A 63-year-old Texan divorcee is facing felony charges after police say she plotted to murder her ex-husband by sending him fentanyl-laced chocolates for their engagement.An undercover officer with the Parker County Sheriff’s Special Crimes Unit allegedly caught Pamela Jean Stanley on tape, telling an acquaintance she was planning to inject the fentanyl into a box of “high-end chocolates” then send them to her newly engaged ex, 66-year-old Jeffrey Kauth.“I’m the lucky fella,” Kauth told The Independent. “I’m just thankful she’s behind bars.”This was the second time Stanley had tried to murder her ex-spouse.The pair had split up five years ago and, according to Kauth, before this attempt, she had hired a hitman to assassinate him almost 18 months prior, but the assassin got cold feet and told Kauth..Regina’s second murder of 2025, first-degree murder charge.“I’m just fortunate the hitman had a conscience and reached out to me,” he said. “I’ve spent pretty much the better part of a year and a half with the lights off in the house, floodlights and cameras in the backyard.“It’s been an experience.”Kauth feels his vindictive ex initially wanted him dead so she could share in his son’s inheritance and move back into the home they shared before their 2020 divorce.“When that didn’t happen, it just became a matter of hatred and revenge,” he stated.Stanley was finally arrested by police after undercover officers lured her to a fake “purchase of what she believed was fentanyl” in a motel parking lot in late May. She had 9.5 grams of meth on her at the time of her arrest..Texas church shooter a trans terrorist.She was booked on charges of criminal solicitation with intent to commit murder, criminal attempt to commit murder, and possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver.Stanley had previously pleaded guilty in 2019 to deadly conduct for the unlawful discharge of a firearm.She was sentenced to 12 months’ probation and 50 hours of community service.The accused attempted murderer was released in late May on a $450,000 bond.Stanley was indicted on July 10 and is set to be arraigned on July 15 at Parker County District Court.
