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- In Pennsylvania in 1991, Robert Curley was diagnosed with Guillain–Barré syndrome when he arrived at the hospital with excruciating leg pains. However, doctors became suspicious during Robert's second admission and tested him for Thallium poisoning, which proved positive, and Robert died shortly thereafter. Investigators also discovered that Robert's wife Joann was waiting to collect her previous husband's life insurance and disagreed with the way Robert wanted to spend it. Joann would then collect additional life insurance if Robert suffered from an accidental death. Joann was arrested five years later, confessed, and pleaded guilty to Robert's murder. (en)
- In 1996 in Greeley, Colorado, 16-month-old Anna Grace Gimmenstad became very ill, was rushed to the hospital and died within two weeks. Following extensive medical examinations, it was determined that Anna had been the victim of the deadly bacteria E. coli. Anna'a mother recalled a trip to the grocery store when Anna pointed excitedly at her favorite drink, Odwalla apple juice. As early as 1993, tests on samples of Odwalla juices found high levels of general bacteria because the company did not pasteurize its products. Federal and state inspection reports confirm that the company used two loads of apples with relatively high defect levels on the day that the juice was made. The genetic markings on the E. coli in the victims matched the bacteria found in the product bottled on that day. Odwalla pleaded guilty to violating federal food safety laws and agreed to pay a $1.5 million fine for the outbreak of E. coli in its juices. (en)
- In 1995, Dr. Debora Green lost two of her three children, her 13-year-old son Timothy Farrar and 6-year-old younger daughter Kelly Farrar, in a fire that destroyed her Prairie Village, Kansas mansion. Debora, her estranged then-husband and the kids' father Michael Farrar, and the surviving child, their older daughter, 10-year-old Kate Farrar, were questioned. Suspicions arose when Debora refused to cooperate during questioning. Police then questioned Michael and uncovered disturbing stories proving that Debora was dangerous. She had poisoned Michael during their separation and told him that he would only get custody of the children over the kids’ dead bodies. Kate backed up Michael's story, saying Debora told the kids lies about Michael to turn them against him. Debora's singed hair and the initial location of the fire proved that she was the arsonist. Debora Green was convicted of arson, the murders of Timothy and Kelly, and the attempted murders of Kate and Michael. (en)
- In 1989, five-year-old Melissa Brannen went missing from a Christmas party in Lorton, Virginia. The fibers on her clothes were the only means for police to determine her abductor. Police grew suspicious of Cal Hughes who was washing his clothes at 1 a.m. when they went to his home. They searched his car and found several fibers similar to the clothes that Melissa had worn to the party. However, there was no way to test the fibers until an investigator's wife remembered seeing Melissa's outfit in a catalog. An identical outfit was located and tested. The fibers matched, and Cal Hughes was convicted of abduction with intent to defile and given a 50-year sentence. (en)
- In 1990, Shirley Andronowich's body was found one morning after being raped, murdered with a concrete block, and mutilated in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Witnesses told police that Shirley and her husband Ed argued in a bar the night before. Police first suspected Ed and arrested him after he confessed to the murder. However, the forensic evidence proved that Ed was innocent, and he was released. A year later, police received a call about a man named Mark Jarman, who talked about being connected to Shirley's murder. Police discovered that his fingerprint matched the latent print left on the concrete block. Jarman was convicted of the murder. (en)
- In 1996, police in Rowlett, Texas received a call from Darlie Routier telling them of the murder of two of her three sons. However, police were unsure about the validity of her story and began an intensive search of the crime scene. The police determined the identity of the killer by analyzing blood spatter, doing behavioral profiling, and analyzing Routier’s 911 call. The evidence proved that she killed her two older sons, 6-year-old Devon and 5-year-old Damon, with a kitchen knife, inflicted wounds on herself, cleaned the evidence, and created the story of a crazed intruder. Routier was convicted of the first-degree murder of Damon and was sentenced to death. She has not yet been tried for Devon's murder. Her husband, Darren, who was asleep upstairs with the couple's youngest son, 8-month-old Drake, during the chaos, was cleared of any involvement. (en)
- Merril Bahe and Florena Woody grew up in starkly different conditions on an Indian reservation in Gallup, New Mexico. The couple soon engaged, and they moved into the Woody family home. In 1993, Florena started complaining of muscle aches in her back and shoulders, and her doctor gave her antibiotics for her condition. However, Florena later died from fluid in her lungs caused by her illness. Doctors didn’t know how what had killed her. Meanwhile, Merril Bahe started experiencing similar symptoms and on the day of Florena's funeral, he was sent to the hospital but died on the way. Investigators found deer mice which tested positive for a new form of the hantavirus. They determined that contact with the feces of the deer mice was what had caused the disease and that when the feces dried, the deadly microbe became airborne. (en)
- In 1983, two young boys were found tied and murdered with similar wounds within three months of each other in two Nebraska towns. The rope used to tie the boys was unique. Another clue turned up when a brother of one of the boys was hypnotized and remembered a uniformed man in a tan car. Shortly after, someone noticed a strange car and gave the license plate number to police. This vital information led to the capture and conviction of John Joubert, an enlistee in the Air Force who carried the same exact rope used to bind the two boys. He was convicted of both murders and later confessed to the murder of an 11-year-old boy in Portland, Maine. (en)
- In 1986, Edward Post left the Omni Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri and went for a 40-minute jog. Before leaving, he said that he drew a bath for his wife, Julie Thigpen-Post. Ed returned and called the front desk, stating that his wife had fallen in the bathtub and was not breathing, and she was dead when emergency response arrived. The initial autopsy ruled the death accidental; however, investigators discovered that Ed had a $700,000 life insurance policy on Julie. A second autopsy found 36 areas of bruising, not noted during the original autopsy. The death was ruled a homicide, and Ed Post was charged with the first-degree murder of his wife and convicted. After serving six and a half years, Ed admitted to drowning his wife. (en)
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