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And now one of the lab assistants is asking if the blood contained traces of another chemical that Ferrante was purchasing, saying old supply had lost its potency. A chemical Ferrante was familiar with, with the effect of making the patient tired and ill. He might have administered this to...

Does anyone know if Ferrante's formal arraignment, scheduled for Nov 6, is public, and if so, where it can be viewed? (What's a formal arraignment, anyway?). I know there's a gag order and not sure it applies here. Looking over all the posts, I see I had basic misunderstandings of medical...

I bet the lawyer negotiated Ferrante's repositioning to a mental health unit. I would feel sorry for the guy if it were not for the cold blooded cruelty, which is more than extreme to a wife who bore his child, etc. the fact that he kept such large accounts in his ownname(not joint)..well...

His defense: 1.) It was suicide. Not a chance. Baby plans, happy life, boyfriend plans even. 2.) The hospital tainted the blood. No, other symptoms were there, etc. 3.) creatine converts to cyanide. Not possible in these doses. 4.) she did it to herself, thinking the glass vials (cyanide...

Hmm.. He said she had a bad head ache. I thought that was an excuse to lead into a stroke. I hope the lawyers read these posts. Here's a puzzle. What if you are a lab worker who ordered the cyanide. Next thing you know, a day or two later, the healthy wife of your boss has a stroke and...

Don't know about Cyril. But recently read earlier posts (Bourne, time, et al) and looked up creatine again. Label says take 10 g a day (as she was supposedly taking) but all body builder forums say, after initial heavy dose, maintain on 5 g a day. Risk to kidneys..never a good idea when...

I still bet you could find something was going wrong for him in research or career. He wanted a reason to get out of town.

He had to go to two people to order the cyanide, but I think he ordered it only once.

..or, they saw him drinking creatine in the lab and so, thought to mix it in so that he was to be the victim.

He might say, someone was trying to frame him. That he had enemies (which seems to be true!)

E.g., the affidavit says the cyanide was first put in a drawer..that sounds like an escape clause for him.

Actually, they will probably leave it vague..try to insist that RF really had an experiment in mind for the cyanide, and that many people in the lab could have wantonly mixed up the drugs before the cyanide was properly put away. Or mixed it deliberately intending it for someone else. I hope...

I think I'm only beginning to realize that an autopsy would not reveal cyanide poisoning? It required measuring the gases in the blood? ??? (And no, I am not planning to poison anyone)

Thank you! Would they not do an autopsy on a person dead on arrival, though? With such an unexpected death? Or does the kind of hospital make the difference?

Maybe you guys who sound like medical and biological experts, can help me with something.. I guess there is no fact sheet on cyanide poisoning. I would think they'd search his web access on cyanide, but how much can one know about how a person reacts to a poison. 1.) if he thought she would...