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TYLENOL MURDERS: After a joint FBI task force was unable to pin the 1982 Tylenol murders on prime suspect James Lewis, special agent Roy Lane was coaxed out of retirement to carry out a daring undercover mission. He tells Bevan Hurley Lewis’ death this week ‘puts the pursuit of justice to an end’

James Lewis Cause of Death? 1982 Chicago Tylenol Murders' Sole Suspect, 76, Found Dead The sole suspect, James Lewis, 76, in the infamous Chicago Tylenol murders

With the investigation’s only suspect dead, it now seems unlikely that charges will ever be brought in poisonings that killed seven people and caused a worldwide panic.

With the investigation’s only suspect dead, it now seems unlikely that charges will ever be brought in poisonings that killed seven people and caused a worldwide panic.

James Lewis was convicted of attempting to extort $1m from Johnson & Johnson but never formally accused of poisoning spree that killed seven in Chicago in 1982

With the investigation’s only suspect dead, it now seems unlikely that charges will ever be brought in poisonings that killed seven people and caused a worldwide panic.

With the investigation’s only suspect dead, it now seems unlikely that charges will ever be brought in poisonings that killed seven people and caused a worldwide panic.

James Lewis was convicted of attempting to extort $1m from Johnson & Johnson but never formally accused of poisoning spree that killed seven in Chicago in 1982

With the investigation’s only suspect dead, it now seems unlikely that charges will ever be brought in poisonings that killed seven people and caused a worldwide panic.

His death comes after 40 years of intense scrutiny from law enforcement, in which Lewis played a cat-and-mouse game with investigators. Local authorities questioned him as recently as September.