either one was responsible. she had an excellent relationship with her son and tim scoggin was like a member of the family. i didn t know what to think because i just i just couldn t, you know, believe it. leita nobles will look you right into the eye and tell you exactly what she thinks and that s what she did. she looked us right in the eye and told us tim scoggin wasn t doing that, that we were on the wrong track and he wouldever do that. she trusted him completely. tim scoggin was 33 years old, single and had a close personal relationship with the nobles but a background check revealed an unusual past. before buying the nobles business, scoggin lived in llano, texas, about 130 miles away. while there, he met two elderly sisters, catherine and cordelia norton. the last surviving members of an old texas family that made
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and added an acid solution to dissolve all of the organic material. what was left was primarily sulfuric acid. in a process called colorimetric testing, he added hydrochloric acid and zinc to the mix. as it bubbles through this device, the arsenic will react and form if it s present a purplish violet color. the more arsenic present, the stronger the more purple the color is. rod mccutcheon s chemical cocktail made frenss forensic history. the solution turned a deep purple. conclusive proof of the presence of arsenic. the depth of color in the reaction showed that cordelia norton ingested a massive amount of arsenic. the test results on catherine s ashes were inconclusive. nevertheless, their deaths were ruled homicides.
material. what was left was primarily sulfuric acid. in a process called colorimetric testing, he added hydrochloric acid and zinc to the mix. as it bubbles through this device, the arsenic will react and form if it s present a purplish violet color. the more arsenic present, the stronger the more purple the color is. rod mccutcheon s chemical cocktail made forensic history. the solution turned a deep purple. conclusive proof of the presence of arsenic. the depth of color in the reaction showed that cordelia norton ingested a massive amount of arsenic. the test results on catherine s ashes were inconclusive.
within a 12-month period, scoggins two closest friends, leita and olgie nobles were both poisoned with arsenic, and his friends catherine and cordelia norton also died suspicious deaths within a day of one another. he was the last person alone with cordelia and he was the last person alone with catherine. he wanted money, he wanted riches and he liked the lavish style of particularly the nortons. i mean they traveled all over the world. they had friends from all over the world come visit them, and he was included in that circle. if scoggin poisoned the norton sisters, no one could prove it. they had both been cremated. all that remained were their ashes. he believed he could burn up the evidence and he would be safe. in the average cremation, the body is subjected to temperatures of more than 2,000 degrees fahrenheit for up to three hours.