Posted on 02/29/2008 8:18:37 PM PST by STARWISE
Detectives may be looking at the discovery of a poison-infested vial at a Las Vegas motel as a murder plot that has left one man gravely ill, FOX News has learned.
The toxin known as ricin turned up at the Extended Stay America Motel, leaving one person in critical condition and in the hospital, with some reports suggesting that he may be in a coma. No one else has exhibited signs of ricin poisoning to date, police said Friday.
Law enforcement officials told FOX that the Las Vegas Police Department is leading the probe and the investigation appears to be focusing on a possible murder plot of some kind. Las Vegas authorities wouldn't confirm that during a Friday afternoon news conference.
"We don't have a lot of specific information," said Kathy Suey, deputy chief of the Las Vegas police Homeland Security division.
One of those exposed to the ricin is in critical condition and might be comatose, according to some accounts, after the vial of ricin was found in his room.
Police on Friday would not confirm an Associated Press report that the man — whose identity wasn't released — was in a coma, but did say he was very sick.
"Right now, we don't know (whether he's conscious)," Suey told reporters. "We know he is in critical condition and he's unable to speak with us right now."
Suey said the man, whom she described in his 40s or 50s, lived in the hotel room where the ricin was found and went to the hospital Feb. 14 complaining of respiratory distress. He has been there ever since.
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"We don't know whether he was in possession of the ricin," Suey said. "That's part of the investigation. ... We don't know an awful lot right now."
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NASCAR is in Las Vegas this weekend.
they Are a protected group
if they were white there names would be listed everywhere :)
sounds like someone suicidal to me
unless he some home grown nut this guy isn’t a terrorist. They would never draw attention to themselves by not paying rent, etc.
very sick!
Yep and yep .. bizarre..
both police spokespeople
so far have been sticking
to an obvious “nothing here”
script, and they look like
total dolts.
He didn’t pay rent because he was in the hospital, comatose.
Oscar Goodman — former mob criminal
defense attorney, and quite an operator.
~~~
Amazon: Of Rats and Men: Oscar Goodman’s
Life from Mob Mouthpiece to Mayor of Las Vegas
You are welcome and check your Freep mail, LOL, please.
His name (Fox)
Roger Van Burgen Dorff
Thank you for the link.
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