Woman found dead, dead husband was in freezer 11 years

I read about a woman whose mother died of natural causes, but she didn't report it so she could keep getting the mother's social security check. She was her caregiver, so no problem cashing the check.
 
You know, I used to LOVE jello and when I became a vegetarian this lady asked why was I eating jello since it uses animal product. I was shocked , didn't know about that and never had it again. :cry:
 
Catlady said:
You know, I used to LOVE jello and when I became a vegetarian this lady asked why was I eating jello since it uses animal product. I was shocked , didn't know about that and never had it again. :cry:
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Gelatin is the culprit. There are vegan, jello-like products, but there really "ain't nuthin' like the real thing, baby!"
 
I thought of antifreeze because after an episode of "True Crime," where a wife killed her husband with antifreeze, I was thinking, "It must taste terrible; how could he not have known?"
Then I researched it & found that antifreeze has an interesting history - it's been frequently used as a murder weapon by wives who want an early payout on their husband's life insurance. It previously had a pleasant, sweet taste, so it was undetectable in tea, jello, anything that's expected to taste sweet. It was also difficult to detect unless the pathologist looked for it; the death looks like a heart attack unless the kidneys are cut open to reveal some type of crystals caused by ingestion.
They had to add a chemical to antifreeze to make it taste bitter so it couldn't be used to kill.
 
Catlady said:
I read about a woman whose mother died of natural causes, but she didn't report it so she could keep getting the mother's social security check. She was her caregiver, so no problem cashing the check.
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I'm wondering if that's the case here. The police will check into that. I he had direct deposit and auto pay for various accounts his absence wouldn't be noticed by many. They just found a guy/vet who was dead 3 years where he paid his rent on autopay.
 
win231 said:
I thought of antifreeze because after an episode of "True Crime," where a wife killed her husband with antifreeze, I was thinking, "It must taste terrible; how could he not have known?"
Then I researched it & found that antifreeze has an interesting history - it's been frequently used as a murder weapon by wives who want an early payout on their husband's life insurance. It previously had a pleasant, sweet taste, so it was undetectable in tea, jello, anything that's expected to taste sweet. It was also difficult to detect unless the pathologist looked for it; the death looks like a heart attack unless the kidneys are cut open to reveal some type of crystals caused by ingestion.
They had to add a chemical to antifreeze to make it taste bitter so it couldn't be used to kill.
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They were also using an anti-freeze ingredient to make wine:

{{The 1985 diethylene glycol wine scandal was an incident in which several Austrian wineries illegally adulterated their wines using the toxic substance diethylene glycol (a primary ingredient in some brands of antifreeze) to make the wines appear sweeter and more full-bodied in the style of late harvest wines. ]]
 
win231 said:
I thought of antifreeze because after an episode of "True Crime," where a wife killed her husband with antifreeze, I was thinking, "It must taste terrible; how could he not have known?"
Then I researched it & found that antifreeze has an interesting history - it's been frequently used as a murder weapon by wives who want an early payout on their husband's life insurance. It previously had a pleasant, sweet taste, so it was undetectable in tea, jello, anything that's expected to taste sweet. It was also difficult to detect unless the pathologist looked for it; the death looks like a heart attack unless the kidneys are cut open to reveal some type of crystals caused by ingestion.
They had to add a chemical to antifreeze to make it taste bitter so it couldn't be used to kill.
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That’s exactly correct. I read a report a few years back that the CDC had put out and they estimated that it was very likely that 1000’s could have been killed using antifreeze. Another powerful plant based poison that was used and for years and was also unidentifiable was Oleander. A few others also injected liquid caffeine into their victim’s arm. Using a vein would be the quicker way.
 
@911 - Speaking of Oleander, some zoo worker, either from ignorance or malicious intent, fed Oleander leaves to the giraffes here in our Tucson zoo and one of them died. I had a gorgeous one with hot pink flowers in my back yard but destroyed it when my tortoise came into my yard and I adopted her. Didn't want her nibbling on the leaves or flowers.

https://tucson.com/news/local/tucso...cle_53299694-b313-11e0-a82f-001cc4c002e0.html
 
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There was a case in Colorado where 2 sisters lived together. They continued to live together for years. Finally, the one sister died and the coroner was called to the house. The neighbors reported that 2 sisters lived in the house, so where was the other sister?

After the police arrived and took down the information regarding 2 sisters living in the house, they decided that they needed to find the other sister. The police did a thorough investigation and search of the property. Finally, one of the policemen noticed a blanket spread on the sofa and pulled it back to find a skeleton that had become partially fossilized into the sofa. The coroner estimated that she had died years earlier. It was assumed that the other sister must have needed her sister’s income to be able to continue living in the home.

Obviously, with both sisters dead, no charges were filed.
 
Another one used to kill is Selenium. It is a trace mineral found in some foods. We need very small amounts of it, but it's highly toxic otherwise.
I learned about it when I watched a movie that I didn't realize was a true story - "Lethal Vows." Then I saw the true-life murder on the Justice Channel.
The husband (played by John Ritter) was a doctor who scraped the selenium from electronic parts & put it in his wife's makeup & shampoo. His wife kept getting sick & the 26 doctors she saw couldn't figure out what it was. The illness was pure hell & it's a long, slow death - months of horrible headaches, vomiting, high fever, joint pain, eye pain, open sores, kidney failure & memory loss. The husband divorced his wife & remarried. The first wife got suspicious when the second wife had the exact same symptoms she did. After her husband found out that doctors were starting to figure out what was making his first wife sick, he knew he had to kill his second wife soon, so he used cyanide. The husband was convicted in both murders, & the first wife died later of the effects.
 
Maybe hubby was one of those who kept complaining that the wife kept the house too warm ....... "that'll teach him".

I never use auto-pay. My bank keeps the list of payees but I must go in each month and put in the amount and punch pay.
 
win231 said:
I thought of antifreeze because after an episode of "True Crime," where a wife killed her husband with antifreeze, I was thinking, "It must taste terrible; how could he not have known?"
Then I researched it & found that antifreeze has an interesting history - it's been frequently used as a murder weapon by wives who want an early payout on their husband's life insurance. It previously had a pleasant, sweet taste, so it was undetectable in tea, jello, anything that's expected to taste sweet. It was also difficult to detect unless the pathologist looked for it; the death looks like a heart attack unless the kidneys are cut open to reveal some type of crystals caused by ingestion.
They had to add a chemical to antifreeze to make it taste bitter so it couldn't be used to kill.
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Propylene glycol, one of the ingredients in anti freeze is used in hair products and food products. I decided a few years ago, I didn't want to ingest an ingredient that was used for those purposes. Some ice creams that used to use it have stopped. Some still use it. it is said to have a sweet taste and is in some baked goods and other foods as well.
 
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