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2008-02-29 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Deadly poison ricin possibly found at Las Vegas motel: reports

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Posted by anonymous5089 2008-02-29 08:19|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 Ah, dupe again, but the first one was still in the waiting tank when I posted this.

Posted by anonymous5089 2008-02-29 08:39|| 2008-02-29 08:39|| Front Page Top

#2 I suspect that this is a false positive. Ricin has two protein chains. Many plants, such as barley, have one of the two chains, but not the other.

This means what they detected is most likely the barley malt found in dried beer.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-02-29 08:42|| 2008-02-29 08:42|| Front Page Top

#3 A bag of it?

Posted by lotp 2008-02-29 09:13|| 2008-02-29 09:13|| Front Page Top

#4 I think the police captain seems pretty positive it's ricin.

Posted by anonymous5089 2008-02-29 09:15|| 2008-02-29 09:15|| Front Page Top

#5 Well ... police are saying that the 'small container found in a bag' contains pure ricin. Apparently castor beans were also found in the room.

Posted by lotp 2008-02-29 09:17|| 2008-02-29 09:17|| Front Page Top

#6 "This event does not appear to be terrorism related," FBI spokesman Richard Kolko in Washington said Friday morning.

Less the twenty four hours in and the FBI's already determined that? Damn, they're good.
Enjoy the weekend, Dick...

Posted by tu3031 2008-02-29 12:53|| 2008-02-29 12:53|| Front Page Top

#7 "Testing, testing...."

Posted by USN, Ret. 2008-02-29 16:53|| 2008-02-29 16:53|| Front Page Top

#8 LAS VEGAS A man who stayed in a Las Vegas hotel room where ricin was discovered on Thursday has been hospitalized in critical condition since Feb. 14 with symptoms consistent with exposure to the deadly toxin, Las Vegas police said Friday.

The mans identity, age and hometown were being withheld on Friday as investigators tried to determine why ricin, as well as castor beans from which is it derived, were found in a room at an Extended Stay America hotel one mile west of the Las Vegas Strip.

Deputy Chief Kathleen Suey said the man had been staying in the room where the ricin was found for an unknown length of time and was leasing the room when the substance was discovered. A man, said to be a relative or friend of the sick man, had gone into the room to retrieve the patients belongings when he found the vials of white powder and showed it to the hotels manager, Deputy Chief Suey said.

Police were called by the hotel. The man had been hospitalized on Feb. 14 with respiratory distress but did not indicate to doctors that he may have been exposed to ricin, so the health district and police were not notified of the prospect, she said. The patient has not yet been questioned and is believed to be unconscious, she said.

Posted by tu3031 2008-02-29 17:02|| 2008-02-29 17:02|| Front Page Top

#9 TU: Could you provide a link to that article please?

Thx in advance.

Posted by Col. Bat Guano (ret.) 2008-02-29 17:59|| 2008-02-29 17:59|| Front Page Top

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