FBI reopens 1982 Tylenol tampering case

[Carol]

http://uk.reuters.com/article/gover...5020090205?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0

BOSTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - The FBI on Wednesday searched the home of a former lead suspect in the 1982 killings of seven people from cyanide-laced Tylenol and announced a complete review of one of America's most bizarre unsolved crimes.

Federal investigators said they searched a Cambridge, Massachusetts, building that is home to James Lewis, who was convicted in 1983 of extortion for demanding $1 million from Tylenol maker Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) "to stop the killing." It was unclear if Lewis was at home at the time of the search.
Lewis has denied he laced Tylenol with the cyanide. He served more than 12 years of a 20-year sentence after admitting to sending the anonymous extortion letter.

Bizarre case. I wonder if, after the raid, the FBI had any deeper evidence other than the page on his web site.

 

[Carol]

The story isn't over yet...

http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/1981039,james-lewis-tylenol-murders-010810.article

 

[Jade Tigress]

I remember that incident. Two people in my hometown at the time were killed.

From the Sun Times article:

In 1978, Lewis was charged with the murder of Raymond West, an elderly former client of Lewis’ accounting business. West’s body had been dismembered, stuffed in a plastic bag and hoisted to an attic ceiling in West’s home. Charges were dismissed after a judge ruled that Lewis’ arrest and search of his home had been improperly conducted.

WTF???

 

[Carol]

In 2004, he was also charged with the rape and kidnapping of a Mass. woman. In 2007, those charges a day before the trial was to begin because the witness didn't want to testify.

He most recently has written a book entitled "Poison!", which is about a nutcase masterminding a poisoning of the water supply in a midwestern city.

Sick stuff.

 

[Jade Tigress]

In 2004, he was also charged with the rape and kidnapping of a Mass. woman. In 2007, those charges a day before the trial was to begin because the witness didn't want to testify.

He most recently has written a book entitled "Poison!", which is about a nutcase masterminding a poisoning of the water supply in a midwestern city.

Sick stuff.

Unfrickenbelieveable. *sigh*