Cynthia Sommer, a woman accused of poisoning her husband with arsenic, walked out of the Las Colinas jail Thursday after prosecutors dropped the murder case against her.
Sommer, 34, spent two years and four months behind bars.
Prosecutors said they now have reasonable doubt that Sgt. Todd Sommer, a member of the Marine Corps, was poisoned, based on conclusions reached by a new set of toxicology experts.
Todd Sommer, 23, died Feb. 18, 2002, after collapsing at the couple's home at the Miramar Marine Corps Air Station. Doctors first determined that he died of natural causes, but tests later revealed high levels of arsenic in his liver and kidneys.
Sommer, a mother of four children, was charged with murder in March 2006 and was tried in January 2007. Sommer was arrested in Palm Beach County, Fla., in November 2005.
Prosecutors sought more forensic testing when defense attorneys raised questions about the evidence during and after the trial. Testing on other tissue samples from Todd Sommer revealed no arsenic.
Pictures of Cynthia Sommer are located in the photo gallery of this release.
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