Within a year, and after an investment of more than $100 million, Tylenols sales rebounded to its healthy past and it became, once again, the nations favorite over-the-counter pain reliever. Some investigators on the case, including a few still involved with it, considered the rendered profile too vague to be of any real use. Here, he offers a Spanish-language flyer to Luisa Acevada. As the de facto leader of the task force, he would come to be known in the media as "Tylenol Ty.". Investigators express frustration, anger even. I knew how to organize things.. They knew the weapon. The state police memo indicates fingerprints were found on at least one of the bottles, as well as a full print on the inside of a different bottles box. Conspiracy theories about motives and suspects for all these heinous acts continue to be bandied about on the Internet to this day. Flight attendant Paula Prince bought a tainted bottle of Tylenol at the Walgreens at Wells Street and North Avenue in Chicago. Roger Arnold worked at a jewel warehouse with the father of one of the victims named Mary Reiner. (Charles Osgood / Chicago Tribune). The Tylenol murders: The story of a 40-year-old unsolved case begins with a terrifying medical mystery. Elk Grove Village Detective Michael Severns said investigators were so intent on chasing leads that they at times lost sight of the grieving families. The original theory behind the crimes was a culprit who took the Tylenol bottles from drug and grocery stores in the Chicago area over a period of weeks, opened the capsules and added potassium cyanide, after which the culprit would return the bottles to the stores to be purchased. I had people dropping dead all over the place.. The dire situation, both in terms of human life and business, made it imperative that the Johnson & Johnson executives respond swiftly and authoritatively. Stanley died that very day and Theresa died two days later. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Fahner left the dinner immediately and made calls throughout the drive home, taking advantage of his position as a statewide official with access to a car phone, then a relatively rare piece of technology. Tylenol capsules laced with cyanide that were sold in the Chicago suburbs were linked to the deaths of seven people, leading to a nationwide panic that had the Food and Drug Administration advising consumers across the country to stop taking Tylenol products. Joe Murphy told NBC Chicago last year. In reality, some task force members still accuse their colleagues of secretive behavior 40 years later. (Don Casper / Chicago Tribune), Obviously, Johnson & Johnson didnt put cyanide in their own product. We locked him up.. Studies have found women who kill use poison more often than men do, but they typically target people they know. The tip line received more than 6,000 calls within the first few weeks. Fahner stepped off the stage and ducked behind a blue velvet curtain, where a state police officer briefed him. Now she's sharing her story for the first. Among those questioned was a clerical worker who was fired for repeatedly missing work. But the police chief of the Chicago suburb where Adam Janus lived, Joe Murphy, told CNN he hopes forensic technology used to analyze DNA could eventually produce the break they need to conclusively identify whoever was responsible for the Tylenol killings. They told stories of information hoarding, turf wars and glory seeking even when there was none to be had. Introduction Heading link Copy link. (Chicago Tribune archive). All 3 networks lead with the Tylenol story on the first day of the crisis. The first few days were spent talking to people closest to Prince and sifting through the many tips they received. They were particularly concerned that something happened during the manufacturing or the shipping or storage, Wolnik said. Chicago police Detective Charlie Ford, assigned to the Prince murder, recalled being stunned when Cook County Medical Examiner Robert Stein showed up at the victims Old Town condo and immediately asked to see the Tylenol. [Para leer en espaol] Los asesinatos de Tylenol, parte 2: Tylenol mezclado con cianuro fue el arma homicida. The coppers and the FBI guys that I knew all worked together. Learn more about Friends of the NewsHour. There was little evidence to go on, no inkling of a motive and five people dead. Manufacturer Johnson & Johnson recalled 31 million Tylenol bottles as panic spread nationwide. As the de facto leader of the task force, he would come to be known in the media as "Tylenol Ty." Reports would be written in triplicate so each member would get a copy. ]. Whoa, whoa, he recalled. Arlington Heights police Chief Rodney Kath, second from left, works with other members of the Tylenol task force at its Des Plaines headquarters in 1982. With fears mounting, Johnson & Johnson recalled all over-the-counter Tylenol capsule products on Oct. 5, nearly a week