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I've always wondered why Mountain Dew was so popular in the South. Now we know.
Thursday, March 06, 2025
Your Thursday Morning Florida Report
A 37-year-old woman in Florida will spend several decades behind bars for killing her 79-year-old roommate, beating and stabbing him to death in the home they shared, then dousing herself in Diet Mountain Dew in an attempt to thwart police from collecting DNA evidence while being interviewed by police.
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Wonder where she got the idea Mountain Dew would erase DNA? YouTube?
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Deletepoor ol boy had no idea bout neck tats, r.i.p.
ReplyDeletePoor woman, crazy, but poor woman.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Wirecutter, I had to go down the rabbit hole just because you piqued my curiosity.
ReplyDeleteThe short answer is: possible.
https://www.newsweek.com/mountain-dew-erase-dna-nichole-maks-murder-1821587
"The Scientific Research
A study, which reportedly stated that sucralose can break down DNA, was published in the Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health in May 2023.
It claimed that a structural analog of sucralose, which researchers said was sometimes found in the manufacture of that sweetener, "induced DNA strand breaks." However, the study was conducted in vitro (i.e. outside the body and in lab conditions), and although it mentions sucralose throughout, the testing was on its structural analog."
So maybe if you soak in it for a month, you'll get rid of unwanted dna, but then you wind up with a whole different set of problems like turning into jello (but I'll let you read that for yourself.)
-lg
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-mountain-dew-really-dissolve/
Diet Mountain Dew is nasty. Might as well use it for crime.
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