Maybe it's considered accidental homicide if someone doesn't decease of natural causes? Joe -----Original Message----- From: txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Kimberly Carrillo Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 3:22 PM To: txgen@rootsweb.com Subject: [TXGEN] Homicide Okay, I have a weird question. My mother's brother died when he was 4 years old and I am just now looking at his death certificate. He died of food poisoning, but the certificate says "strychnine poisoning - homicidal". This is the first I have ever heard of this. Was that a different way that they called food poisoning at that time? This would have been 1927 in La Grange, TX. Thanks, Kimm