Ohio Teacher Guilty of Poisoning Daughter - Updated

(Painesville, Ohio) Former Bellaire High School (Belmont County) teacher Erin Hendrix, 28, has been convicted.

On Monday, a Lake County, Ohio, jury found Erin Hendrix guilty of 13 out of 22 charges, concluding Hendrix gave her daughter lethal doses of lead.

Hendrix's bond was revoked by a judge, and she faces life in prison with the possibility of parole after 15 years.

Nearly three years ago, Belmont County officials started investigating accusations that Hendrix tried to poison her then 6-month-old daughter with lead.

Sentencing is scheduled for March 15.

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Former Teacher Accused of Poisoning Daughter
[Previous 10/11/10 post]
(Lake County, Ohio) A 28-year-old physics teacher formerly at Bellaire High School in Belmont County, Erin Hendrix, has been accused of attempted murder for allegedly trying to poison her infant daughter.

Hendrix has been charged with 22 counts including attempted aggravated murder, felony assault, endangering children and several counts of contaminating a substance for human consumption.

Hendrix was a physics teacher at Bellaire High School and her husband was a pastor in Belmont County. In 2008, the family moved to Mentor, in Lake County, Ohio.

There, a children's hospital in Cleveland contacted Mentor police when medical providers noticed high lead nitrate levels in the girl's bloodstream. Police began an investigation and ultimately put the girl -- now 3 years old -- into protective services.

The child is recovering but faces a long road.