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On this day, October 5, 1982, Tylenol products were recalled after bottles were found with cyanide. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 OP
And thus began cyclonefence Oct 2023 #1
I can't recall a disposition of the case either. Chainfire Oct 2023 #2
I'm pretty sure no one was ever connected to the poisoning. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2023 #3
They had several suspects but not enough evidence to prosecute. Ocelot II Oct 5 #4
Thank you for that informatiion. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 5 #5

cyclonefence

(4,893 posts)
1. And thus began
Thu Oct 5, 2023, 09:19 AM
Oct 2023

the foil/plastic liners you have to punch through to get to OTC meds and all kinds of other changes I can't recall right now which made it a lot harder to tamper with or, actually, buy OTC meds.

Was anyone ever arrested? This was a horrible yet incredibly ingenious crime. It would be difficult to pinpoint who the intended victim was (if there was one), and nobody had apparently ever capitalized on the ease with which capsules could be opened, emptied and refilled.

A really important historic date.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(26,840 posts)
3. I'm pretty sure no one was ever connected to the poisoning.
Thu Oct 5, 2023, 10:30 AM
Oct 2023

And it's not just medications. I just bought two spices in bottles, and it was a major effort to get the safety film and top liner off.

Ocelot II

(121,473 posts)
4. They had several suspects but not enough evidence to prosecute.
Sat Oct 5, 2024, 01:35 PM
Oct 5

There was another case in Washington a few years later where a woman murdered her husband and another person by putting cyanide in several Excedrin bottles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_Nickell

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