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Post by Christina on Nov 3, 2004 21:20:22 GMT -5
Has anyone else on here had to deal with a death from poisoning? I am trying to find out how to help the case come along against my brother in law. He killed my sister with methadone but it seems like poisoning is very hard to prove. I lost control of myself today with him and his new girlfriend. They threw away all of my nieces clothing (which wasn't much) and he gave my sisters rings to that woman. I told him I wouldn't rest till I see him on death row and watch him die. I told him we have evidence and I am not going to stop till he is convicted. I screamed like a maniac at him. I completely lost all composure. I told her that If she had anything to do with my sisters death she was going to be so very sorry. Now I am afraid he will run very soon but I couldn't stand it one more second. I could really use any help I can get with the legal procedings. Any information anyone can offer to help me put the Mfr behind bars.
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Post by Snowleopard on Nov 5, 2004 3:15:24 GMT -5
About the only thing I can suggest and it's a long shot is perhaps to have a forensic psychologist/psychiatrist look at the case to make an estimation of the liklihood that your sister's death was caused by being/not being self inflicted.
Difficult to type the point I am trying to get to here. In accident investigations, such as fires, one of the possible approaches is to have a For. Psy. look at the life of the fatality to determine if the fire could have been self set or caused by other means.
I do not mean to suggest that your sister did it to herself but rather, in such a case, to elimidate that possibility if murder was the actual cause. This is working from the basis that she had reason/basis to have methadone. If that is not the case, that she had no basis to be in possession of a controlled substance, then it seems that there should be some kind of charge possible.
Finally, I know that one doesn't just get out the yellow pages to find a For. Psy. and even if they do say that it seems unlikely that she would have done it to herself, that may not amount to anything. It is, however, the best I can suggest and also, a response to let you know that you are not talking to the wind.
P.S.: Just read your other post so some of the mental imagery I was going with based on this one alone may not be correct. I'll let this post stand, however.
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Post by pumpkin12903 on Nov 5, 2004 18:26:55 GMT -5
Dear Christina, I'm very sorry about your sister. You may want to call the medical schools and/or hospitals in your area to see if you could speak to someone in the toxicology office. Or the coroner's office in your city. If there's a victims' assistance center in your city they might be able to direct you, or maybe someone at Parents of Murdered Children may have had a case similar to your families'. I hope this info will help you. I'm glad you found this board and please let us know how the case is going. Take care-Laura
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Post by Christina on Nov 5, 2004 20:01:04 GMT -5
I have been swinging alot with anger and sadness so earlier I guess I just kinda lost it with the anger half. No it wasn't my sister that took methadone. It was her husband. She was on anti depressants but all of her antidepressant levels were normal (as prescribed) from toxology. The only thing in her system abnormal was the methadone in extreme levels.I guess I am very angry at the slowness of the detectives to arrest him but they need to build a very strong case because she was depressed and at times suicidal. She never would have taken his meds to kill herself because she never would have wanted to hurt him. She loved him very much, and she certainly would have left a note to try to give people closure even if it never could. She thought about everyone else before herself. She even used to come online and talk to suicidal people.(let them call her at home) because she wanted to help other people. Two weeks before she died she wanted me to help her get into college for human services. She knew she was about to get 60 grand and she talked to us that very night asking my mother to help her with the finances to get her medicine the following thursday. We know she didnt do it to herself. Its just so hard because she used to be a cutter and it was known that she was depressed over his affairs. Its a hard case to prove. there is tons of circumstantial evidence and he has even told someone he killed her by giving her a snack of methadone in her food that night, two weeks prior she kept complaining of naseua and throwing up for no reason (which I looked up and it is a sign of methadone poisoning) Three days after she died he threw away everything she owned that he couldn't pawn, two weeks later he was living with another woman, He was calling in for her money the very next day after her death, and the witness, and all the witnesses to her abuse by him, and they keep saying he will be indicted but I just dont understand it. I want him in jail. after I told him off I couldnt sleep for fear he'd lose it and come here after us. Its very difficult. Thank you so much for your responses and I am very glad I have people I can talk to and not feel like I am talking to air. I guess I have to just continue to hang in limbo till something is done but I am glad to have this place to come to. Thanks everyone!! So much!! It means alot to me right now!!
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