assassinated via heart attack. How?

[Jeremytt]

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*Originally posted by choosybeggar *
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*Originally posted by Jeremytt *

This is because there are other ways, innocuous ways, that excess K can be in the blood. Perhaps the individual is taking KCL pills for a medical condition. Perhaps the person uses a lot of “No-Salt”. A lot of Sodium-Free products you can buy directly over the counter is loaded with the stuff. Yes, that No-Salt you can buy is 99% KCL. It seems a little irresponsible, doesn’t it?

Oral absorption will invariably be slower than IV. Surely you can kill yourself this way, but if you havehealthy kidneys (which is where 90% of potassium excretion occurs) you’d probably have a tough time.

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Choosybegger, LOL. Sorry for the misquote. **

Well, I’ll let it slide this once. IMHO, murder by IV KCl would be easily detectable **

Choosy: I think you might find this article interesting, straight from the Straight Dope Archives:

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/991217.html

[Johnny_L.A]

Years ago the KGB assasinated a Bulgarian defector named Gregori Markov by shooting him with a poison pellet fired by an air rifle concealed in an umbrella.

Was he shot with a pellet? I thought the pellet was inserted with a jab as the assasin walked by him.

[Forbin]

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Was he shot with a pellet? I thought the pellet was inserted with a jab as the assasin walked by him. **
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It depends on what you mean by shot.The umbrella was not a long range weapon.It was jabbed into his thigh,and then the air rifle(inside the umbrella)was fired.It just so happens that those were the limitations of that particular weapon.

And for Chronos:
Doesn’t the umbrella story just prove the point, though? After all, we do know that he was killed that way, which implies that even the KGB, with all of its resources and ingenuity, still couldn’t kill someone and conceal the cause.

I think they did a pretty fair job.If I recall correctly,the assasin was able to get well away.The death did not take place for several days,and all Markov could remember was a man who had an accent appologizing and leaving quickly.

[Jeremytt]

And for Chronos:
Doesn’t the umbrella story just prove the point, though? After all, we do know that he was killed that way, which implies that even the KGB, with all of its resources and ingenuity, still couldn’t kill someone and conceal the cause.

I think they did a pretty fair job.If I recall correctly,the assasin was able to get well away.The death did not take place for several days,and all Markov could remember was a man who had an accent appologizing and leaving quickly. **

All the Western gov’ts could say in the matter is that his death was CONSISTANT with ricin poisin. (they hadn’t developed the ability to detect ricin yet). They did find a microscopic pellet. The ricin theory was really just that, at the time—a theory.

They still don’t know for sure…

[Jeremytt]

And for Chronos:
Doesn’t the umbrella story just prove the point, though? After all, we do know that he was killed that way, which implies that even the KGB, with all of its resources and ingenuity, still couldn’t kill someone and conceal the cause.

I think they did a pretty fair job.If I recall correctly,the assasin was able to get well away.The death did not take place for several days,and all Markov could remember was a man who had an accent appologizing and leaving quickly.* **

All the Western gov’ts could say in the matter is that his death was* consistant* with ricin poisin. (they hadn’t developed the ability to detect ricin yet). They did find a microscopic pellet. The ricin theory was really just that, at the time—a theory.

They still don’t know for sure…their opinions are based on recollections of ex-spies, etc.