Man Dies After Sister-In-Law Serves Him Antifreeze Cocktail

[matcom]

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A retired postal worker from Old Bridge died after his sister-in-law served him a lethal cocktail of pineapple juice, maraschino cherries and antifreeze, State Police said yesterday.

Maryann Neabor, 53, a certified emergency medical technician, was charged yesterday morning with murder, accused of poisoning Jonathan Neabor, 58, last Wednesday while he was visiting her home in Shamong Township in the Pine Barrens of Burlington County. He died Friday.

Her husband, Michael Neabor, 54, was home during his brother's visit but has not been implicated in the slaying, said trooper Stephen Jones, a State Police spokesman.

Jonathan Neabor was single and had no children. Investigators think financial gain was a possible motive in the killing, Jones said.

http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-6/1089609040287350.xml

[GOPisEvil]

1. Damn! NOT a pleasant way to die, either.

Ethylene Glycol is NASTY stuff.

[galadrium]

3. I just don't understand how the taste could be hidden

Anti-freeze smells nasty... I expect it would taste that way too.

[GOPisEvil]

4. Actually, it's supposedly got a sweet taste.

That's why it is attractive to animals. If you ever spill anti-freeze, make sure you clean it completely because animals will drink it and die.

http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/tfacts96.html

What are ethylene glycol and propylene glycol?
Both ethylene glycol and propylene glycol are clear, colorless, slightly syrupy liquids at room temperature. Either compound may exist in air in the vapor form, although propylene glycol must be heated or briskly shaken to produce a vapor. Ethylene glycol is odorless but has a sweet taste. Propylene glycol is practically odorless and tasteless.

Bold added by me.

[galadrium]

6. I guess after it has been in a car for a few years....

It is no longer odorless.

[Kellanved]

5. remember the Austrian Wine scandal?

cheers :toast: :evilgrin:

[galadrium]

7. nope... please do tell

[Kellanved]

8. Mid 80s: Austrian Wine producers adulterated their wines with Glycol

And during the 70s something similar happened in France.

[galadrium]

9. Somthing like this happend on an episode of the simpsons once

When Bart went to France

[Spinzonner]

2. I guess she just radiated

good will towards him

[yellowcanine]

10. Some babies died when their medication was mixed with ethelyne glycol so

apparently the stuff tastes good. I don't recall the time or place. It was years ago. Apparently a mistake by a manufacturer.

[DrWeird]

11. You know, most other countries denature their antifreeze.

They add a horrible tasting ingredient, bitrex (the same stuff they put on the thumbs of toddlers to keep from sucking their thumbs), to keep small children, animals etc. from drinking it.

They don't do it here in the US because it would cost a few extra cents per several million gallons of antifreeze, and the producers really don't want to pick up the extra cost.

God bless capitalism.