Forty Years After The Tylenol Murders Terrified Nation New Information Revealed

Forty years after the Tylenol Murders terrified a nation, new information on the case is being revealed. Federal agents have searched the home of James W. Lewis, who claimed to be the killer, demanding $1 million from Johnson & Johnson. After the company refused to pay, Lewis gave police fingerprints and DNA samples. Although Lewis denied any involvement in the poisonings, federal agents still took the case to court, and he was eventually sentenced to twenty years in prison.

The FBI questioned Lewis after he published a letter that claimed to have killed two people using Tylenol. But the letter had been written years before the public learned that the pills were tainted. An FBI agent then confronted Lewis with a 1982 calendar, counting back three days. Lewis then backed off his initial statement that he had a faulty memory. The Washington Post has obtained a confidential document outlining the case, which includes statements attributed to Lewis over the years and opinions of expert witnesses.

As the case unfolds, the FBI is now working with local law enforcement agencies in Illinois to coordinate the investigation. If the investigation is successful, the person or persons responsible will be charged under state murder statutes in DuPage and Cook counties. The investigation continues, and time is running out.