• James Lewis, suspect in the 1982 Tylenol murders, dies at 76

    James Lewis, suspect in the 1982 Tylenol murders, dies at 76

    Jul 10, 2023 06:47 PM EDT

    CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — The suspect in the 1982 Tylenol poisonings that killed seven people in the Chicago area and triggered a nationwide scare has died, police confirmed on Monday. Officers, firefighters and EMTs responding to a report of unresponsive person about 4 p.m. Sunday found James Lewis dead in ...

  • How the Tylenol murders of 1982 changed the way we consume medication

    How the Tylenol murders of 1982 changed the way we consume medication

    Sep 29, 2014 03:39 PM EDT

    ... poison, and then returned the restored packages to the shelves to be purchased by the unknowing victims. To this day, however, the perpetrators of these murders have never been found.One man, James Lewis, claiming to be the Tylenol killer wrote a “ransom” letter to Johnson & Johnson demanding $1 ...

  • Delaware returns to death penalty debate after prison uprising

    Delaware returns to death penalty debate after prison uprising

    Apr 16, 2017 07:50 PM EDT

    ... Church and the Delaware Coalition of Prison Reform and Justice, that her grandson in prison had a headache, but the prison refused to give him Tylenol. “I said, ‘OK, I’ll pray for him,'” Bullock said. “Then she came back the next week and said the same thing.” Bullock started ...