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Ricin found in Las Vegas hotel room
Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 4:33 pm
by ghostjmf
Man who stayed in room hospitalized
source NPR
Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 4:44 pm
by jsuchard
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.
Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 6:41 pm
by ne1410s
I am definitely going to need some additional details ...
I know there was a large quantity of castor beans involved. Seriously.
Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 7:25 pm
by ghostjmf
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.
Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:15 pm
by Buffacuse
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.
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 12:45 am
by PlacentiaSoccerMom
I am thinking that he might end up being a potential Darwin Award nominee.
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 4:10 pm
by Buffacuse
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 5:27 pm
by PlacentiaSoccerMom
Somebody somewhere could make a lot of money writing a better Anarchist Cookbook.
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 6:50 pm
by Bob Juch
Look for this as a plot on "CSI" next year.