Scant evidence in Mississippi ricin case, attorney says

Fox\AP ^ | 4-20-13

[WKB]

Federal authorities have scant evidence linking a Mississippi man to the mailing of ricin-laced letters to the president and a senator, his attorney says.

Christi McCoy said after a court hearing Friday that the government has offered no evidence to prove her client, Paul Kevin Curtis, had possession of any ricin or the seed from which it is extracted -- castor beans. An FBI agent testified during the hearing that he could not say if investigators had found ricin at Curtis' home, and McCoy said the evidence linking the 45-year-old to the crime so far has hinged on his writings posted online.

[jjotto]

Got a link to that reporter? FBI has confirmed ricin. the question seems to be the link to the crazy guy, not about ricin.

[SuziQ]

I hadn’t heard that ricin was confirmed, only suspected. There was a ‘hit’ when the envelopes went through a detector, but the reporter stated that it wasn’t clear exactly what it was. Maybe the FBI came out later with the confirmation. The news up here this week was all about the Marathon bombers.

[jjotto]

http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/18/politics/tainted-letter-intercepted/index.html

CNN) — The FBI said Thursday it confirmed the presence of the deadly poison ricin in letters sent to President Barack Obama, a U.S. senator and a judge...