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States, 89-90

description,

trial outcome, 59

color, 121

Stepmother’s poison, 6

form, 120

Stockyard’s Bluebeard, 11

how it kills, 121

Stomach cramps, 66

lethal dose, 121

Strychnine, 10, 122-124

odor, 121

description,

poison notes, 121

color, 122

solubility, 121

form, 122

source, 121

how it kills, 123

taste, 121

lethal dose, 123

detection,

odor, 122

method, 122

poison notes, 123

specimens, 122

solubility, 122

toxic levels, 122

source, 123

selected cases, 122

taste, 122

victim,

detection, 124

administered, 122

homicidal cases, 10

disease confusion, 122

minimum lethal dose, 123

symptom onset,

selected cases, 124

acute, 122

victim,

chronic, 122

administered, 123

victim notes, 122

disease confusion, 123

Somerset, Countess of, 8

symptom onset

Son, 3

acute, 123

Spanish Fly, 17, 63

chronic, 123

Spara, Hieronyma, 7

victim notes, 124

Specimens for analysis, 76

Sudafed(r) capsules, 49

Squires, Edward, 8

Sugar of lead, 7

Statistical analysis, 56-61

Sulla, 6

background, 57

Sumerians, 2

gender, 57

Superfund amendments and

gender offender vs. number of

Reauthorization Act (SARA),

victims, 60

44

geographic location, 57

Suspicion, aroused, 78-79

number of victims, 57

Susruta Samhita, 3

180

Index

Suttee, 3

The Toxic Avenger, 109

Swango, Michael, 24, 55

Theriaca, 4

Symptoms, 67t

Thin-layer chromatography (TLC), 76

Symptoms, abrupt onset, 66

Thought processes, 52

Toffana, Madame Giulia, 7

T

Toxic Avenger,

Toxicological information.

Tamperer, 22, 24, 55

See Poison,

Tampering, 22, 55, 44, 55, 75

information sources

Tamper-resistant packaging, 22

Toxicology, 31

Tartar emetic, 7, 9

Toxicology, analytical, 75

Taylor, Alfred Swaine, 31

Toxicomaniac, 18, 54

Terrorist as poisoner, 56

Toxon, 4

Tetramethylenedisulfotetramine, 39

Trajan, Emperor, 5

Thallium, 19, 24, 124-126

Trepal, George, 23-24

description,

Trial of the poisoner, 91

color, 124

form, 124

Tylenol(r) tamperer, 21-22

how it kills, 124

Types of poisoners, 47

lethal dose, 124

Types of poisons, 29-45

odor, 124

poison notes, 124

U

solubility, 124

Ultraviolet spectroscopy (UV), 76

source, 124

Umbrella Assassination, 21

taste, 124

Underground catalogues, 40, 42

detection,

Undetectable, 50

analysis notes, 126

Uncle Fester, 40

method, 126

Unicorn’s horn, 7

specimens, 126

Unit 731 - 16

toxic levels, 126

United States,

homicidal cases, 18, 23

homicidal poisoning analyses,

minimum lethal dose, 124

89-90

selected cases, 126

victim,

V

administered, 125

disease confusion, 125

Vacor, 66

symptom onset,

Veda, 3

acute, 125

Venetian Council of Ten, 6

chronic, 125

Victimology, 69

victim notes, 125

Victims, 63-80

The Poisoner, 108

antifreeze, 112

Index

181

arsenic, 115

Von Hohenheim-Paracelsus, Philippus,

botulinus toxin, 117

30

classic symptoms of poisoning, 65

Von Munchausen, Baron, 64

cyanide, 120

investigative considerations, 65

W

poisoning indices, 65

Waite, Arthur Warren, 14

poisoning symptoms, 65-67

White arsenic, 6

random, 48

Wilson’s disease, 80

sodium monofluoroacetate, 122

Wolfsbane, 5

specific, 47

Word of mouth, 41

strychnine, 123

Workplace, 41

thallium, 125

World Wide Web, 41

who gets poisoned? 63

Victim’s death

Y

not homicidal, 93

not intended outcome, 93

Young, Graham Frederick, 18, 54

not poison, 93

Young Poisoner’s Handbook, movie, 54

Visual media, 41

Z

Volatile substance screens, 75

Volume of distribution (Vd), 85

Zimbabwe, 24

Vomiting, 66

Zopyrus, 3

CRIMINAL POISONING

INVESTIGATIONAL GUIDE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, TOXICOLOGISTS, FORENSIC SCIENTISTS, AND ATTORNEYS

Second Edition

By

JOHN HARRIS TRESTRAIL, III, RPH, FAACT, DABAT

Center for Regional Poison Center, Grand Rapids, MI

In this revised and expanded edition of his critically acclaimed
Criminal Poisoning: Investigational Guide for Law Enforcement, Toxicologists, Forensic Scientists, and Attorneys,
leading forensic scientist John Trestrail, III offers a pioneering survey of all that is known about the use of poison as a weapon in murder. Topics range from the use of poisons in history and literature to convicting the poisoner in court, and include a review of the different types of poisons, techniques for crime scene investigation, and the critical essentials of the forensic autopsy. The author updates what is currently known about poisoners in general (psychological profi le, types, and statistical analyses) and their victims (who gets poisoned, investigative considerations, and classic symptoms of poisoning). The Appendix has been updated to include the more commonly used poisons, as well as the use of antifreeze as a poison, to refl ect some cases that have recently come to light.

Comprehensive and fully updated,
Criminal Poisoning: Investigational Guide for Law Enforcement, Toxicologists, Forensic Scientists, and Attorneys, Second Edition,
offers forensic scientists, police and private investigators, forensic psychologists, and criminal lawyers a unique one-volume summary of the knowledge and techniques needed to solve the near-invisible crime of poisoning and convict the perpetrator.

FEATURES

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Revised and expanded edition covering all aspects of ᭿
Essentials of the forensic autopsy process

murder by poisoning

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Updated profi les of the poisoner and his victim

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Time-tested guidelines for the crime scene investigation of ᭿
Numerous fi gures now used to summarize and illustrate murder by poisoning

important points

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Commonly used poisons to refl ect cases that have

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Exhaustive list of key references and suggested readings recently come to light

for deeper understanding

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Key courtroom strategies for successfully convicting the ᭿
Illuminating survey of the homicidal use of poisons in poisoner

history and literature

CONTENTS

Chapter 1
—Poisoners Throughout History

Appendix:
Some Common Homicidal Poisons.

Chapter 2
—Types of Poisons

Antifreeze (Methanol, or Ethylene glycol). Arsenic.

Chapter 3
—Poisoners

Botulinus Toxin. Cyanide. Sodium fluoroacetate.

Chapter 4
—Victims

Strychnine. Thallium.
Bibliographies on Homicidal

Chapter 5
—Crime Scene Investigation

Poisoning.
Poisoners Throughout History. Bibliography.

Chapter 6
—The Forensic Autopsy

Poisoning in Fiction Bibliography. Forensic Poisoning

Chapter 7
—Proving Poisoning

Bibliography. Analytical Toxicology. Bibliography.

Chapter 8
—Poisoners in Court

Index.

Chapter 9
—Poisoning in Fiction

Chapter 10
—Conclusion

Forensic Science and Medicine™

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Investigational Guide for Law Enforcement, Toxicologists,

Forensice Scientists, and Attorneys, Second Edition

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