James Lewis and the Tylenol Task Force

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James Lewis was arrested and charged with murder in the Tylenol murders. The case was tossed because a judge found that James Lewis had not been read his Miranda rights. Years later, police retested a fingerprint found on a pulley used to lift Raymond West's body into the attic. And it was a match to James Lewis. But that case wasn't reopened. Too much evidence was either missing or had been destroyed. In 2007, as the 25th anniversary of the murders approached, another task force was created known as Task Force II. It included one of the original FBI agents on the case: Roy Lane. He asked James Lewis if he would be willing to help him clear his

On September 29, 1982, Adam Janus suddenly collapsed in his home outside of Chicago. He died within hours. Later that same day, in the same house, his brother also collapsed — then his sister-in-law. All three of them had been healthy. Nobody could figure out what was going on.

Stacy St. Clair and Christy Gutowski reported an investigative series looking back on the Tylenol murders for the Chicago Tribune. You can listen to their podcast here, and read their series in the Chicago Tribune here.

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