Abstract
As Sir Arthur Conon Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stated to his partner, Dr. Watson, “The game is afoot,” so it is with investigators and the criminal poisoner. As homicide investigators, we must always remember that unless we remain ever vigilant, we will lose the game. Unless the possibility of poisoning is considered in the first place, the critical evidence of the crime will most likely be buried with the victim, and the poisoner will walk off into the sunset, with a feeling of superior intellect and smugness.
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(2007). Conclusion. In: Criminal Poisoning. Forensic Science and Medicine. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-256-4_10
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