after Mary Kellermans death. The Soviets were willing to assist, but their satellites werent trained on the Chicago suburbs at the time. There, research chemist Karen Wolnik and her colleagues established a trace element pattern a sort of chemical fingerprint for each sample to determine whether it was identical to the poison used in the Tylenol killings. Lewis, who now lives in the Boston area, has long denied any involvement in the murders and has never been charged. We had gloves in our car and basically used them on decomposed bodies. The 20-year-old would be buried alongside her husband and her brother-in-law Adam in a triple funeral made even more heartbreaking when relatives had to pull Terris mother off her daughters casket before it was lowered into the ground. The Tylenol investigation began as a loose collaboration among detectives in Arlington Heights and Elk Grove Village, the towns where the first three deaths were identified. Im just being honest, Siekmann said. An FBI agent stood up and started to give a rundown of Chicagos case. Even after he retired from the FBI in 1996, he didnt let it go. He didnt fit that profile, Hogberg said. Illinois state police and FBI supervisors did most of the talking at that first meeting, several attendees told the Tribune. As a result of the crime, makers of Tylenol developed new product protection methods. I mean, theres 10,000 reasons why people compete with each other. I think its pretty important, the aide replied. Ford said he quickly interrupted. Unfortunately, each victim swallowed a Tylenol capsule laced with A lethal dose of cyanide. The Kellerman and Janus bottles contained Tylenol from lot MC2880, manufactured in Pennsylvania on April 26, 1982. Local police departments and states attorneys offices have been trying to crack the case for 40 years. Following the same theory, investigators took pictures of everyone who attended the victims funerals and set up time-lapse cameras at grave sites to see if they could capture anyone acting unusual. (Earl Gustie / Chicago Tribune). Product tampering would become a crime in 1983 as a result of these murders, but in 1982 there was no federal law against it. Left: The Tylenol Murders Remain One of the Nation's Biggest Unsolved Mysteries Popular belief is that the killer was James Lewis, the man imprisoned for 13 years for extorting Johnson & Johnson in the. She also told CNN she had invited many people to a memorial service and celebration of life luncheon honoring her father in hopes that shed learn things she never got the chance to because of the murder. Her parents gave permission. Jose Rosa, right, was one of hundreds of Chicago city employees and volunteers to distribute warnings about cyanide-laced Tylenol in fall 1982. Investigators assumed the culprit was a man, though records indicate they didnt automatically rule out anyone based on gender. We also are still were looking at emerging forensic technology, Sgt. The Tylenol Murders Pt. Security cameras were scarce in suburban Chicago in 1982, but investigators checked the images that existed. Thats clear, Margolis told the Tribune. A casket is carried out of St. Hyacinth Roman Catholic Church after the funeral Mass for three members of the Janus family in 1982. NBC News has not reviewed those documents. Finally, in late July, officials from both Cook and DuPage gather for a video conference. By 2011, the FBI was ready to reexamine the evidence. In 1989, the FDA established federal guidelines for manufacturers to make all such products tamper-proof. Forty years after the infamous Tylenol murders killed her father and two other close relatives, a Wisconsin woman refuses to take the popular pain pills. I said, Agent, agent. Police departments were working the murders in relative isolation, and each county had its own states attorney to oversee the case. Photo by Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Forty years after that terrifying period in September 1982, investigators say new evidence and a potential motive may be enough to finally solve the case. History's Greatest Mysteries looks into the theories regarding the Tylenol Murders in Chicago 1982. Nothing has come of that January 2022 meeting. If Fahner had any chance of keeping his office in November, he had to build enthusiasm among conservative voters in the suburbs. Joe McQuaid, a task force investigator with the state police who had worked for Fahner when he was director, acknowledged it was an unorthodox setup. She told investigators that, in retrospect, she deserved her termination and swore she would do better at her next job. The pills were sold at stores in suburban Chicago, and bottles of Tylenol were immediately pulled from shelves to be tested by health departments for the presence of cyanide. Fahner had worked for James Thompson in the U.S. attorneys office, handling some of the citys biggest federal corruption cases. Please check your inbox to