Seven Died Within Two Days
On September 29, 1982, 12-year old Mary Kellerman of Elk Grove
Village, and Adam Janus of Arlington Heights, IL died in the
hospital shortly thereafter. His brother, Stanley (of Lisle, IL),
and his wife Theresa died after gathering to mourn, taking pills
from the same bottle. By October 1, 1982, Paula Prince of
Chicago, IL Mary Reiner of Winfield, IL and Mary McFarland of
Elmhurst, IL, also died.
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Entire Family Killed
Adam Janus died after ingesting one of the cyanide-laced Tylenol
pills. When the family gathered to discuss funeral arrangements at
his home, his brother, Stanley, and Stanley's wife, Theresa, took
pills from the same bottle, and both died quickly. Instead of one
funeral, there were three funerals at one time.
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Drugstores Pulled All Capsule Medicine
People weren't just afraid of Tylenol, but all capsules.
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Johnson And Johnson
Johnson & Johnson Chairman James Burke held a press conference,
explaining what they knew about the tampering, and introducing the
new tamper-proof packaging for customer safety.
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FBI Profiler
This was something new. They went on the
theory it was a disgruntled Johnson
and Johnson employee.
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Fake Extortion
A James Lewis demanded a ransom of $1 million to be delivered to
a Chicago post office box, and threatened more deaths if payment
wasn't made. It was determined that Lewis wasn't the real killer,
but he served thirteen years of a 20-year sentence for extortion.
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Anonymous Tip
A inordinate amount of shorting of options (betting stock to go
down) appeared. The stock
dropped $2.31 billion in two weeks.
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One Of The Key Suspects Was A Stockbroker
It was an organized effort, where at least twelve brokers were
involved. They then spread the buys out on factious buyers from the
Caymans to Europe.
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Who Do You Arrest
The brokers set up a pattern of buying 'Put Options', the J&J
options were spread out in small amounts. An Options house has the
software that can determine the bottom, so a vast amount could be
made on the upside legitimately.
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Profilers Admit
A single broker couldn't have poisoned the capsules, shorted the
stock, and gotten away with it.
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