A Texas woman has been indicted on solicitation for murder charges after officials say she plotted to kill her newly engaged ex-husband with a poisoned box of candy.

According to a release from the Parker County Sheriff’s Office, Pamela Jean Stanley, 63, was arrested after a tip that she was planning to murder her ex-husband. Her May 30 arrest was followed by an indictment July 10.

Stanley was recorded as she explained to an acquaintance that she was seeking to purchase powdered fentanyl, and “inject” it in a high-end box of chocolates, according to the sheriff’s office.

The release notes Stanley further planned to mail the box to her ex-husband, making it appear to have been from a travel agency as a congratulatory gift for his recent engagement along with a “honeymoon” incentive offer.

Sheriff’s SCU investigators worked in an undercover controlled capacity with Stanley, who drove several hours from Coleman and solicited the purchase of what she believed was fentanyl in the parking lot of a local interstate motel from SCU undercover investigators.

Investigators took Stanley into custody immediately following her undercover ruse purchase and found her to also be in possession of a substance the Texas Department of Public Safety Crime Lab tested as containing 9.5 grams of methamphetamine.

Stanley was indicted for criminal solicitation with intent to commit murder, criminal attempt to commit murder, and possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver. Her total bond is set at $450,000.

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