7 Died in 1982 When Tylenol Was Laced with Cyanide. The Prime Suspect — Who Was Never Charged — Just Died
Photo:AP Photo/Charles Krupa AP Photo/Charles Krupa The primary suspect in a string of 1982 murders in Chicago that resulted from Tylenol that had been laced with cyanide died on Monday. James Lewis, was found unresponsive on Sunday just after 4 p.m. and was pronounced dead shortly after at the age of 76, police in Cambridge, Mass., told PEOPLE in a statement. Though he was never charged for the deaths, Lewis was arrested in New York City in 1982 for sending a ransom letter to Tylenol manufacturer Johnson & Johnson demanding $1 million in exchange to “stop the killing,” according to theAssociated Press....