# He took some cough medicine and thinks he murdered his wife

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 4, 2017, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-took-some-cough-medicine-and-thinks-he-murdered-his-wife/795498 "2017-09-04T19:01:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-took-some-cough-medicine-and-thinks-he-murdered-his-wife/795498/21 "2017-09-06T22:42:43Z")

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What a way to go. Or not.

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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-took-some-cough-medicine-and-thinks-he-murdered-his-wife/795498/22 "2017-09-07T01:14:16Z")

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Did they cops _immediately_ order (or did he volunteer) some blood tests as soon as they got on the scene? Among the various articles I’ve seen on the subject, none have mentioned it one way or t’other.

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