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Episode #410 – "Family Affair"

Victim One
Name: Troy Duplaix
Gender: M Age: 28

Location of Body: City street
Cause of death: Liver failure

Physical Evidence:
  • Eyes jaundiced
Analysis/Lab Work:
  • Liver mottled and engorged
  • Severe hepatic necrosis
  • Tox screen revealed high levels of antibodies for Huntington's Disease
  • Bio chips found in stomach
  • Experimental drug, Gabacor, identified in system
  • Brain examination revealed no atrophy
Conclusions: Victim was taking experimental drug Gabacor, being developed to treat Huntington's Disease. But as brain exam showed, victim did not suffer from Huntington's. Side effects of the drug included severe hepatic necrosis and eventual liver failure, which led to death.



Victim Two
Name: Tammi Eldridge
Gender: F Age: 18

Location of Body: Countryside
Cause of death: Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Physical Evidence:
  • Multiple wounds and bruising over body
Analysis/Lab Work:
  • Radiograph of brain revealed primary wound oblong in shape
  • Second vertebra fracture
  • Vertebral tear
  • Wooden shard removed from skull
Conclusions: Shape of head wound indicated that victim was struck with blunt object. This was confirmed by wooden shard removed from skull. Blow to head caused subarachnoid hemorrhage, which led to death.



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