confirm. That thrill, however, would eventually diminish over time and the killer would seek more excitement, according to the profilers. Medicare Pharmacy employee Mary Butler, right, shows a box of Extra-Strength Tylenol to Officer Michael Miljan in Arlington Heights. He also laid the foundation to get Extra-Strength Tylenol off store shelves statewide, going beyond the single batch the pain relievers manufacturer had recalled that day. The police questioned him and searched his home, they turned up several interesting connections. The task force investigating the Tylenol killings doubted that James Lewis would be reckless enough to stay in Manhattan after mailing an extortion letter to Johnson & Johnson demanding $1 million . As for the ongoing case, sources familiar with the investigation told the Chicago Tribune that charges are not imminent and may not come at all because the case lacks physical proof. The company, however, did not keep records of where the products were shipped. Here's what to know about the history of the case and the latest developments. Marquette 10 is one of a thousand reasons why theres tension, personal jealousy, personal ambition, jurisdictional turf fights. The latest Tribune poll showed he was down by about 20 points in the upcoming election. And everyone in the meeting is aware of one undeniable truth: There is no physical evidence linking a suspect to the poisonings. (Ovie Carter / Chicago Tribune). (Charles Knoblock / AP). Elmhurst police Detective Herb Hogberg interviewed a chemist who had been laid off from the company in recent months. Michael Petros, DrPH Wednesday, September 29, 1982 at 6:30am CDT, the nightmare that was to be known as the "Tylenol Murders" began 1. (Chicago Tribune), If you are the Tylenol killer, though, you may be harboring just the vaguest curiosity about the people on the other end of your plan: The people who were unfortunate enough to purchase the bottle you had touched, Greene wrote. I said, Excuse me. In work that would later be heralded in scientific journals, the scientists also tested the cyanide kept at the Tylenol plant to see if it somehow got into the production process. Next week: Police investigate a poor mans James Bond, and an eighth person dies. Fahners critics accused him of milking the Tylenol tragedy for his own benefit, and his opponents camp worried that he knew who the killer was and would make an arrest right before the November election. Complaining of a sore throat and a stuffy nose, her parents gave Mary one Extra Strength Tylenol capsule and let her stay home from school. The 18-page investigative summary also provides key evidence, including the names of the three main suspects, during the first seven months of the case. Whats going on? And by days end, flight attendant Paula Princes body would be discovered and tests would show that a Tylenol bottle inside her home contained four cyanide-laced capsules. Still, in his opinion, Fahner was exactly what the task force needed. Pero quin fue el asesino? Investigators took the funeral guest books and jotted down license plates, then entered names into a newly developed computer program that allowed them to cross-check for anyone attending multiple memorials, according to the state police report. Every agency imaginable attended, many of them represented by their top leaders. And 35 years later, this murder mystery is still . Thompson put him in charge of the investigation to get TV time. Before the 1982 crisis, Tylenol controlled more than 35 percent of the over-the-counter pain reliever market; only a few weeks after the murders, that number plummeted to less than 8 percent. Some worked at the medical examiners office, which played a key role in figuring out the cyanide connection. Seven people died in 1982 after taking painkillers from bottle someone police do not know who had slipped cyanide pills into. James Thompson, Illinois Secretary of State James Edgar and shook his head. Nothing was being solved.. The evening marked an important shift in the tragedy, moving from a swiftly solved medical mystery into a massive criminal investigation. Chicago police Superintendent Richard Brzeczek talks about the Tylenol investigation on Oct. 7, 1982, about a week after the seven deaths. Daniel Walker and several Chicago aldermen convicted in Operation Silver Shovel. The bottle's cap was easily opened. Flight attendant Paula Prince bought a tainted bottle of Tylenol at the Walgreens at Wells Street and North Avenue in Chicago. Though the company expanded the recall the same day to cover the batch involved in McFarlands death, the piecemeal approach troubled Fahner. Stanley Janus soon collapsed on his late brothers kitchen floor. Helena Tarasewicz, mother of Tylenol victim Theresa "Terri" Janus, weeps over the casket containing her daughter's body during graveside services at Maryhill Cemetery in Niles in 1982. When the family returned home, both Adam's