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Seven people died after taking poisoned Tylenol in 1982, and though no one was ever charged in the killings, packaging for over-the-counter medicine across the industry was revamped.
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
Deaths attributed to cyanide treated extra-strength capsules today went to seven. the mayor banned the product, the fbi has been called in on the case and the makers of extra-strength tylenol have offered a $100,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of the person or persons responsible for this deadly sabotage. >> we had a serial killer that was able to kill a lot of people in different geographical locations in a very subtle manner that didn't leave for a lot of clues or leads for us, so it was a new concept of investigating for a lot of us. >> the tylenol task force grows to m...
I want to go back to the dna discussion that you were mentioning. how would you go about trying to rule him in or out all of these years later? >> well, if in fact his dna is on those capsules, well, there has to be some explanation. i think it would be extremely unlikely, and they would know -- i think the f.b.i. should know whether or not he was in the chicago area, or had ab access o the tylenol containers in which the cyanide was put. originally it was thought maybe it would be somebody that was connected with a far pharmaceutl company that made the tylenol. they would have the best opport...
the israelis and the palestinians to make peace. a new lead on a famous cold case, the deadly tainting of tylenol capsules back in 1982. the fbi wants dna samples from one of the nation's most notorious killers. i'm wolf blitzer, your senate situation room. breaking news this hour, a new york supreme court judge's decision to grant bail to dominique strauss-kahn. the former head of the international monetary fund has to pay $1 million in cash and post as 5 million bond to get out of rikers island jail where he has been held since his arrest over the weekend. defense lawyers dispu...