Posted on 04/14/2005 3:12:30 PM PDT by Former Military Chick
Five years after the mysterious death of a Clovis mother, her family is sharply criticizing the actions of the Fresno police department on national television.
Linda Adanalian died suddenly after collapsing in front of her children.
Harsh words on a several national morning shows today about Fresno police and they're handling of Linda Adanalian's death.
The case is back in the spotlight after an independent report came out saying Linda was poisoned by her husband.
Now the police chief is speaking out, saying he's taking the appropriate measures to re-investigate what for so many years was a cold case.
Everyone was surprised when 37-year-old Linda Adanalian collapsed on the steps of this church in February 2000.
After years of dispute, the Fresno County Coroner eventually ruled the healthy mother of four died from an unusual poisoning of Selenium, a substance that is easily available and can be added to food and drink.
Then a report from a private investigation done on the behalf of Linda's family, claiming, "the facts demonstrate beyond a reasonable doubt that Mark Adanalian is responsible for his wife's murder."
It alleges his motive was to end a troubled marriage.
Mark's lawyer, Donald Fischbach, says Mark maintains his innocence, "Mark Adanalian adamantly denies that he had anything to do, whatsoever, with her death."
The author of the report appeared on Good Morning America, along with Linda's family.
"Linda predicted her death. Two weeks before she died she said Mark is going to kill me, he's like OJ Simpson and no one is going to believe he did this," says Private Investigator, Lela Henke-Dobroth.
Linda's family not only attacked Mark on national television, but the Fresno Police Department.
"We have met resistance at every turn. We have lost confidence in the Fresno Police Department and we think the case should be referred immediately to the DA or outside agency for investigation and prosecution," says Dave Dalition, Linda Adanalian's brother.
"The only mystery is why there is no investigation and no justice for this 37-year-old healthy mother of four who's life was taken by poisoning, who feared for her life and expressed if anything happens to me, look at Mark," says Linda's sister, Meg Bakich.
Police Chief Jerry Dyer says he declined to appear on the show because he can't compromise the investigation, but he says he's assigned his top homicide detective to the case and is waiting for new studies of evidence.
Mark's attorney says this is not a criminal case but a custody battle.
Meanwhile District Attorney Elizabeth Egan says she has people reviewing evidence in the case and expects in the next few months to decide if any criminal charges will be filed.
They may have. I think way back in the stone ages, when that old show "Unsolved Mysteries" did a show of a gal being murdered by her love by this method.
Parents were certain, but, it seemed it was used by animal doctors, so perhaps it is a different poison. Nevertheless, it did not smell or anything, hard to prove. But, when someone dies young, it seems these should be at the head of the list to rule out.
Thank you for your comments.
(Ray and Egon have several blueprints spread out over a table.)
Egon: The structure of this roof cap is exactly like the kind of telemetry tracker that NASA uses to identify dead pulsars in deep space.
Ray: Cold riveted girders with cores of pure selenium.
My "One Daily" vitamin tablets contain 105 mcg, which is shown as 150 % of "daily value". ( I don't know the units for mcg. mg = milligram.)
If I remember correctly, the perp on CSI got the selenium compound from a vet. Jeepers, talk about ripped from the headlines.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-poison4apr04,0,392125.story?coll=la-home-local
Sorry, so long since I posted a story, have forgotten how to link.
One part in this story states shortly after her death, husband was carrying around her $100G life insurance policy in his pants pocket. Yeah, I think this one needs another look...
A mystery much like Terri's "accident" wasn't investigated by police nor APS.
1 mcg (microgram) = 0.000001 g (gram)
I had to look that up. :-)
mcg = micrograms
Paging Mark Geragos ...
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-poison4apr04,0,392125.story?coll=la-home-local
Six weeks later, Linda Adanalian, though suffering from extreme weakness and stomach pains all day, took her children to a Disney ice show at a downtown Fresno arena, not far from the Armenian church where she collapsed at 9:30 p.m. and died about two hours later.
(snip)
Shortly after her death, Linda Adanalian's family said her husband taunted them by carrying her $100,000 life insurance policy in his pants pocket. He practiced his golf swing next to her open casket at a viewing before funeral services. When one of his wife's best friends arrived from Chicago for the funeral, he quipped, "It's too bad you are married. I'm single now," the woman allegedly told family members.
A sister-in-law maintains that while she was comforting Linda Adanalian's 6-year-old son, Mark Adanalian entered the room to declare that he already had talked with the children about "what kind of new mommy" they would like to have.
"While the house was flooded with grieving family and friends, offering their condolences, Mark stood in the center of the room, boisterous and loud, telling stories that he thought were funny, and making derogatory comments about 'how Linda was,' " Henke-Dobroth reported.
But Paboojian remembers a husband who grieved privately. "People mourn differently," he said. "Sometimes they don't show it outwardly…. He was on edge and upset, at least with me."
Then there was the question of why a metal filtering system Linda Adanalian used when making her coffee turned up missing the day after her death, Henke-Dobroth reported.
Drops of concentrated selenium — readily available on the Internet — could have been placed in her morning coffee, the former prosecutor said.
(snip)
I've only got one thing to say about the FPD....unnngh!
I used to take this suplement every day for a few years....it was supposed to be good for you.
Well, it's logical now that you say it, but I couldn't find it it my handbooks.
Thanks for the link.
Selenium salt can be purchased at your local stock animal feed store.
It is sold in a loose salt form for feeding to sheep.
My family used to buy the stuff by the 20 lbs bag to give to our sheep.
The salt is brownish in color.
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