Dying doctor cyanide suddenly collapsed in her kitchen on April 17th of last year. There were no indications of any fatal illness, except for a positive result on a cyanide test.
The doctor was a neurologist from Pittsburg named Dr. Autumn Klein. The test was asked by Dr. Jon Rittenberger, Klein's physician. He worked in the same hospital that she did, the UPMC Presbyterian Hospital.
Just last Friday, Rittenberger testified on the trial of the alleged homicide of Dr. Robert Ferrante on his wife. The trial proceedings began last Thursday.
Apparently, the possibility of cyanide poisoning was thin in the beginning and that it was not suspected at all. However, after ruling most of the other possibilities that could stimulate a sudden collapse of a person, Rittenberger asked for a cyanide test.
Cyanide is a compound that is usually found in people who have inhaled smoke in house fires or in fall victims of accidents that usually happen in chemical plants. As in the case of the dying doctor cyanide, since she was not connected to any of the aforementioned instances, it was not immediately considered as a possibility.
Still, it was found out that there were high levels of the said acid in the dying doctor cyanide's blood when the test was performed last April 18th. This result ultimately stunned Rittenberger.
The Pittsburg police charged Dr. Ferrante when they found out that, maybe coincidentally, he had previously purchased cyanide a couple days before his wife suddenly collapsed. Ferrante also worked as a researcher in the University of Pittsburg.
The prosecutors have reportedly stated that Ferrante had spiked an energy drink with cyanide and then gave it to his trusting wife. According to them, he told her that drinking the concoction would help them conceive another child, in addition to their six-year-old daughter.
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