The dire situation, both in terms of human life and business, made it imperative that the Johnson & Johnson executives respond swiftly and authoritatively. The man shrugged off his dismissal when investigators asked, saying it was the nature of the business. Pursuing the mission, however, eventually sent the FBI and the Chicago Police Department in two different directions. He is the director of the Center for the History of Medicine and the George E. Wantz Distinguished Professor of the History of Medicine at the University of Michigan and the author ofThe Secret of Life: Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick and the Discovery of DNAs Double Helix (W.W. Norton, September 21). Some of those interviews may have gone to an agent who didnt do a good job., Shari Kouba, shown in July at an FBI office in Mount Prospect where she used to work, ran a tips desk as part of the Tylenol task force. Seven people between the ages of 12 and 35 years old died in 1982 after ingesting extra-strength Tylenol capsules that were found to have been laced with cyanide, a deadly chemical. He hangs up, opens the door and we come in like gangbusters, Gildea said. Each participant has a packet of information that authorities use to explain their findings. Every agency imaginable attended, many of them represented by their top leaders. Im absolutely sure about that. NBC News has not reviewed those documents. Members of the Illinois State Police join, as well. Her parents gave permission. Elmhurst police Detective Herb Hogberg interviewed a chemist who had been laid off from the company in recent months. A long-planned meeting with DuPage prosecutors also was pushed back in the spring. But for something like this, for looking at a pill, it never would even cross our mind., Former DuPage County Coroner Pete Siekmann, who in 1982 was a deputy coroner, handled the Tylenol bottles from Mary "Lynn" Reiner and Mary McFarland. Siekmann, who had been working since 8 a.m., believed some capsules were tainted from the first time he laid eyes on them. Within a week, her death would panic the entire nation. Security cameras were scarce in 1982, but investigators checked the images that existed, including this photograph from a drugstore camera showing Paula Prince, center, buying a bottle of tainted Tylenol. That thrill, however, would eventually diminish over time and the killer would seek more excitement, according to the profilers. John Fellmann, whose last name was misspelled on his ID from 1980, was a young Arlington Heights police detective when he was assigned to the Tylenol murders. Complaining of a sore throat and a stuffy nose, her parents gave Mary one Extra Strength Tylenol capsule and let her stay home from school. What are the Tylenol murders? And I want people to know that, yeah, this was my family, and it has changed all of us.. They can do it, in part, by revisiting the earliest days of the Tylenol investigation, a time when evidence was not always handled according to todays careful standards. And my next thought was that there are too many cooks in the kitchen.. Eight of them would be three-member squads composed of a federal agent, a state investigator and a suburban detective from one of the towns where the victims lived or tainted bottles were discovered. READ: The awful work of the real doctors who inspired M*A*S*H. The case continued to be confusing to the police, the drug maker and the public at large. Early on the morning of Sept. 29, 1982, a tragic, medical mystery began with a sore throat and a runny nose. Former Chicago police Superintendent Richard Brzeczek, shown in September, says he felt Ty Fahner was chosen to head the task force for political reasons. His brother and sister-in-law, Stanley, 25, and Theresa, 19, of Lisle, Illinois, rushed to his home to console their loved ones. He regaled reporters with all kinds of stories during that final interview, but none seemed to amuse him more than the unhappy Hormel ham man. The Tylenol task force may be no exception, he said, but the tensions didnt affect the overall effort. Prince was officially declared dead by the Medical Examiner's office at 6:45 p.m. Investigators discovered a bottle of Extra-Strength Tylenol in her bathroom with one capsule missing and a. And as soon as we got the word out that Tylenol had been laced, people said, What do we do? I said, Well, if youve got any in your medicine cabinet either put it in a plastic bag and keep it or throw it away. I was the detective at the scene. In all, the task force had only eight bottles to offer clues to where and when the tampering could have taken place. Relatives, including two who took polygraph tests, were quickly eliminated from suspicion. Seven people between 12 and 35 died after ingesting cyanide-laced Tylenol pills in the Chicago area in 1982. For example, Johnson & Johnson developed new product protection methods and ironclad pledges to do better in protecting their consumers in the future. CBS put a human face on the story which contained the following: "When 12 year-old Mary Kellerman of Elk Grove Village, Ill., awoke at dawn with cold symptoms; her parents gave her one Extra-Strength Tylenol and sent her back to bed. The guy was a little wimpy, but his ham did stink.. And everyone in the meeting is aware of one undeniable truth: There is no physical evidence linking a suspect to the poisonings. Please check your inbox to confirm. A new book by a former Johnson & Johnson employee suggests the Tylenol poisonings, which killed seven people in the Chicago area in 1982, took place in the company's production or distribution. So whatever fits or doesnt fit the storyline, that didnt happen. The Chicago Tylenol Murders: With Laurence Fishburne. He