Albuquerque Police Link Hygiene Product Cocktail To Recent Homicides

By Mike Daniels

Albuquerque Police Link Hygiene Product Cocktail To Recent Homicides

April 8, 2012 Updated Apr 8, 2012 at 8:46 AM PDT

It’s nothing special but it is a dangerous drink. It contains mouthwash mixed with hand sanitizer.

Both items you can buy almost anywhere, but when mixed together it makes for a deadly combination.

"They would simply pour it in the container or pour the hand sanitizer and drink it and share it,” said Albuquerque Police Department Deputy Chief Paul Feist.

A bottle of hand sanitizer is the equivalent of five hard alcohol shots.

"Mix that with 26 percent in Listerine, that's a strong cocktail," said Feist.

APD has connected two deaths in the last five weeks to the concoction.

Officers have found empty bottles of hand sanitizer and mouthwash at each crime scene.

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