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It turned out he was killed by something far more lethal than common rat poison. >> its polonium. >> polonium 210 to be exact, a rare and deadly radioactive isotope. the news shocked the world, even though most people werent exactly sure what polonium was. but paul joyal knew what it was and what it could do. that his friend effectively burned to death from radioactivity. >> its a horrible death. its a gruesome death. he lived longer than he -- than any man normally would under those circumstanc...

Them to finally determine that it was polonium versus something else. >> reporter: why, if he had died 12 hours earlier, would it have made any difference? >> because they wouldnt have found out. they would have marked the death certificate as death unknown. he would have been put in the ground, and it would have been just a mystery. unknown -- unknown assailants. turn the page, move on. >> its the key of this murder. polonium 210 was discovered and now we know exactly sasha was killed by poloni...

Certificate as death unknown. he would have been put in the ground, and it would have been just a mystery. unknown -- unknown assailants. turn the page, move on. >> its the key of this murder. polonium 210 was discovered and now we know exactly sasha was killed by polonium 210. >> reporter: its an almost perfect murder weapon. polonium has no smell, little taste, and without specialized equipment, its undetectable. >> reporter: the amount that killed litvinenko, slipped into something he ate or ...

12 hours earlier, would it have made any difference? >> because they wouldnt have found out. they would have marked the death certificate as death unknown. he would have been put in the ground, and it would have been just a mystery. unknown -- unknown assailants. turn the page, move on. >> its the key of this murder. polonium 210 was discovered and now we know exactly sasha was killed by polonium 210. >> reporter: its an almost perfect murder weapon. polonium has no smell, little taste, and with...

>> reporter: why, if he had died 12 hours earlier, would it have made any difference? >> because they wouldnt have found out. they would have marked the death certificate as death unknown. he would have been put in the ground, and it would have been just a mystery. unknown -- unknown assailants. turn the page, move on. >> its the key of this murder. polonium 210 was discovered and now we know exactly sasha was killed by polonium 210. >> reporter: its an almost perfect murder weapon. polonium has...

>> reporter: why if he had died 12 hours earlier, would it have made any difference? >> because they wouldnt have found out, they would have marked the death certificate as "death unknown." he would have been put in the ground and it would have been just a mystery -- unknown -- unknown assailants. turn the page, move on. >> its the key of this murder. polonium 210 was discovered and now we know exactly, sasha was killed by polonium 210. >> its an almost perfect murder weapon. polonium has no sme...

And they were issued citations and could be charged for damages in the houses. >> a out of control fireworks display in tennessee. can you hear those pops? those ro the rockets that are going off as the fireworks store is erupting into flames. the store completely destroyed by the fire. the fireworks shot off in all n smaller fires nearby. a scare in the air after a woman collapses and stops breathing during a flight from new zealand to los angeles. the crew and a paramedic who happened to be ...

One of them. two runners competing in this weekends rock n roll half marathon in raleigh collapsed and died during the race. ems and medical personnel, they were immediately on the scene attempting to revive each runne participants in the race. their causes of death unknown. kathleen sebelius is now out of a job as health and human services secretary and shes now finally admitting the obamacare rollout was flawed. on "meet the press," she even went as far to say the rollout goals were wrong....