investigated the Tylenol poisonings in the Janus family and later served as police chief in Island Lake. Product tampering would become a crime in 1983 as a result of these murders, but in 1982 there was no federal law against it. Dr. Howard Markel writes a monthly column for the PBS NewsHour, highlighting momentous historical events that continue to shape modern medicine. You know, because Ty was just a classy lawyer, and he never was a politician, he said. Here, he offers a Spanish-language flyer to Luisa Acevada. Before that she reported for the Daily Herald, the Dayton Daily News and The Topeka Capital-Journal. Most working detectives really dont trust the FBI, and the FBI doesnt trust us, Ford said. We also are still were looking at emerging forensic technology, Sgt. Arlington Heights police Chief Rodney Kath, second from left, works with other members of the Tylenol task force in an old state police bunker in Des Plaines. [Para leer en espaol] Los asesinatos de Tylenol, parte 2: Tylenol mezclado con cianuro fue el arma homicida. ]. The state police memo indicates fingerprints were found on at least one of the bottles, as well as a full print on the inside of a different bottles box. Siekmann didnt wear gloves. In late September of 1982 seven people were killed after an unknown suspect placed cyanide laced Tylenol pills in store bottles. He didnt get in our way. The coppers and the FBI guys that I knew all worked together. (Earl Gustie / Chicago Tribune). Beginning on Sept. 29, 1982, and over the next week, seven people were murdered in the Chicago area after unknowingly taking Tylenol pills that were spiked by a killer. He said Marys mother, Jeanna, asked him if she should have noticed that someone had tampered with the bottle. He believed Thompson was behind the move, though Fahner denied it. And they would remain apart for the next four decades. We were getting flooded with calls, said John Fellmann, an Arlington Heights detective assigned to the case. Roger Arnold worked at a jewel warehouse with the father of one of the victims named Mary Reiner. Every night, I would come home after my kids were in bed, he said. A photograph of a television screen shows the specific lot number for a batch of Extra-Strength Tylenol that was the first to be recalled. Four decades later, task force leaders downplay accusations of tensions among the agencies, suggesting history has been revised in an effort to explain why no one has been charged with the murders. (Fred Jewell/AP). Fahner ordered his staff to work through the night, calling local police, sheriffs, coroners, the FBI, the FDA, prosecutors and public health officials. Whoa, whoa, he recalled. The Tylenol Murders In 1982, seven innocent Chicago civilians were boldly murdered. His wife whom he had just married fell limp in the living room a short while after that. On Friday afternoon, doctors removed Stanley Janus wife, Terri, from life support. Ford said he told the renowned pathologist the bottle was on the vanity, and Stein, who wasnt wearing gloves, went to grab it. Jose Rosa, right, was one of hundreds of Chicago city employees and volunteers to distribute warnings about cyanide-laced Tylenol in fall 1982. And, in the decades since, scientific advances have allowed investigators to detect DNA profiles on at least three of the tainted bottles and the capsules inside. That evening, Illinois Attorney General Ty Fahner sat on a dais listening to stump speeches at the Kane County Republican Organizations annual dinner. He investigated the Tylenol poisonings in the Janus family and later served as police chief in Island Lake. I dont want to get off here, he quietly said. On that day, two unrelated things happened: A pub owner made a phone call to police, and an extortion letter arrived at a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary. J.J. Bittenbinder a tough-talking, mustachioed detective who would later gain fame as a TV safety expert served as a liaison to Fahners task force in Des Plaines. The Tylenol case, however, would loom largest over his professional life. While I was not born yet and don't personally remember the Chicago Tylenol Murders of 1982, I do feel like I have experienced some of the anxiety that has never gone away. The first tainted Tylenol victim - Mary Kellerman, 12, of Elk Grove Village - collapsed and died on . The 18-page investigative summary also provides key evidence, including the names of the three main suspects, during the first seven months of the case. In the first year alone, the task force used it to track more than 35,000 individuals and 15,000 companies contacted as part of the investigation. So I stopped by the house on the way home, introduced myself and tried to answer any questions they had, he said. The most promising leads involved people doing curious things with chemicals. Studies have found women who kill use poison more often than men do, but they typically target people they know. . The batch contained more than 1,800 pounds of cyanide, divided into packages of various sizes. I stepped off that dais, Fahner told the Tribune this year. In Illinois, some towns began pulling bottles from the store shelves and sent police officers down the street with bullhorns encouraging people to throw out their Tylenol. You shove those up my nose again, youre going to get socked in the face. She also told CNN she had invited many people to a memorial service and celebration of life luncheon honoring her father in hopes that shed learn things she never got the chance to because of the murder. Left: In a surveillance still photo, you can see a man who looks remarkably similar to Lewis standing in the background as one of the victims, Paula Prince, checks out. They had a lot of questions