Created Wed 29th Jul 2009 4:28am PST by

wcorsar

Are the oxycotin Skittle found in Tampa related to those found in Alaska?

Background: A 4 year old girl in Tampa was found to have ingested oxycotin that was in a resealed bag of Tropical Skittles. So far investigators have no idea what happened. However, in Alaska, a man has been arrested and charged for having repackaged bags of Skittles shipped to via FedEx. Are these cases related or are they isolated incidents?

Tampa Story
http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/article1022463.ece

Alaska Story
http://newsminer.com/news/2009/may/02/skittles-scam-leads-drug-charges-fairbanks-man/

Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source.

Forecast history %

Cases are found to be related.

11%

Cases are found not to be related.

10%

No determination by settlement date.

79%

Question suspends in 28 weeks

Activity: H$12,043
Predictions: 18
Comments: 3

Suspend date: Fri 1st Oct 7:59pm PST (28 weeks to go)

Initial likelihoods: Cases are found to be related.: 33%, Cases are found not to be related.: 34%, No determination by settlement date.: 33%

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Created Wed 29th Jul 2009 4:28am PST by

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Predictions (18)

10 weeks ago

vpai

predicted Cases are found to be related. (H$100 at 10%)

19 weeks ago

jhc360 Level 10, Genius (H$10,752)

predicted Cases are found not to be related. (H$20 at 14%)

20 weeks ago

mungo10 Level 14, Prophet (H$227,326)

predicted No determination by settlement date. (H$100 at 51%)

21 weeks ago

jhc360 Level 10, Genius (H$10,752)

predicted Cases are found not to be related. (H$20 at 14%)

23 weeks ago

miknna Level 7, Pro (H$3,410)

predicted Cases are found to be related. (H$20 at 56%)

Comments (3)

chatarra Level 16, Oracle (H$842,519)

Interesting story.
I believe the two cases are probably related, but I doubt if they will be found to be related by any investigator or court.
The Florida package of Skittles has probably been ruined as a source of forensic evidence by the normal actions of a 4 y/o girl handling the package.

posted 23 weeks ago

fingers_of_fury Level 18, Megadubber (H$2,795,758)

Skittles' sales shoot through the roof!

posted 22 weeks ago

mungo10 Level 14, Prophet (H$227,326)

Josh D. Anderson's trial is set for February - http://www.courtrecords.alaska.gov/pa/pa.urd/pamw2000.docket_lst?12889157 .
And unless the family is lying about where the 4 year old got her "candy" from, I doubt the police will get anywhere if there hasn't been any news since July.
I doubt the cases are related. If Anderson is not brought up on charges in the Florida case, can we assume the cases are not related even if the perpetrator of the Florida crime is not determined?

posted 10 weeks ago