How the Chicago Tribune reported on the unsolved 1982 Tylenol murders, from interviewing 150 people to reviewing tens of thousands of pages of records.
Reporters also contacted relatives of each of the seven victims, always respecting their wishes if they declined to relive the past. Despite the passage of time, the pain still lingers for family members, and many said they have all but given up hope that the killer will ever be known and held responsible.Read the full story here
The Tribune twice traveled to the Boston area to try to interview the FBI’s main suspect, who has not spoken to reporters in more than a decade. Now 76, he told the Tribune he is not the Tylenol killer and offered his own theory about what happened. Photojournalist Stacey Wescott captured his image, allowing the public to see his face for the first time in years.
Wescott and E. Jason Wambsgans also documented other important players in the investigation as well as poignant images of victims’ relatives and friends, including capturing the heartbreak on 71-year-old Joseph Janus’ face as he described losing his two younger brothers and new sister-in-law hours apart on Sept. 29, 1982. Photo editor Marianne Mather dug deep in the Tribune’s archives to unearth decades of images by photographers who chronicled each twist and turn in the four-decade-old mystery.
Besides a multiple-part series, published in serial form online and in print, the Tribune also co-produced the podcast “Unsealed: The Tylenol Murders” with At Will Media and audiochuck.
Brasil Últimas Notícias, Brasil Manchetes
Similar News:Você também pode ler notícias semelhantes a esta que coletamos de outras fontes de notícias.
The Tylenol murders, part 2: Cyanide-laced Tylenol was the murder weapon. But who was the killer?The Tylenol murders launched a massive criminal investigation. With no apparent motive and little evidence to go on, it was a tough task.
Consulte Mais informação »
The Tylenol murders: Read our weekly series and listen to the podcastWith the 40th anniversary of the 1982 Tylenol case approaching, the Tribune launched an in-depth investigation into why the murders that both terrified and fascinated the country have never been solved.
Consulte Mais informação »
Investigators go to Boston, re-interview person of interest 40 years after Tylenol poisoning murdersJames Lewis was never charged with the murders, but he was convicted of trying to extort $1 million from Johnson & Johnson.
Consulte Mais informação »
COMING SOON: 'PainKiller,' a CBS 2 docuseries about the Tylenol murdersOn Sept. 29, 1982, a 12-year-old Elk Grove Village girl collapsed and died after taking two Tylenol capsules before going to school in the morning. Six more people would die in the days to come.
Consulte Mais informação »
Movement in the Tylenol murders: Law enforcement seeks to persuade prosecutors to act on ‘chargeable’ caseAs the 40th anniversary of the 1982 Tylenol murders approaches, investigators are working with prosecutors on a now-or-maybe-never effort to hold a longtime suspect responsible for the poisonings that killed seven people in the Chicago area, the Tribune has learned.
Consulte Mais informação »