A grand jury has indicted Alabama attorney Sara Baker, 75, on 11 felony counts for allegedly trying to kill her husband by lacing his food and drinks with fentanyl on three separate occasions last year.
The indictment mirrors the charges filed against Baker when Cullman police first took her into custody on Nov. 25.
The counts include conspiracy to commit murder, three counts of attempted murder, second-degree domestic violence, second-degree elder abuse, unlawful distribution of a controlled substance, and four counts of solicitation to commit a controlled substance crime, according to People.
According to the criminal complaint filed in Cullman County District Court, Baker conspired with at least one other person between Sept. 1 and Nov. 25 to obtain fentanyl with the intent of causing the death of her husband, James Doyle Baker. The couple had been married for nearly 30 years.
Prosecutors allege she placed fentanyl in her husband's food or beverages on Sept. 4, Sept. 12, and Sept. 20. James Doyle Baker, a former Auburn football player who had suffered a stroke years earlier, was under his wife's full-time care at the time, Law and Crime reported.
He survived all three alleged poisoning attempts but suffered lasting physical impairment, according to prosecutors, which led to the domestic violence and elder abuse charges.
A witness in the case, Felisha Nichole Cofield, 39, was also a client of Baker's. Cofield was separately indicted on evidence-tampering charges after she allegedly swallowed fentanyl to destroy evidence when she believed an investigation was underway.
The Alabama State Bar suspended Baker's law license in December 2025 after the charges were filed. Baker had practiced law in Cullman County for decades, with experience in criminal defense, divorce, and custody law, and had previously worked with the local district attorney's office.
A circuit court judge from Walker County has been assigned to oversee the case. Baker has not yet entered a plea.
Baker's arraignment is scheduled for May 22. Her bail remains set at $400,000, which she posted shortly after her initial arrest in November 2025, as per ABC3340.
