Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 3 September 1971

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar

On 7 September Markov was stabbed in the back of his right thigh with an umbrella while waiting at a bus stop on Waterloo Bridge. The pellet measured 1.70 mm in diameter and was composed of 90% platinum and 10% iridium. It had two holes with diameters of 0.35 mm drilled through it producing an X-shaped cavity. A sugary substance coated the tiny holes creating a bubble which trapped the ricin inside the cavities. The specially crafted coating was designed to melt at 37° C. After the pellet was shot into Markov the coating melted and the ricin was free to be absorbed into the bloodstream and kill him. Regardless of whether the doctors treating Markov had known that the poison was ricin the result would have been the same as there was no known antidote to ricin at the time.
(11 September 1978)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Friday 3rd of September 1971 53 years ago
41-year-old mass murderer John Freeman shoots 43-year-old Novella Bentley, her 16-year-old daughter Pam Bentley Martin, 19-year-old Frank Martin, 8-year-old Tina Bentley, 3-year-old Adam Bentley, 20-month-old Tracy Bentley and 9-month-old Charlotte Bentley because he assumed employee Charles Bentley had run off with his wife in 5308 East Polk, Phoenix, Arizona, United States. Freeman had caught his wife and Mr. Bentley kissing in his upholstery shop sometime in February.