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Arsenic antidote stockpile linked to church poisoning save
In New Sweden Maine health officials credit a federal funded arsenic antidote stockpile for potentially saving lives after arsenic poisoned coffee sickened fifteen people at Gustaf Adolph Lutheran Church. A church caretaker died and a suspectless shooting at a nearby home is being investigated for possible ties to the case. Police have sought fingerprints and DNA from all church members and asked for FBI profiling assistance.
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New Sweden
Maine
Gustaf Adolph Lutheran Church
Eastern Maine Medical Center
Bangor
Woodland
Portland
Dora Anne Mills
Maine Bureau of Health
Walter Reid Morrill
FBI
Dennis Appleton
Appleton