[Lethal intoxication with arsenic using prepared butter].
The present case report deals with a lethal intoxication with arsenic mixed into butter. It describes the course of events over about two days on the basis of the statements by the persons involved, the clinical findings after the belated hospitalisation of the victim, the results of the first pathological autopsy, the forensic autopsy performed after exhumation and the results of the chemical-toxicological investigations. The results are discussed in relation to the later confession of the female perpetrator and her statements regarding a previous unsuccessful murder attempt by poisoning. It also presents the judgement pronounced by the court and the reasons given for it.
Weller
Jens-Peter
JP
Institut für Rechtsmedizin der Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover.
Larsch
Klaus-Peter
KP
Teske
Jörg
J
Tröger
Hans Dieter
HD
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001151:Arsenic / Q000032:analysis*; D020261:Arsenic Poisoning / Q000473:pathology*; D001344:Autopsy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D002079:Butter / Q000032:analysis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology; D006708:Homicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000473:pathology; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic
D002079:Butter; D001151:Arsenic