brother Stanley and Stanely's wife Theresa took a Tylenol, resulting in both of their deaths. Some of those interviews may have gone to an agent who didnt do a good job., Shari Kouba, shown in July at an FBI office in Mount Prospect where she used to work, ran a tips desk as part of the Tylenol task force. He already had a new job. There was no clear leader. See where the eight tainted Tylenol bottles were purchased or discovered. Forty years later, these earliest days remain a point of pride for some and a source of frustration for others. Severns, who had two young children, heard the undeserved guilt in her voice. Chicago police Detectives Jimmy Gildea. Pursuing the mission, however, eventually sent the FBI and the Chicago Police Department in two different directions. (Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune), John Fellmann at his home in Huntley in September. The Tylenol Murders Pt. It was then that Mary Kellerman, a 12-year-old girl from Elk Grove Village, a suburb of Chicago, told her mother and father about her symptoms. (Phil Greer / Chicago Tribune). She rarely heard how the tips panned out. (Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune). They would work the case in Chicago and send someone else to Des Plaines to play nice with the others. Before that she reported for the Daily Herald, the Dayton Daily News and The Topeka Capital-Journal. They understood the tension between the FBI and local law enforcement some of them shared those same resentments but they thought Chicago didnt even try to be team players. I dont think that bore fruit at all.. The White House, however, had ordered the FBI to find a way into the case amid growing public panic. Tensions flared, even among law enforcement personnel sincerely dedicated to the job. Ford and Gildea arrived at the campus with hopes of a break in the case, only to find out the so-called professor was a high school boy pretending to work at UIC so he could pick up college girls. John Fellmann at his home in Huntley in September. Or, at the very least, get them to remember his name. As the 40th anniversary of the 1982 Tylenol murders approaches, investigators are working with prosecutors on a now-or-maybe-never effort to hold a longtime suspect responsible for the. Beginning on Sept. 29, 1982, and over the next week, seven people were murdered in the Chicago area after unknowingly taking Tylenol pills that were spiked by a killer. Seven people between the ages of 12 and 35 years old died in 1982 after ingesting extra-strength Tylenol capsules that were found to have been laced with cyanide, a deadly chemical. he answered. READ: The awful work of the real doctors who inspired M*A*S*H. The case continued to be confusing to the police, the drug maker and the public at large. Nobody knew what to do with (the investigation) because it was all over the place, Fahner said. Testing found cyanide in the Extra-Strength Tylenol capsule on the right. Subscribe to Here's the Deal, our politics newsletter. Thats just human nature. Every night, I would come home after my kids were in bed, he said. So he thought hed maybe get a lifetime supply of ham. In all, the task force had only eight bottles to offer clues to where and when the tampering could have taken place. Each person underwent a rigorous background check. For example, Johnson & Johnson quickly established that the cyanide lacing occurred after cases of Tylenol left the factory. The batch contained more than 1,800 pounds of cyanide, divided into packages of various sizes. The task force knew the mechanism behind the murders, Fellmann said. Illinois Attorney General Ty Fahner talks about the Tylenol deaths on Oct. 1, 1982. As weeks went by without an arrest, detectives started using different doors to avoid the cameras. If you are curious, come to a small house on a quiet, winding street in Elk Grove Village. And I want people to know that, yeah, this was my family, and it has changed all of us.. I think hes nothing but a class act, said McQuaid, a retired state police captain. It would likely be someone with gray hair. Chicagos doing what they want, so lets just give them something minor to do.. Authorities already considered the womens deaths to be cyanide related by the time they contacted Fahner during his campaign event. The publication reported this week that it has obtained video and thousands of documents outlining law enforcement's current case and a possible motive for the killings. But I didnt have the gray hair yet.. At the time just four, Janus recalls being with her father, Adam, in their Chicago suburb when he bought an Extra-Strength Tylenol bottle that someone had slipped cyanide pills into. The Tylenol Murders In 1982, seven innocent Chicago civilians were boldly murdered. You know, boost exposure and stuff like that.. Investigators soon confirmed there was lethally poisonous cyanide inside the Tylenol capsules in