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A pre-gym routine looked loving until the forensic timeline exposed a poisoning campaign.

HE MADE HER PROTEIN SHAKES

Case #RF-005

HE MADE

HER PROTEIN

The full case file reconstructs the arsenic and tetrahydrozoline shake phase, the cyanide procurement disguised as dental supplies, repeated unexplained hospitalizations, and the digital evidence chain presented to jurors.

Key Point 1

Prosecutors said the drink routine was used to administer arsenic, tetrahydrozoline, then cyanide.

Key Point 2

Investigators recovered poisoning-related search queries and linked them with purchase evidence.

Key Point 3

The case file maps alleged obstruction acts, including a fake-video request and a $20,000 detective murder-solicitation offer to a cellmate.

The Narration

What the film says

Hook

He made her protein shakes before every gym session.

Bait

In Colorado, an adult dentist framed a shared fitness routine as care. The shakes looked supportive, healthy, and normal.

Switch

Prosecutors said the shakes carried arsenic and tetrahydrozoline. When she survived, he obtained potassium cyanide through his dental practice, disguised as surgical supplies.

Trap

She was hospitalized repeatedly with unexplained symptoms. Prosecutors said he delivered a final cyanide dose while she was in hospital care. Investigators recovered searches including "is arsenic detectable in autopsy" and "how to make murder look like a heart attack," plus evidence he asked his daughter for a fake video and offered a cellmate twenty thousand dollars to kill the lead detective.

Empowerment

Digital forensics connected searches, purchases, and lies. A jury convicted him of first-degree murder. Sentence: life without parole. Read the full case file at palladiansociety.org.