reactor. the sample can be analyzed as is in most cases, just simply weighed into a radiation vial. most other methods require dissolution of the sample. when scientists examine the hair with gamma ray spectrophotometry, they discovered a startling piece of information. nancy had ingested small doses of arsenic every week starting four months before her death. the dose of arsenic increased four weeks before her death. the highest amount of arsenic was in nancy s system two weeks before her death. her levels were anywhere from 4 to 100 times what normal levels were, so, it was a very significant level and it was lethal. the forensic tests showed the poisoning started when nancy s husband, richard, moved back home after the separation. but richard wasn t the only person in nancy s life who had both motive and access. nancy s handwritten diary
he would swing off in a clockwise motion to finish off the lower loop of the f, whereas nancy always came down and went counterclockwise to finish off the f. kittel concluded richard wrote the diary entries about nancy s brother, bill. absolutely certain that he had written that. 100% certain? yes. prosecutors now believed richard lyon had forged nancy s diary to cover up the murder. it never crossed his mind he was going to be caught. he thought he had it aced, and he certainly didn t think it would be his own handwriting. y! cause it s crabfest at red lobster! dig into a succulent selection of crab entrées. like new crab lover s trio! with sweet snow crab legs, split king crab, and jumbo lump crab over savory shrimp. crab three ways! all on one plate. or try new jumbo lump crab over wood-grilled salmon. experience crabfest at red lobster today. only for a limited time. come in and sea food differently!
so every fifth, sixth line would have an ampersand on it, in her known handwriting, where richard always used the a-n-d for the verbiage and. kittel also noticed that nancy and richard made their capital i differently. richard used one down stroke like a 1, whereas nancy used a down stroke and then a cross at the top and bottom. she was willing to take a lot more time in executing them than richard was. their lowercase fs were different as well. richard used a clockwise motion coming down from the top of the f down to the bottom.
forensic testing showed nancy started ingesting arsenic in september, around the time she and richard reconciled. the fatal dose was administered two days before nancy was admitted to the hospital where she died. to hide his involvement, richard created the fake invoice for the arsenic. and forensic analysis proved that it was richard who wrote the sex-related entries in nancy s diary implicating her brother as a possible suspect. i think it was calculating. he thought himself as a lady s man. i think he was a cold-blooded killer, and he did it in the most despicable way possible, slowly ingesting arsenic to his wife. when he went on trial for murder, richard lyon pled not guilty. but the forensic handwriting analysis, the timeline of the poisonings captured in nancy s hair and the discovery of poison in vitamin pills found in the
alleged her brother, bill, had sexually abused her as a child. investigators wanted to know whether this was a possible motive. to see if these entries were written by nancy, investigators sent the diary to a forensic document examiner, hartford kittel. handwriting examination s based upon two distinct facts no two people write exactly alike. within the writing of a single individual, there is normal variation. it s this normal variation that we associate or we don t associate with the questioned writing. surprisingly, nancy and richard s handwriting looked strikingly similar. friends said this was intentional. while in college, nancy had written some of richard s research papers, and she mimicked his writing. kittel first looked at known handwriting samples from both nancy and richard. despite their similarities, there were differences. she used her ampersands quite extensively through her writing,