and I didnt have any answers at all., Mike Severns, a former Elk Grove Village police detective assigned to Mary Kellerman's murder, says it still bothers him that officials neglected to update her grieving parents in the early days of the investigation. The task ahead was difficult. He goes, It smells like burnt almonds. . A casket is carried out of St. Hyacinth Roman Catholic Church after the funeral Mass for three members of the Janus family in 1982. So he thought hed maybe get a lifetime supply of ham. Ford said Stein encouraged him to smell the pills, but the detective refused and pushed away the pathologists hand. Arlington Heights police Chief Rodney Kath, second from left, works with other members of the Tylenol task force at its Des Plaines headquarters in 1982. But thats not a problem, the investigators say. They were particularly concerned that something happened during the manufacturing or the shipping or storage, Wolnik said. Police departments were working the murders in relative isolation, and each county had its own states attorney to oversee the case. I said, Agent, agent. The new timeline suggests Lewis wrote the letter before the public knew the deaths were linked to the tainted Tylenol pills, according to the Chicago Tribune. Former Chicago police Superintendent Richard Brzeczek, shown in September, says he felt Ty Fahner was chosen to head the task force for political reasons. . That testing uncovered three more poisoned bottles: two turned in by customers in Wheaton and Chicago and one found on a Schaumburg pharmacy shelf. As everyone left that first meeting Friday morning, DuPage deputy coroner Siekmann, who hadnt slept in more than 24 hours, looked around the room and wondered how it would all work. (Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune). Shari Kouba, shown in July at an FBI office in Mount Prospect where she used to work, ran a tips desk as part of the Tylenol task force. Why was this happening? Oct. 2, 1982: CBS 2's Phil Walters reports on the investigation into the Tylenol poisonings. In an attempt to paint a more detailed portrait of the killer, the FBI turned to a relatively new technique at the time called criminal profiling, in which agents try to identify the personality and behavioral characteristics of an offender based on an analysis of the crime. Among them was Lane, a well-respected federal agent who would help put away all kinds of criminals during his nearly 30-year career, including mob boss Sam Carlisi, former Illinois Gov. Photo by Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images. But if they kept the bottles in their medicine cabinets, more people could die. Tamper-resistant pill containers were introduced with packaging that allows consumers to notice if a bottle of pills or medication has been opened or altered. Dr. Howard Markel. But I didnt have the gray hair yet.. Within hours of finding cyanide in the capsules that killed three people in the northwest suburbs, the Cook County medical examiners office held a news conference on the morning of Sept. 30, 1982, to warn people about the potential poison in their medicine cabinets. Stores were pulling the product off shelves. The Illinois Department of Law Enforcement, now called the Illinois State Police, wanted him to help. The FBI and Chicago police performed separate, but largely parallel, investigations until Oct. 6. A drugstore clerk removes Tylenol capsules from the shelves of a pharmacy Sept. 30, 1982, in New York City after reports of tampering. It would likely be someone with gray hair. Perhaps he traded homemade bombs for poisoned pills. We didnt get anything, but we were kicking around ideas like that.. In 2000, Joy Bergmann revisited the story in "A Bitter Pill" . President Reagan wanted the FBI in the investigation, retired FBI Special Agent Roy Lane Jr. told the Tribune. The likelihood that the same person could have put cyanide into different batches manufactured at different times in different places was logistically zero.. Jose Rosa, right, was one of hundreds of Chicago city employees and volunteers to distribute warnings about cyanide-laced Tylenol in fall 1982. In the years that followed, Fellmann would rise through the ranks of the Arlington Heights Police Department and eventually become police chief of far north suburban Island Lake. I dont think that bore fruit at all.. All 3 networks lead with the Tylenol story on the first day of the crisis. What are the Tylenol murders? Siekmann drove to a state laboratory in the city with the bottle on the seat next to him. Lab technicians Nlada Marzette, left, and Lynn Pilaggi inspect the contents of Extra-Strength Tylenol capsules for cyanide contamination at the Illinois Department of Public Health in 1982. None matched. (Carl Wagner / Chicago Tribune). 1996 - 2023 NewsHour Productions LLC. Ford and Gildea arrived at the campus with hopes of a break in the case, only to find out the so-called professor was a high school boy pretending to work at UIC so he could pick up college girls. Ford and his partner Jimmy Gildea both said they tried to stop him because evidence technicians hadnt been to the scene yet, but Stein brushed off their concerns. So, the theory was the tampering took place at the store, said FBI agent Lane. (Stan Policht / Chicago Tribune). Investigators soon confirmed there was lethally poisonous cyanide inside the Tylenol capsules in question. It marked the first mass recall in U.S. history, involving more than 31 million bottles. The profilers predicted the culprits past likely included treatment for mental health issues and an attack on his parents. Investigators, however, are prepared should that question arise. They told stories of information hoarding, turf wars and