Failed Cocaine Test Puts Alleged Husband Slayer Back in Jail

A woman free on bond while she awaits trial on charges she stabbed her husband to death was sent back to jail after she tested positive for cocaine prior to a Wednesday morning court hearing.

Alleged murderer Michele Evans, 52, was ordered to submit to random drug testing last month. She failed a test prior to appearing before Judge David Carlson and her $1 million bond was revoked.

Evans was scheduled to appear in court again Thursday and will get another chance to pass a drug test. According to the website Health Street, cocaine clears out of the human body relatively quickly.

“Typically, a single usage in a person with average metabolism remains present and detectable in the urine for around three to five days,” Health Street says.

Evans was arrested after she allegedly thrust a knife into the chest of her husband, 55-year-old David Evans, at their Bloomfield Drive home in April 2015. David Evans died about five hours later at Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove.

Evans is an Air Force veteran and worked as a Valley View School District secretary for more than 10 years.

Evans was freed on a $1 million bond a month after her husband’s death.

photo via Will County Sheriff's Department