Victim In Critical Condition After Ingesting Cyanide POSTED: 10:41 a.m. EST January 6, 2003 1/10/03 UPDATE: TEEN CHARGED IN POISONING DEATH (see AP article which follows) ELLICOTT CITY, Md. -- Howard County police have charged an Ellicott City teenager with poisoning his friend by putting potassium cyanide in his drink. Ryan Thomas Furlough, 18, (pictured, left) was charged with attempted murder, assault and poisoning. The victim, Benjamin Vassiliev, 17, (pictured, right) is in critical condition. Police said the two teens were spending time at the suspect's house when Vassiliev went into respiratory arrest. Furlough told his parents that Vassiliev was...
