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The trial for a Texas cancer researcher accused of poisoning her jilted lover's coffee with a colorless and odorless chemical found in antifreeze begins Monday.
Dr. Ana Maria Gonzalez-Angulo is accused of poisoning her lover, fellow cancer researcher Dr. George Blumenschein.
The breast cancer oncologist laced Blumenschein's coffee with ethylene glycol, a deadly chemical used in antifreeze, last year, say prosecutors.
When Blumenshein told Gonzalez-Angulo he thought his coffee tasted "sweet," she allegedly told him it just was Splenda, according to court documents.
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They allegedly recorded her on the telephone claiming she had "people assassinated and that she takes care of things the Colombian way."
Just because someone has the intelligence, education, and a doctorate degree to work in in cancer research or any other such field, doesn't necessarily mean they are a well adjusted & decent human being.... as this case illustrates. Wouldn't be the first time a highly educated & respected professional tried to kill, or actually did, kill someone.
Just because someone has the intelligence, education, and a doctorate degree to work in in cancer research or any other such field, doesn't necessarily mean they are a well adjusted & decent human being.... as this case illustrates. Wouldn't be the first time a highly educated & respected professional tried to kill, or actually did, kill someone.
Like astronauts?
As a scientist, the accused is probably smart enough to figure if the ethyl would work when mixed with coffee or not.........maybe. A lot of people just do assume, no matter how smart they are.
Once on The New Detectives, there was a case where someone put cyanide in the water cooler. The people who used the water to make their coffee didn't die, the one who filled her water bottle did. Now, looking back on that, I have to wonder why because they were all receiving the same dosage. Did the heating of the water destablize the cyanide? Did it bind with the coffee grounds or did the filter action reduce the amount of poison in each cup? A combination of all, some of the elements perhaps?
I've never gone back and researched that nor bothered my profs on it.....but still. So here we have a case involving coffee....does this poison work the same in that as it does in water?
Finally, does this mean not to have me on the jury if I think like this? No. For there would be motive, there would be oppurtunity, there would be method. Just because science might not be their strong suit wouldn't be a reason to excuse them.
As a scientist, the accused is probably smart enough to figure if the ethyl would work when mixed with coffee or not.........maybe. A lot of people just do assume, no matter how smart they are.
Once on The New Detectives, there was a case where someone put cyanide in the water cooler. The people who used the water to make their coffee didn't die, the one who filled her water bottle did. Now, looking back on that, I have to wonder why because they were all receiving the same dosage. Did the heating of the water destablize the cyanide? Did it bind with the coffee grounds or did the filter action reduce the amount of poison in each cup? A combination of all, some of the elements perhaps?
I've never gone back and researched that nor bothered my profs on it.....but still. So here we have a case involving coffee....does this poison work the same in that as it does in water?
Finally, does this mean not to have me on the jury if I think like this? No. For there would be motive, there would be oppurtunity, there would be method. Just because science might not be their strong suit wouldn't be a reason to excuse them.
Might be serving size.
Most people don't drink 20oz. of coffee or more like you'd commonly find in a water bottle.
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