be taken out of a lab, put in an envelope, dropped in a mailbox, and people would die. robert stevens the first to die. natural cause or my husband s death certificate said homicide. originally from england, the 70s, stevens and his wife moved to florida. he worked for america media incorporated, a tabloid publisher. no one could say they didn t like him. it s full of life, he loved everybody. in early october, 2001, stevens has what seems like the flu. two days later, slurred speech and a trip to the hospital. it s anthrax. now i get shivers. and then she said, the cdc the fbi, and the president has been informed. i was in shock. robert stevens dies the next day. anthrax had shut down his vital organs. he was just the perfect person to me. and i miss him. my heart is still not in one piece yet. labwork reveals the anthrax that killed stevens called the a strain. it was a lab strain. it was not out there in the wild. david wilman, a pulgtser prize-winni