Attorney blames death on woman's spray tan

Last Update: 6/03/2009 9:51 am

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MIAMI, FL -- A defense attorney has suggested that a spray tan might be to blame for the death of a 33-year-old South Florida woman whose husband is now facing a second-degree murder charge.

Prosecutors believe 36-year-old Aventura developer Adam Kaufman strangled his wife, Eleonora Kaufman, in November 2007. But during a bond hearing Tuesday, defense attorney Bill Matthewman floated a different theory.

Matthewman said arsenic or some other accidental poison in a spray tan might be to blame for Eleonora Kaufman's death. Matthewman asked Miami-Dade chief medical examiner Dr. Bruce A. Hyma if officials investigated adverse reactions to spray tans.

Eleonora Kaufman got a spray tan one day before she died. The hearing is scheduled to continue Wednesday.

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Information from: The Miami Herald, http://www.herald.com

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