That's what I'm thinking also. We had a little cousin in 1932 that died and his certificate says "Accidental poisoning by Aspirin", so anything that says "Homicidal" means they think it was intentional. Marylee Knight wrote: > If the doctor or coroner had believed that the child had accidentally ingested the poison, it would have been noted on the death certificate as accidental. However, by the use of the word "homocidal" the person signing the death certificate clearly believed that the child was murdered. > > --- On Wed, 6/3/09, Kimberly Carrillo <kimm@leadmarket.com> wrote: > > > From: Kimberly Carrillo <kimm@leadmarket.com> > Subject: [TXGEN] Homicide > To: txgen@rootsweb.com > Date: Wednesday, June 3, 2009, 3:21 PM > > > 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 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >