Janie Lynn Ridd pleaded guilty to two felony charges after she bought a antibiotic-resistant bacteria from the dark web. Her story is featured in Season 2 of…
Janie Lynn Ridd pleaded guilty to two felony charges after she bought a deadly bacteria from the dark web. Her story is featured in Season 2 of the Netflix docuseries 'Worst Roommate Ever'Janie Lynn Ridd and her roommate Rachel had been best friends for 25 years. And then Ridd allegedly tried to poison her with a strain of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
“I really have a hard time believing that the person I’ve known for 25 years ... could do what she did,” Rachel said in the show.Authorities began investigating Ridd when she contacted a dark web vendor selling Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in October 2019, according to an indictment filed in Utah's 3rd District court., VRSA is a strain of the staph bacteria that can cause infections that look like everything from skin conditions to severe wound infections.
On Dec. 12, 2019, Ridd purchased the VRSA cultures from the vendor for $300 in Bitcoin, according to the indictment.Authorities wrote in the indictment that Ridd lived with two other people — her roommate and her son, a minor. In"Worst Roommate Ever," Rachel confirmed the order was lifted three days later and she was returned custody of her son.
She then"walked back her statement" and said she had ordered a form of staph for"experimental purposes and to satisfy a personal curiosity she had stemming from her roommate's recent exposure to MRSA," according to the indictment. Ridd also told the agent she had a life insurance policy on herself and her roommate, with each being each other's beneficiary, according to the indictment.
In June 2019, Ridd's roommate said she had two separate episodes of dangerous blood sugar levels which required her to be hospitalized, though she was not diabetic and did not take insulin. The roommate's surgeon told investigators that the E. coli infection"did not come as a result of surgery and must have been injected," according to the indictment.
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