glory seeking even when there was none to be had. It was the first of two such trips he made that day, initially with the Reiner bottle and later with the one that killed McFarland. McNeill and Johnson & Johnson offered replacement capsules to those who turned in pills already purchased and a reward for anyone with information leading to the apprehension of the individual or people involved in these random murders. Nearly three weeks after the murders, for example, the FBI asked Chicago Tribune columnist Bob Greene to write a column about Mary Kellerman and include specific details such as the familys home address and the location of the little girls grave, with her parents permission. And I would wake them up just to say good night, you know?. And wherever they fell on the issue, that position hasnt changed much over the past four decades. Given the totality of the circumstances, some thought it unusual for the Illinois attorney general to lead the investigation. Thompson put him in charge of the investigation to get TV time. It was then that Mary Kellerman, a 12-year-old girl from Elk Grove Village, a suburb of Chicago, told her mother and father about her symptoms. The Tylenol murders: How we reported this story. And by days end, flight attendant Paula Princes body would be discovered and tests would show that a Tylenol bottle inside her home contained four cyanide-laced capsules. Joe Murphy told NBC Chicago last year. Several people had died within the last day in the Chicago suburbs after ingesting Extra-Strength Tylenol capsules laced with cyanide and the situation needed attention. Seven people between the ages of 12 and 35 years old died in 1982 after ingesting extra-strength Tylenol capsules that were found to have been laced with cyanide, a deadly chemical. What happens in most cases, and certainly what happened here beyond any question, was a 100% selfless, unified devotion to a very important mission.. You understand? Ford said he told Stein. Following the same theory, investigators took pictures . Ford, a Vietnam veteran with a classic Chicago accent and an Irishmans love of storytelling, died of a heart attack a few days after speaking with the Tribune. Their departments relationship with the FBI had been rocky for decades, but it was at a particularly low point in September 1982. In 1983, the U.S. Congress passed what was called the Tylenol bill, making it a federal offense to tamper with consumer products. Seven people died in 1982 after taking painkillers from bottle someone police do not know who had slipped cyanide pills into. Many people who handled potential evidence in 1982 didnt wear gloves because it wasnt protocol at the time. Her parents gave permission. Former Illinois Attorney General Ty Fahner stands on the former site of the Tylenol task force headquarters in Des Plaines, now an empty parking lot. Halfway through the speeches, an aide tapped him on the shoulder and told him he needed to take an important call. She told investigators that, in retrospect, she deserved her termination and swore she would do better at her next job. See where the eight tainted Tylenol bottles were purchased or discovered. I mean, theres 10,000 reasons why people compete with each other. And they had a very good theory as to when they were placed. Bottles that werent tossed out were sent to J&J, the FDA and various government laboratories for testing. And when the sitting attorney general was indicted on tax fraud charges, Thompson appointed Fahner to fill the post. Neither did the chemist who performed the cyanide test. He needed to be there, no matter how much he hated campaigning. The publication reported this week that it has obtained video and thousands of documents outlining law enforcement's current case and a possible motive for the killings. The Soviets were willing to assist, but their satellites werent trained on the Chicago suburbs at the time. By 2011, the FBI was ready to reexamine the evidence. Security cameras were scarce in 1982, but investigators checked the images that existed, including this photograph from a drugstore camera showing Paula Prince, center, buying a bottle of tainted Tylenol. Tensions flared, even among law enforcement personnel sincerely dedicated to the job. He also laid the foundation to get Extra-Strength Tylenol off store shelves statewide, going beyond the single batch the pain relievers manufacturer had recalled that day. NBC News reached out to Lewis and did not receive a response. The more she . Not just the hours, but the frustration. But on this unseasonably warm October morning, during a separate meeting between the FBI and state police, Lane was one of several investigators who gathered to brainstorm possible motives behind the crime. They understood the tension between the FBI and local law enforcement some of them shared those same resentments but they thought Chicago didnt even try to be team players. We locked him up.. "Ladies, you ever been harassed for something for 40 years that you had nothing to do with?" Written by a high-ranking Illinois state police supervisor in April 1983, the document describes the wide net authorities cast in the hopes of solving the mystery. FBI agent Shari Kouba, one of the few women on the task force, ran the tips desk. When Ford and Gildea arrived at the North Side flophouse where the man lived, he was still on the phone with a company operator and was promising to punish Hormel just like he had in the Tylenol case. The investigation would fork, taking the FBI and Chicago police down vastly different paths. It wasnt a grab for authority. But before Sept. 29, 1982, consumer products had few defenses against a person bent on sabotage. 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