![]() A panicking Jones disclosed to his mother the package of sodium nitrite he had ingested, Leeds said. Goldberg’s co-counsel Naomi Leeds said Jones yelled for his mother’s assistance immediately after ingesting the toxin. An archive of the site, retrieved in January, instructed buyers of sodium nitrite that “due to the potential self-injury of underage customers,” any orders would require photo ID submitted to an email address appearing to belong to Law. The website for Imtime Cuisine, which was connected to a Mississauga PO box, is no longer active. Authorities are encouraging anyone who has received a package from any of the listed companies to contact their local authorities.Ĭarrie Goldberg, the New York lawyer representing the family of Jones, who was diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome, a form of autism spectrum disorder, said that after the teen boy died after ingesting sodium nitrite allegedly purchased from the Imtime Cuisine website last February, the family sent a message to an email address attached to an invoice, allegedly linked to the suspected Ontario supplier, to “take immediate action to stop selling it.” “The ongoing investigation has found that packages may have been sent to more than a dozen communities across the province,” the OPP said in a press release. Peel police and the Ontario Provincial Police warned residents to be wary of packages shipped from those businesses to “individuals at-risk of self-harm” in communities across Ontario. Several companies are believed to have been used by the suspect to allegedly sell the substance, including Imtime Cuisine, AmbuCa, Academic/ACademic, Escape Mode/escMode and ICemac, according to police. “Once we were notified about a potential violation of our Acceptable Use Policy (AUP), we immediately reviewed and took action to terminate all stores associated with Kenneth Law,” a Shopify spokesperson wrote. In a response to questions from the Star on Friday, Shopify, which has acknowledged that Law was once a merchant on its platform, stated that it takes concerns about the goods and services made available by merchants on its platform very seriously. The widespread online availability of sodium nitrite has also placed the spotlight on e-commerce giants like Shopify and Amazon, which have served as a channel through which sellers of sodium nitrite can reach global buyers. He said Gary accessed online forums where suicide is promoted and information about the means to carry it out is made readily available. “It is a very toxic poison,” Lee Cooper said, adding that the action against Law is “the first domino, and I think there will be more to come because there are other sellers.”Ĭooper also wants police to probe a network of online forums that he says targets many vulnerable people like his brother, Gary, who struggled with depression. have warned about a recent increase in deaths by suicide involving the substance. However the salt is lethal in larger, purer concentrations, and researchers in Canada, the U.S. Sodium nitrite is a preservative salt used in deli-meat preparation, where very small amounts are used to cure the meat and give it a reddish colour. They are now calling on major online retailers to pull the lethal sodium nitrite from stores. Those speaking out include the family of 17-year-old Anthony Jones, of Detroit, and the brother of Gary Cooper, 41, a British man who died last July after ingesting sodium nitrite. The charges against him have not yet been tested in court. Law, 57, who faces two counts of counselling or aiding suicide, appeared briefly last week in a Brampton court, where his case was adjourned to Tuesday. Families in the United States and United Kingdom are now looking for answers about the sale of the chemical online. ![]() ![]() They say their investigation now involves 1,200 packages allegedly sent to 40 countries. Last week, Peel Regional Police charged Kenneth Law, of Mississauga, for allegedly selling the poisonous compound used by two Mississauga residents to end their own lives. “I’m heartbroken, not only for ourselves, but for so many others.” “It’s just like a nightmare all over again,” Ramirez said. ![]() She received the substance from a business in Mississauga, according to her father, David Ramirez, who sent a picture of the shipping label to the Star. Noelle Skyler Ramirez died by suicide by ingesting sodium nitrite earlier this year. Instead, the Ramirez family in Colorado got a knock on the door on May 3 from an officer who told them police in Canada had arrested a suspect who they believe may be linked to the substance used by their daughter before her death. They were supposed to be celebrating their daughter’s 21st birthday.
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