Tennessee Cyanide Death Ruled Suicide
A door-to-door preacher who died of massive cyanide poisoning with an almost-empty container of Extra-Strength Tylenol capsules under his bed committed suicide, a medical examiner ruled Friday.
“The manner of death has been determined to be suicide,” the Davidson County medical examiner, Charles Harlan, said, adding that the ruling was based on Timothy R. Green’s “financial problems” and the fact that he bought the cyanide.
Green, 32, purchased a one-pound bottle of cyanide the day before his Feb. 23 death, police said. He said he intended to use it for cleaning jewelry.
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