A man charged with illegal possession of the third-most toxic substance on earth committed suicide early Saturday. Lavy was arrested Wednesday at his farm in northern Arkansas and charged with possessing the deadly castor bean extract ricin, with the intent to use it as a weapon. At a hearing, Lavy was ordered held without bail. Lavy claimed that he was trying to carry some of the poison from Alaska into Canada because he wanted to bring it to Arkansas to use it to kill coyotes that threatened chickens on his farm. Ricin became famous in 1978 when a speck of it in a hollow ball delivered by the tip of an umbrella was used to assassinate a Bulgarian defector at a London bus stop.
Doctors say that an aneurysm was the likely cause of death.
Rutledge called Sedore over to initial the scorecard which verifies the shot and as he did, Sedore collapsed in his arms. Maybe God wanted him to do it one more time before taking him. National Public Radio apologized Friday for a remark by commentator Adrei Codrescu. An NPR spokesman said the remarks crossed a line of taste and tolerance. I miss the relationships.