met online, who posed as a soap opera star, and coaxed her into serve him poison soup so he could have sex with her.’
Roxanne Doucette of Townsend has been charged with attempted murder of her husband Paul Doucette, intimidation of a witness, juror, police or court official, resisting arrest, and assault and battery on a police officer, court documents show.

Roxanne Doucette, 64, of Townsend, MA, is charged with attempted murder of Paul Doucette, intimidation of a witness, juror, police or court official, resisting arrest, and assault and battery on a police officer

Catfished Massachusetts housewife Roxanne Doucette, 64, believed she had been engaging with the 57-year-old German-British daytime soap opera star Thorsten Kaye [photo], of ‘The Bold and the Beautiful,’ during a series of text exchanges in December

Roxanne Doucette, 64, believed she had been speaking to the dashing daytime soap opera star Thorsten Kaye, 57, of ‘The Bold and the Beautiful,’ during a series of text exchanges last month. The suspect is accused of trying to poison her husband after a scammer impersonating soap star texted her.
During one of their conversations, the reported scammer instructed Douchette to get rid of your husband Boston25 News reports.
Douchette served husband, Paul Doucette, the soup laced with poison. A few hours later he became so violently ill she called 911.
EMTs rushed the 73-year-old to Nashoba Valley Medical Center, saving his life. 
Meanwhile the couple’s adult daughter, Nicole Heath, who went to the hospital to see her ailing father, grew suspicious by her mother’s actions after reviewing her phone.
Heath told police she suspected that her mother had poisoned her father and took a series of screenshots of the text exchanges. The daughter showed police screenshots from text messages that were sent on Friday, 1 December 2023. One of the messages from “Thorsten” stated ‘You have to get rid of your husband honey. I need you so much,’” police wrote in their report.
Roxanne stated that she “needed to do some thinking.”

In one exchange the online admirer told Roxanne to get rid of her husband, to which she responded, ‘Making an amazing soup. Special potion. He can’t be hungry when he gets back. Just enough for him’. She was aiming to collect the life insurance 

On Monday, a tearful Roxanne disputed those claims, telling WBZ at her home that the soup was old and that she ‘didn’t poison’ her husband: ‘I’ve never ever tried to poison him in any way whatsoever,’ she said. ‘I love him very, very much and I would never try to kill anyone.’ 
She also spoke of how she missed him and said, ‘I just want him to come home.’
But, court documents revealed a nefarious text message exchange that took place between Douchette and her love interest.
‘Making an amazing soup. Special potion. He will be hungry when he gets back. Just enough for him,’ she wrote.
After serving him the concoction, she wrote: ‘Hubby got back not feeling well. Maybe I can collect life insurance.’
He responded: ‘Honey when will that be?’
She responded, ‘Don’t know.’ 
On 4 December 2023, a day after the alleged poisoning, Douchette was arraigned in Ayer District Court, and was released on her own recognizance.
Though her husband’s toxicology test came back negative she was still required to stay 100 yards away from him and have no contact with him.
She was also ordered to undergo a mental health evaluation, wear a GPS monitor and is only permitted to leave her home for medical appointments, as the case is being investigated.

When Paul Douchette, seen [photo], drinking a beer with Roxanne, recovered from the harrowing ordeal, he told his daughter and the police that his wife, ‘made him soup, but that it wasn’t very good.’ It ‘tasted bitter,’ according to a police report. Roxanne has denied the allegations

In a report, Officer Marchand wrote:  ‘Roxanne had been messaging someone she believed to be a daytime drama actor, Thorsten Kaye.’ 
He added, ‘this person scammed her into giving them money.’
When her husband recovered from the harrowing ordeal, he told his daughter and the police that his wife, ‘made him soup, but that it wasn’t very good.’
He stated that it ‘tasted bitter,’ according to a police report.
Doucette later told police, that she initially told (her husband) that she was going on a retreat, but later told her husband that she was not going on a retreat and told him about the person she was messaging.
‘She stated that she thought she was talking to a star, and that she had always wanted to meet a star,’ as per the police report.
Douchette said, ‘she said that she was afraid to be alone. She alleged that she would never harm him in any way, and that she loves him very, very much,’ as per the police report.
She also stated that she loves her children, and that she hopes her daughter doesn’t think she put him in the hospital.
Doucette also told investigators that her husband ‘was under a lot of stress because of the scam. 
She stated that he had recently been the victim of a scam and lost approximately $8,000.00,’ as per the news outlet. 

On 12 December, Roxanne Douchette was arrested again for violating an Abuse Prevention Order after she gave her husband a handwritten which she reportedly had a neighbor mail to him that violated her no contact order.
In the letter, she asked her husband to ‘please consider dropping the restraining order.’
She added: ‘That’s a long time to have you out of my life. I want my husband back. I miss you so much.’
In the letter, she asked her husband to ‘please consider dropping the restraining order.’
She added: ‘That’s a long time to have you out of my life. I want my husband back. I miss you so much.’
Douchette also faces a charge of resisting arrest and assaulting an officer after police tried to obtain her cell phone and tablet for evidence.
She reportedly kicked one of the officers and fought back. The items were eventually seized.
The couple have been living in their quaint town for four decades with many neighbors shocked by the allegations, but one of the police officers urged many of the locals not to ‘rush to judgement.’