From: Kirk Hunter <kirk.p.hunter**At_Symbol_Here**GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Former student sentenced to seven years for poisoningco lleague
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 12:14:08 -0600
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Hi All,

 

These posts about students poisoning someone brought back memories of this story that happened here in North Texas (and just a few miles from where I live) in the mid-90s using barium acetate. A high school student took some barium acetate from the chemistry lab and used it to "salt" her father's refried beans. Yes, he died. The coroner did not find anything unusual and cited cause of death was a heart attack. What's amazing is that she ALMOST got away with it!!

 

https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/poisoning-daddy/

 

Stay vigilant!

 

Kirk Hunter

Waxahachie, Texas

 

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Unsolved sodium azide cases as well:

 

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2010/1/27/medical-hupd-school-laboratory/ 

 

https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2017/03/08/police-launch-inquiry-after-toxin-sickens-four/ 

 

One would hope someone tried cross-matching the personnel records of both institutions at the time.

 

And this case, which went all the way to the Supreme Court: https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/attempted-poisoning-wasnt-chemical-warfare-court-rules/7450.article

 

I also recall rumors from one school that a professor's wife suicide using laboratory cyanide was actually a cleverly disguised murder.

 

And there is the ever-famous mysterious death of Al Cotton, someone who could have potentially won the Nobel Prize in chemistry had he not made so many enemies.  I suspect this one was like Murder on the Orient Express - (spoiler alert) - everyone did it!  Although this one appears to be injuries rather than toxins.  https://www.theeagle.com/news/a_m/professor-cotton-s-death-investigated/article_6ae94cde-757c-5674-a24b-bc7319a73281.html and http://ipbiz.blogspot.com/2007/05/death-of-famous-chemistry-prof-fa.html

 

Rob Toreki

 

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On Dec 13, 2018, at 11:18 AM, paracelcusbombastusvon**At_Symbol_Here**juno.com <paracelcusbombastusvon**At_Symbol_Here**JUNO.COM> wrote:

 

A similar case occurred in Omaha, NE in 1978.  Two people died and three others were severely sickened.  Dimethylnitrosamine along with several other chemicals were implicated.

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From: Wayne Wood <wayne..wood**At_Symbol_Here**MCGILL.CA>
To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU
Subject: [DCHAS-L] Former student sentenced to seven years for poisoning colleague
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 13:41:41 +0000

We sometimes forget about the possible malicious use of chemicals in our institutions, but it does happen from time-to-time.  More often than not the malicious use is intended to inflict self-harm but in this disturbing case it was towards a colleague:   

https://www.queensjournal.ca/story/2018-12-11/news/former-queens-student-sentenced-to-seven-years-for-poisoning-colleague/

W.

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