Vegas Puzzle: Deadly Toxin in Motel Room

[unapatriciated]

LAS VEGAS — Authorities on Friday confirmed that the deadly toxin ricin was found in a motel room most recently occupied by a man who has been in critical condition with breathing problems at a hospital for more than two weeks.

Las Vegas police said there was no apparent link to terrorist activity, and no indication of any spread of the deadly substance beyond the several vials of powder found in a plastic bag in the man's room on Thursday. But what the ricin was doing there remained a mystery.

A pinprick of ricin is enough to kill.

http://www6.comcast.net/news/articles/national/2008/02/29/Motel.Hazardous.Material/



It seems busco let this through on his watch.

[Vincardog]

1. What AGAIN? ANTHRAX and now RICIN? Since 9/11 OMG be affraid.

[unapatriciated]

2. The only thing I'm afraid of is Marshal Law.

Can't use it with this one :hide:, cause they already said it is not seem to be terrorist related.

[colorado thinker]

4. Not Marshal

Martial. As in Military. I made the same mistake in spelling a few weeks ago.:hi:

[unapatriciated]

9. No Marshal as in Brady

[unkachuck]

3. Putin did it?....n/t

[WinkyDink]

5. It is obviously connected to crime, if not terrorism per se. Nobody just "happens" to have ricin.

[ruiner4u]

6. You all have it wrong...

The man was just trying to make some castor oil... Have you seen what big pharma is charging these days?

[soothsayer]

7. didn't we have a ricin scare in vegas a few months back?

[salin]

8. Didn't the initial news claim that the guy from the room was not in serious

condition? Maybe I read that wrong initially, or perhaps we are getting very conflicted coverage?