Student’s Death by Cyanide Ruled Suicide
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AUSTIN, Tex. — A University of Texas student who died of cyanide poisoning last month probably committed suicide, Medical Examiner Robert Bayardo said today.
The death of Kenneth Wayne Faries, 24, had been ruled a homicide after cyanide was discovered in capsules of Anacin-3 found in his apartment. However, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration laboratory in Cincinnati concluded that the poison came from a university laboratory to which he had access.
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