With insulin killings, the murder weapon is often hiding in plain sight

With insulin killings, the murder weapon is often hiding in plain sight

When a lifesaving drug — insulin — is used as a murder weapon, medical professionals are likely unprepared to consider that the difficult-to-detect medication was used to commit a crime, according to a forensic pathologist who worked on the recent case of a West Virginia pharmacist convicted of fatally dosing her husband.

Insulin Killings: How Murder Weapons Conceal Themselves Through Appearance

When life-saving medications like insulin are misused as instruments of murder, medical professionals might struggle to accept that this subtle form of drug therapy could be weaponized, forensic pathologists suggest. A recent case in West Virginia led to a pharmacist being convicted for fatally administering insulin to her husband. Dr. Paul Uribe, a former military [...] Source The post Insulin Killings: How Murder Weapons Conceal Themselves Thr…