jilliebean;3397930 said:
Did anyone see this? It seemed as though it was somewhat similar because they said that the girl must have trusted him to give her pain meds or something. I don't understand Murray's charges. I mean I do, because I know murder is hard to prove, but to me it is obvious at this point that this was not an accident.
I haven't watched it, but I have read about the case, the first reported case of murder with propofol. In fact, its similarities with Murray's case have been discussed. In my opinion one of the most outstanding resemblance is that in both cases medical evidence used was far from the victim, I mean the victim could not have put it away and then come back to bed... and Murray
hid med. evidence and sort of
prepared the scene (no other explanation for what Alberto Álvarez described - IV bag with a slit and a bottle of propofol upside down inside almost empty, with
NO large tube OR for the "separated" syringe...).
Here you can read more about the case:
http://www.anesthesia-analgesia.org/content/108/4/1182.full
"A 24-yr-old woman was found dead in her home from apparent propofol “toxicity.” Her blood level of propofol was 4.3 μg/mL. She had no history of drug abuse and no evidence of such behavior at autopsy.
The medical examiner and police investigators felt that she died from probable homicide. Attention was focused on a male registered nurse acquaintance, who had acquired propofol and other drugs in the course of his regular duties in a surgical intensive care unit. This is the first reported case of murder with propofol.
A 24-yr-old, 5′5 in., 138 pound female was found dead in her house near Gainesville, Florida by police detectives and fire rescue personnel on November 10, 2005.
Numerous items, including syringes, needles, and two empty 20 mL vials of 1% propofol (10 mg/mL), were found in grocery store bags lying on the ground adjacent to garbage cans outside the house. After the initial crime scene investigation, an autopsy was performed. (...)
Laboratory analysis revealed
a blood propofol concentration of 4.3 μg/mL. This value is within the range of blood propofol concentrations (1.3–6.8 μg/mL) after a bolus induction dose of 2.5 mg/kg of body weight.
The medical examiner ruled that the manner of death was homicide. She noted that the fatal dose of propofol was administered by someone with skill in IV injections.
Follow-up investigation of the propofol national drug code lot numbers on the bottles at the crime scene revealed the drug had been obtained from an automated Omnicell® dispenser (Omnicell Headquarters, 1201 Charleston Road, Mountain View, CA) by a male registered nurse who worked in the surgical intensive care of Shands Hospital at the University of Florida. The most recent propofol had been dispensed to him on November 3, 2005.
On or about the day of her death (between November 8 and 9, 2005),
he left the area, subsequently went briefly to Georgia on approximately November 24, 2005, and ultimately flew to Ireland on November 29, 2005.
After further investigation, a second degree murder warrant was issued for the suspect on January 24, 2006. In June 2006, he was apprehended in the West African Republic of Senegal. On October 16, 2006, he was transported to the Alachua County Department of the Jail by the United States Marshall’s Service, and on November 29, 2007,
the prior indictment for second degree murder was upgraded to first degree murder. Trial commenced on May 19, 2008. On May 23, he was found guilty of first degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole."
