Undetectable poison on "Dexter" -- SPOILERS [edited title]

[oyster11]

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How did Hannah from Dexter poision that writer to death without trace?


Any explanation? Seems like a good poison since it can't even be detected by tox-screen in the police station.

[Coriolanus]

Hannah said it was something completely undetectable. She put it on the tip of his pen after noticing he had a habit of chewing on it. It was intended to take effect while he was driving, making it look like a car accident. It's hinted she's used it before (as she knows it won't show up in a tox-screen).

[oyster11]

How come Hannah have some undetectable poision, seems unrealistic. I know it's a fiction but still.....

[Tapioca Dextrin]

In the Dexterverse, Miami Metro is almost completely useless. Actually, you could replace "almost" with "100%".

[pseudotriton ruber ruber]

Could you maybe not put information that needs a SPOILER tag on it in your title? Thanks.

[pulykamell]

Isn't ricin pretty much untraceable, or is that just some BS I learned from Unsolved Mysteries (or similar)?

[twickster]

Welcome to the SDMB, oyster11. We ask that people avoid spoilers in Cafe Society, to accommodate people who haven't seen the show/movie (or read the book, etc.) yet. Specifically, do not put spoilers in the thread title, and if the thread involves the discussion of plot points that are spoilers, add a warning stating so in the thread title. Please be careful about that in the future.

Originally Posted by pseudotriton ruber ruber

Could you maybe not put information that needs a SPOILER tag on it in your title? Thanks.

And prr, instead of just bitching at the newbie in the thread, you could report the thread and ask a moderator to fix the problem.

twickster, Cafe Society moderator

[Bryan Ekers]

I bet any reasonably skilled botanist knows about all kinds of nifty poisons. Fortunately few have the desire to learn how to extract and employ them. On the Dexter-unverse scale of sheer implausibility, with Travis Marshall's super-speed being the worst example, this is barely a ripple.

[grude]

I'd use a recreational drug, writers are well known for being drug users(Stephen King says he can't even remember writing some of his famous novels) so no one would think much if a drug came up during a tox screen that was used recreationally. Like LSD.

[oyster11]

but then it has to be an overdose which isnt easy to do

[ZipperJJ]

Isn't one of the tropes for tv crime shows "the tox screen can't detect it if they're not looking for it"?

So if she uses a chemical not commonly checked for in a screen, and if it causes death in a manner that pretty much looks like a heart attack (or causes a heart attack) then it gets ruled a heart attack. Neat and tidy.

[bengangmo]

What more if the cause of death is a car accident. A 35 year old dies from a heart attack, they'll look closely. 35 year old falls asleep and runs off road or something similar, meh - not so much.

[Eonwe]

Iocane, I'd bet my life on it!