question. (Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune). His task force partners the FBI and state police had blindsided the Elk Grove Village detective, and he was angry. We had an absolute tsunami of Tylenol bottles. In those early days, the best leads came from the Tylenol bottles themselves. A drugstore clerk removes Tylenol capsules from the shelves of a pharmacy Sept. 30, 1982, in New York City after reports of tampering. Our property guy, he couldnt keep up with it., Chicago police Officer Sam Barsevich, left, takes inventory of Tylenol bottles that residents turned in at his station on Oct. 2, 1982. In theory, the plan would prevent anyone from griping about being kept out of the loop. In 2010, DuPage County prosecutors filed a sealed affidavit stating investigators had found DNA on three bottles and the capsules inside, according to documents obtained by the Tribune. Do not use it.. What the hell is this? The Tylenol Murders" and asked him if he has any theories on who the Tylenol Killer might be. Every Tylenol bottle had a lot number that offered specific details about the batch those capsules came from. But others, including Lane, found it immensely helpful and from his perspective ultimately accurate. With Molly Jean Brandenburg, Carter Roy. The killer may have salted the bottles with cyanide-laced capsules while standing in the store aisle, investigators thought. Arlington Heights police Chief Rodney Kath, second from left, works with other members of the Tylenol task force in an old state police bunker in Des Plaines. Several suspects did too. The Chicago Tylenol Murders: With Laurence Fishburne. In 2000, Joy Bergmann revisited the story in "A Bitter Pill" . And they had a very good theory as to when they were placed. Two main suspects in this unsolved case are James Lewis and Roger Arnold, who had both been linked to this occurrence in some way. Their departments relationship with the FBI had been rocky for decades, but it was at a particularly low point in September 1982. He investigated the Tylenol poisonings in the Janus family and later served as police chief in Island Lake. Retired FBI agent Roy Lane Jr., shown in August, is the only member of law enforcement who has been part of the Tylenol investigation in its entirety. Dr. Howard Markel. It was the first of two such trips he made that day, initially with the Reiner bottle and later with the one that killed McFarland. The Tribune has spoken with several people who have been asked to provide DNA samples within the last decade all men who had access to poisoned bottles found in Cook County. If people threw out their Tylenol, authorities would never know the full extent of the tampering. 6 Amazon travel essentials for your next getaway, starting at $12. McNeill and Johnson & Johnson offered replacement capsules to those who turned in pills already purchased and a reward for anyone with information leading to the apprehension of the individual or people involved in these random murders. The Tylenol Murders Victims Mary Kellerman On September 29, 1982, 12 year old Mary Kellerman woke up feeling ill. A casket is carried out of St. Hyacinth Roman Catholic Church after the funeral Mass for three members of the Janus family in 1982. (Fred Jewell/AP). The couple were later pronounced dead, too. (E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago Tribune). A long-planned meeting with DuPage prosecutors also was pushed back in the spring. The company also introduced price reductions and a new version of their pills called the caplet a tablet coated with slick, easy-to-swallow gelatin but far harder to tamper with than the older capsules which could be easily opened, laced with a contaminant, and then placed back in the older non-tamper-proof bottle. Three of the deaths occurred in Arlington Heights, where police told NBC Chicago last year that they still have the pills, bottles and boxes as evidence. Thats because nobody was keeping track of who was buying cyanide, Wolnik said. And then there are agents who dont. After just one or two task force meetings, Ford and Gildea told their boss they werent going back. Tylenol murders victims Among the victims there were three from the same family, as Adam Janus, aged 27 collapsed after ingesting extra-strength Tylenol and was rushed to the hospital where he died. Mary was dead by 7 a.m. The most promising leads involved people doing curious things with chemicals. The substance was grainier than the untainted Tylenol on the left. Extra-Strength Tylenol, shown in a Tribune studio photograph, once was packaged in a paper box with an unglued lid. All of them, it turned out, took Tylenol shortly before they died. Employees of the Chicago City Health Department continue to test Tylenol medication for the presence of deadly cyanide at the Department's lab on Oct. 7, 1982. I thought, well, this is rather impressive, Siekmann said. 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