Ricin found in Vegas motel, 7 hospitalized.
Preliminary tests indicate that a package found at a motel contained the toxin ricin, and seven people have been taken to hospitals, authorities said.
Investigators did not believe the substance was intended for an attack.
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Thats all well and good that they don't *think* its an attack, but ricin is basically ground up castor beans. I am not sure how that accidentally gets left lying around a motel.
I first heard about it in an Anne Rule book, Bitter Harvest, about Dr. Deborah Green, a crazy woman who tried to kill her husband that way, and when that didn't work she decided to burn the house down with their children in it.
Preliminary tests indicate that a package found at a motel contained the toxin ricin, and seven people have been taken to hospitals, authorities said.
Investigators did not believe the substance was intended for an attack.
Story
Thats all well and good that they don't *think* its an attack, but ricin is basically ground up castor beans. I am not sure how that accidentally gets left lying around a motel.
I first heard about it in an Anne Rule book, Bitter Harvest, about Dr. Deborah Green, a crazy woman who tried to kill her husband that way, and when that didn't work she decided to burn the house down with their children in it.
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