The sole suspect in the Tylenol murders has been found dead in his Cambridge, Massachusetts home, ending officials’ hopes of one day convicting him for the killings that changed the way over-the-counter drugs are manufactured and sold.
James Lewis, 76, was the only person to have been convicted in connection to the seven poisonings after he attempted to extort $1million from Tylenol maker’s Johnson and Johnson to stop the killings – but he was never found guilty of the actual murders.
The killings of four women, two men, and a 12-year-old girl, caused worldwide panic and led to reforms in how over-the-counter medicines are packaged as the FDA introduced new tamper-proof packaging like foil seals.
