Ricin found in Las Vegas hotel room

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ghostjmf · #1 Post by **ghostjmf** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 4:33 pm

Man who stayed in room hospitalized

source NPR

jsuchard · #2 Post by **jsuchard** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 4:44 pm

I am definitely going to need some additional details from the news media before I am convinced about this story.

Several previous ricin scares have been false-positive tests. Also, without knowing what symptoms the patient had, it is much too early to conclude if they are consistent with ricin poisoning.

ne1410s · #3 Post by **ne1410s** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 6:41 pm

I am definitely going to need some additional details ...

I know there was a large quantity of castor beans involved. Seriously.

ghostjmf · #4 Post by **ghostjmf** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 7:25 pm

The story said that the material had been positively identified by the lab. I know, I know, could still be "falsely positive".

Nobody else (except the hazmat team I'd guess) has been in the room; they have to have suspected something right away. Its a story with very little info, so far.

Buffacuse · #5 Post by **Buffacuse** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:15 pm

There were a bunch of vials of the pulverized ricin in the room along with a few castor beans...

...this tells me this guy may have been making the stuff and accidentally poisoned himself. Who knows what he had in mind--since he is in a coma, he isn't telling, but I'm thinking we may have lucked out of something nasty here.

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #6 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Sat Mar 01, 2008 12:45 am

I am thinking that he might end up being a potential Darwin Award nominee.

Buffacuse · #7 Post by **Buffacuse** » Sat Mar 01, 2008 4:10 pm

Job, Whack.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/01/ricin.hotel/index.html

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #8 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Sat Mar 01, 2008 5:27 pm

Somebody somewhere could make a lot of money writing a better Anarchist Cookbook.

Bob Juch · #9 Post by **Bob Juch** » Sat Mar 01, 2008 6:50 pm

Look for this as a plot on "CSI" next year.