Inset: Halie Spidle (Wayne County Sheriff's Office). Background: The New Venture Group Home in Corydon, Iowa (Google Maps).
An Iowa woman who was once an administrator at a group home for disabled adults has admitted to putting dangerous substances in one of their IVs.
Halie Spidle, 37, pleaded guilty to three counts of administering harmful substances after she was initially charged with attempted murder. According to a criminal complaint obtained by Des Moines, Iowa-based CBS affiliate KCCI, Spidle injected an algicide, and possibly brake cleaning fluid, into the IV of a patient living at the New Venture Group Home in Corydon, Iowa, on Aug. 1, 2025.
Police said she was trying to kill the patient, but no motive was made clear.
According to online court records, Spidle entered her plea on July 22. In exchange for pleading guilty to the three lesser charges, the attempted murder charge was dismissed. The judge accepted the plea, and Spidle avoided going to trial.
KCCI reported that Spidle was an administrator at the New Venture Group Home, which houses and treats adults who are mentally and developmentally disabled. In a post on Facebook, Spidle's husband celebrated his wife's new position at the facility in October 2020. A news clipping shared in the post said Spidle had worked with people with disabilities for more than 10 years.
Spidle was arrested on Sept. 18, 2025, after deputies with the Wayne County Sheriff's Office said she injected "algaecide and/or brake cleaner" into a patient's IV without their knowledge. After her arrest, Spidle was placed on administrative leave from her position. Law&Crime spoke to an employee at Wayne County Public Health who said Spidle no longer worked at the home but did not provide details.
Spidle is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 22. She faces up to 15 years in prison.
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