What has been the only true suspect in the 1982 Tylenol murders, since an initial false accusation of another man in 1982, James William Lewis, died today of natural causes at age 76.
My entire life I've followed current events, including famous crime cases, and if you have the time and inclination to read a long story in the Chicago Tribune about the Tylenol murders and Jim Lewis, load up several pipes and read this:
chicagotylenolmurders.com
Jim Lewis was never convicted of a 1978 Kansas City dismemberment murder case because of incredible luck and bungling by investigators. One of my law school professors was working on the Tylenol case in 1982 and he gave us details of the mistakes made by the police that even then, seemed incredible, but true.
Then John Lewis ran a credit card fraud scheme, which was part of a plea deal he made in two cases where he wrote extortion letters to Johnson and Johnson regarding Tylenol. and to President Ronald Reagan, about releasing cyanide capsules over the United States, both letters written in the name of his wife's employer, who he believed cheated her of wages when the employer's company went bankrupt. He served 13 years in federal prison and was released in 1995.
In the early 2000's, he escaped a rape charge when the victim didn't testify.
Why Lewis was never prosecuted for the 1982 Chicago murders was, he and his wife had without any doubt, moved from Chicago to Massachusetts three weeks before the murders, and in fact it was at a new job there his wife lost her last paycheck when the company went bankrupt.
Lewis was a bum who lived off his wife's earnings, but her drove her to work, and picked her up every day.
For over forty years, the police tried to find evidence of how he could be in Massachusetts and Chicago on the days the capsules were tampered with, and never could.
Was he incredibly lucky, or incredibly smart, or was it an off the charts coincidence?
My entire life I've followed current events, including famous crime cases, and if you have the time and inclination to read a long story in the Chicago Tribune about the Tylenol murders and Jim Lewis, load up several pipes and read this:
Home - Tylenol Murders 40th Anniversary
In 1982, seven people died from cyanide-laced Tylenol, panicking the nation and leading to safer drug packaging. But the case remains unsolved after four decades.
chicagotylenolmurders.com
Jim Lewis was never convicted of a 1978 Kansas City dismemberment murder case because of incredible luck and bungling by investigators. One of my law school professors was working on the Tylenol case in 1982 and he gave us details of the mistakes made by the police that even then, seemed incredible, but true.
Then John Lewis ran a credit card fraud scheme, which was part of a plea deal he made in two cases where he wrote extortion letters to Johnson and Johnson regarding Tylenol. and to President Ronald Reagan, about releasing cyanide capsules over the United States, both letters written in the name of his wife's employer, who he believed cheated her of wages when the employer's company went bankrupt. He served 13 years in federal prison and was released in 1995.
In the early 2000's, he escaped a rape charge when the victim didn't testify.
Why Lewis was never prosecuted for the 1982 Chicago murders was, he and his wife had without any doubt, moved from Chicago to Massachusetts three weeks before the murders, and in fact it was at a new job there his wife lost her last paycheck when the company went bankrupt.
Lewis was a bum who lived off his wife's earnings, but her drove her to work, and picked her up every day.
For over forty years, the police tried to find evidence of how he could be in Massachusetts and Chicago on the days the capsules were tampered with, and never could.
Was he incredibly lucky, or incredibly smart, or was it an off the charts coincidence?
