Medically-induced murder/death by IV??

[matrixrefugee]

Googled "medically induced death", which lead to a lot of doctor-bashing articles on natural health sites. Whut

Comments

[yamikonumber7]

It's a little off the beaten path, but if the child is half-demonic, what about holy water? Do the rules in your story work that way?

[ashleysmooshie]

Perhaps insulin?

[kittenmorag]

Agreed. The body insulin dumps when it starts panicking when, say, they can't breathe properly or what have you.

[surgicalsteel]

Not really. Cortisol, norepinephrine, GH - those all get thrown into the system in a stressed state. Insulin not so much.

Plus it'd be reasonably easy to pick up. The insulin your own body makes gets released along with a byproduct of insulin synthesis called C-peptide, the insulin you inject doesn't have C-peptide. Hypoglycemia in a patient who'd died unexpectedly would prompt an ME to check C-peptide levels.

[gehayi]

All right, this isn't a medical technique...but is there some reason that the energy vampire can't simply drain the life energy right out of the half-demon? Or would someone be able to tell that had happened?

[randomstasis]

my first thought too!

[mereprototype]

Succinylcholine?

/hi5 if the icon is relevant to the research.

[oroburos69]

Doesn't smothering leave bruises because you have to hold them down? How much effort could it take to smother a newborn? Pinch its nose closed and cover its mouth. No idea if its true, but I've heard stories about mothers who accidentally smothered their babies by trying to keep them quiet. No need for a pillow.

Failing that...warlock makes an enemy drop it down some stairs, or, like, accidentally stab it or something? Two birds, one baby-killing stone. And if it has an IV, it's probably in the neo-natal unit or something, right? Equipment malfunction? The heaters stop working, or start working too well, or it's accidentally infected with MRSI/flesh-eating bacteria.