'Horrific': Police confirm poison as Upper Hunter man Douglas Thrift's death treated suspicious

By Nick Bielby
Updated February 18 2020 - 7:24pm, first published 5:00pm
Mystery: Police are investigating how Douglas Thrift died from a lethal dose of strychnine, a highly dangerous poison sometimes used to kill vermin or wild dogs.
Mystery: Police are investigating how Douglas Thrift died from a lethal dose of strychnine, a highly dangerous poison sometimes used to kill vermin or wild dogs.

Detectives are trying to work out how a popular and well-known member of an Upper Hunter community died from a "highly dangerous poison" that is sometimes used to kill vermin and wild dogs.

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