[Sacajaweau]

Wonder if Howard threw anything in the water when he went to the dock??

[stlnative]

I was thinking that also - is very strange if they did not find the syringe that contained the Demerol residue in it.
I see now why Perper is having such a hard time with this case. It's like a scale and not one of the three is really outweighing the others.

Accidental OD - Suicide OD - Homicide

All three are possible - we know she was somewhat suicidal - we know she was a drug addict - and we know Stern had motive

If you are out to kill someone by shooting them up with a drug filled syringe you don't use a alcohol swab before you inject them. But then again she may have injected herself trying to kill herself or to relieve her pain. But the syringe should have been found in the room if she was the injector.