TSU Student Poisoned Roommate With Toilet Water Ruse: Police

NASHVILLE, TN — Adapting to life with a roommate is an essential part of the college experience. Forced interaction with a person from a different place with a different background and outlook can be as educational as any lecture.

If troubles arise, there are plenty of ways to address them: talking it out, taking problems to an RA, or craftily constructing a class schedule to minimize time together. No one, however, recommends solving conflict with the method allegedly used by Tennessee State University student Tierni Williams: gradual poisoning with toilet water.

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Over the course of several weeks, according to an affidavit, Williams' roommate began suffering from unexplained weight loss, loss of appetite and diarrhea. The roommate eventually saw a SnapChat video which allegedly shows Williams filling her roommate's water bottles with water from the toilet, laughing and saying "the b---- is gonna get sick from this, and this is some nasty s---."

Williams was charged Tuesday with adulteration of food, liquid or pharmaceutical causing bodily injury, a Class C felony, carrying a potential sentence of three to six years.

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