Two cases of chlorate poisoning presenting as unexpected sudden deaths are described. Both cases had previous psychiatric histories but poisoning was not seriously considered as the cause of death prior to autopsy, when the finding of chocolate-coloured fluid blood alerted the pathologist to the cause of death.
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