What the Heck?! Thread (Closed)

[Quickie]

Traces of the poison could still remain in the person's hair and nails and maybe even the bones although this would present some problems for a live person.

 

[SamuraiBlue]

Traces of the poison could still remain in the person's hair and nails and maybe even the bones although this would present some problems for a live person.

I believe that would depend on the type of poison. If it was inorganic yes but many of the organic poisons would have been broken down through metabolism.

 

[TerraN_EmpirE]

I believe that would depend on the type of poison. If it was inorganic yes but many of the organic poisons would have been broken down through metabolism.

Inorganic to,
In the case of Polonium for example like that used on Alexander Litvinenko the half life is about 139 days so detection of this material soon after death would be possible but an exhumation years later would be ineffective due to radioactve decay.

 

[solarz]

It says he recovered so his metabolism should have either disposed it from his body or processed it, making it untraceable by the point he he was transferred and admitted to a western hospital.

No, it said he recovered "following retirement and surgery", which presumably means he was checked out by doctors while still ill. He was also pulled out of Pakistan while ill, which I'm assuming means he returned to the states and got medical attention.

 

[Quickie]

I believe that would depend on the type of poison. If it was inorganic yes but many of the organic poisons would have been broken down through metabolism.

For a poison to do any damage in the body, it has to remain long enough in it, i.e. long enough to leave a trace in those parts of the body.

 

[TerraN_EmpirE]

It has be remain long enough to act Quickie, and that varies from poison to poison based on how it works.
Some act quick some act slow. finding it means figuring on how it acts and having at least a notion of what to look for.

 

[solarz]

It has be remain long enough to act Quickie, and that varies from poison to poison based on how it works.
Some act quick some act slow. finding it means figuring on how it acts and having at least a notion of what to look for.

But he was cured after surgery, so presumably they were able to determine what was wrong. From there, I find it hard to believe that they could not identify whether his illness was due to deliberate poisoning or a "natural" medical condition.

 

[Quickie]

It has be remain long enough to act Quickie, and that varies from poison to poison based on how it works.
Some act quick some act slow. finding it means figuring on how it acts and having at least a notion of what to look for.

Well, the perfect poison would be one that does its job quick and then disappear from the body in similarly quick time, even in the hair follicles. One can only hope such concoction haven't yet existed.

 

[Janiz]

Well, the perfect poison would be one that does its job quick and then disappear from the body in similarly quick time, even in the hair follicles. One can only hope such concoction haven't yet existed.

They have something to drug people and make it look like a suicide. I heard that they do that on Friday evening/Saturday early in the morning so that autopsy will wait for Monday and the drug will disappear from the blood. I haven't seen it but I have heard about many people who screwed around with secret services gone this way. It's Russian way to deal with things I think. They're good in this business.

 

[solarz]

They have something to drug people and make it look like a suicide. I heard that they do that on Friday evening/Saturday early in the morning so that autopsy will wait for Monday and the drug will disappear from the blood. I haven't seen it but I have heard about many people who screwed around with secret services gone this way. It's Russian way to deal with things I think. They're good in this business.

How would the drug disappearing make it look like a suicide?