Food Poisoning Murder

I have a story where a teen girl who has an abusive dad kills him with food poisoning. I realized though that I want her to get away with this crime and I was thinking it's best if he got poisoned and she took advantage of his illness. What would be the best way for my character to do this? Also, I think he ate some bad chicken, so I am thinking it's botulism. It's possible that the girl 'accidentally' left it sitting out, but I am thinking it's more of a divine opportunity.

So, the girl gets rid of her dad and I am wondering how she can make his illness worse without raising suspicions of the police or toxicologist. (Because her dad's a minor celebrity.) I was thinking of having him drink spoiled chicken broth or something of the sort, or now allowing him to call the hospital, but the more 'hands-off' the better.

Ideas?

P.s. Yes. I know this is my 2nd murder post. I guess a lot of characters die in my stories. Oops. XD

 

This may help:

https://blogpapi.com/the-causes-of-food-poisoning-and-why-you-can-die-from-it/

 

There are tons if food deaths on 1000 Ways to Die

Is her father a drinker?
Apparently, ink cap mushrooms and alcohol dont mix.

Another pair died when the husband tried to pass garden snails off as escargot.

 

I just reread your post. So he was ALREADY sick from an unrelated food poisoning? Did he have to go to the doctor?

The dangers of some types of food poisoning is the dehydration, so maybe she can slip him some diuretic and make it worse? Don't know if that would be detected in the toxicology report or if it would even increase the chance of death.

 

Coca-Cola is a diuretic: http://www.diabetesincontrol.com/what-a-can-of-coca-cola-really-does-to-your-body/

 

I am figuring that the easiest way to get rid of him is for the character to get the right chance. So, I think he is already sick and she makes it worse so that it will kill him. I mean, he would have to go to the doctor, but I don’t think she’ll let him. Because it’s easy to kill him. She has thought this over a lot and tried to plan, but could never come up with a very low risk method. And yeah. I didn’t think about messing with dehydration. That could work perfectly.

 

Yes!!! This is so going to be used. I think making him die from dehydration is wonderful and using Coca Cola to do it is genius. And easy for her to feign it as an accident.

Also, it looks like the caffeine is what causes the dehydration. So. What soda has the most caffeine??

 

Pepsi One.

https://wilstar.com/caffeine-alpha.htm

I was surprised. I thought Dr. Pepper was at or near the top.

 

Yeah, I think Jolt is still around, it's actually #2 on that list behind Red Bull. I'm assuming Pepsi One was recommended because it has the highest caffeine content among the well known brands.

I was surprised that Pepsi One edged out Mountain Dew, which was sort of a backup if Jolt wasn't available.

 

The question was what "soda" has the most caffeine. I've never tried any of the "energy" drinks, but I didn't think they were sodas. (I've been wrong before.)

 

Back in my time, almost everyone canned vegetables and it wasn't unusual for someone to have their last meal with some botulism. Most in the know will remove the ring from the jar and if the seal is broken, it would leak. If it was undercooked, the pressure of the bacteria growth would blow the lid off.

 

Thank you so much for all of this useful information!!