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Ohhhhh, o.k. I did know that caffeine was a stimulant and diuretic, but it just seems so unreal that theobromine can kill domestic pets and have no effect on human beings, even in "overdoses". You know what I mean--alcohol won't kill human beings taken in certain quantities, but still I have known people who died from alcohol poisoning. Of course, alcohol is a depressant while caffeine is a stimulant. But I do understand what you're saying, and believe you to be correct. Just trying out a new theory on how Scott might have killed Laci and wondering outloud. :o)

>>it just seems so unreal that theobromine can kill domestic pets and have no effect on human beings, even in "overdoses". <<

Humans can't really overdose on theobromine. But cocoa and chocolate products can be toxic or lethal to dogs, cats, and other animals because animals metabolize theobromine much more slowly than humans do. Onions are like that with cats, too. Very harmful to cats but no problem for humans.

Alcohol poisoning would be different, too. But the most people can get from eating too much cocoa or chocolate is an upset stomach or weight gain. I have never heard of a person ingesting an overdose of chocolate.

I suppose Scott could have poisoned Laci but it would have had to have been done with some other chemical and some posions do not remain in the body long or show up in an autopsy on "fresh" remains. In remains in the condition that Laci's are in it would be even iffier as to whether the autopsy could reveal them.