Lesson 4 - Criminal Case Studies Involving Forensic Toxicology

Overview

                                    Russian KGB Officer

This lesson focuses on three criminal case studies that involve forensic toxicology. Two of the case studies entitled The Poisoning of a Politician and The Jonestown Tragedy are based on actual events. The last criminal case study entitled Murder or Suicide—That is the Question is fiction.

You are expected to answer related questions about these criminal case studies in your assignment.

  

In December 1984 in Bhopal, India, more that 40 tonnes of methyl isocyanate, a poisonous gas, were accidentally released by a pesticide factory. More than 2000 people were killed and more than 4000 were injured.