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.
*snip*
"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."
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
That means maybe 6 families with spouses, kids, brothers, cousins and .....complete silence.
Ping
It’s all very strange .. they
won’t release the name of the
person who claimed his belongings,
either. The spokesman in the
video above looks burned out and
frazzled. Vegas HATES negative
stories, and suppresses all they
can, but still ...
If the contamination is wider-spread, and the news gets out, many recreational gamblers will stay away.
The addicted ones would go there anyway.
Yup,,,Must not skeeer the suka’s away...:0/
Kinda sounds like the start of “Ocean’s 13”.
did you see post #21??
very interesting......
“it doesn’t make you a terrorist if you have an anarchist type textbook “tabbed to the subject of ricin” and firearms in the room” (and you happen to be dying from ricin, and have rmany beans in your hotel room...especially since “we” are identifying the ethnicity of the man who’s dying...nor the relative who “happened” to “find” the beans........)
Don't know his name, don't really know his age, did not about guns being reported or not, don't know if he is conscious...
I thought after 9-11 and the billions spent on our lines of defense that we could, at the least, determine if a man was conscious or not.
Wasn’t that wacky ??
This whole thing is wacky. All the information needed is already known, I’d be willing to bet. Not intended for any of it to get out, I’d also be willing to bet.
Too bad, it is. At least we’ll all get educated about ricin.
totally. And I agree with your observations concerning his appearance; I thought the very same....before I saw your post describing his looking “frazzled” and “burned out.” He definitely looks stressed out and, I don’t know....something else.....beyond tired. Almost frightened/panicked but trying not to appear that way...
“Where are all the reporters in Las Vegas?”
Carl Kolchak left town.
Who are yall talking about?
Yes,I did,,,
FOX has been reporting nobody else in the hospital,,,
The spokesman in the presser that Starwise posted the link to....you should watch it. I’d like to know YOUR impressions concerning his behaviors and appearance....he’s not telling/saying the half of what he knows, imho (I know that cops CANNOT release all information that they know about concerning crimes, because it will mess up their investigations....however, this guy does NOT present himself as the type of spokesman we normally see in law enforcement during pressers on crimes then currently being investigated, IMHO, of course.)
Well.....ain’t that the be all?
I don’t happen to believe Fox (and haven’t anyways, for a long time.)
Where would one get some Ricin ? at Ricin’R Us ?
Cause He’s Skeeerit,,,Read This !
http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0oGkyPT6MhHUqUAt7VXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTFhaHBlYTduBHNlYwNzcgRwb3MDMQRjb2xvA3NrMQR2dGlkA1lTMTk0XzEyNwRsA1dTMQ—/SIG=11mj3pkn5/EXP=1204435539/**http%3a//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricin
See how Pizen this krap reeeally is...;0/
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