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Images of the Tylenol case

A bottle of Extra-Strength Tylenol from the same lot, number MC 2880, found to have caused cyanide poisoning to people in the Chicago area is seen in a Sept. 30, 1982, file photo. Associated Press
Stanley Janus, died after taken tainted tylenol in 1982
Mary Reiner, died after taken tainted tylenol in 1982 Daily Herald file photo
Jeremy Margolis is a former U.S. Attorney who was a prosecuter involved in the Tylenol murder case talks to the Daily Herald in his Chicago office. Daily Herald file photo
Archbishop Joseph L. Bernardin, of Chicago, center, blesses one of the three caskets containing members of the Janus family at a funeral service held Oct. 5, 1982 in Chicago. Associated Press
Chicago policeman Albert Frigo, of the 23rd district, sorts through envelopes which contain Tylenol bottles turned into the police by area residents in an effort to remove all Tylenol from circulation in the Chicago area Saturday, Oct. 3, 1982. Associated Press
Jennie Nichols, an employee at a Columbia, South Carolina drug store goes through a basket of Tylenol capsules looking for additional bottles of the medicine from Lot # MC2880. UPI file photo
james lewis, a suspect in the tylenol poisonings.
FBI agents carry boxes out of the apartment building in Cambridge, Mass., Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009, after searching the apartment home of James W. Lewis, who was linked to the fatal 1982 Tylenol poisonings that triggered a nationwide scare. Associated Press file
Chicago Board of Health chemist John Rasho makes a test for detcting cyanide with treated paper strip and bottle of Tylenol. Daily Herald file photo
Employees of the Chicago City Health Department continue to test Tylenol medication for the presence of deadly cyanide at the Department's lab Wednesday, Oct. 7, 1982. Associated Press file photo
Mary Reiner, 27, a mother of four from Winfield, was among the seven people who died after taking cyanide-laced Tylenol in 1982. Daily Herald file photo
Bottles of Extra-Strength Tylenol are tested with a chemically treated paper that turns blue in the presence of cyanide at the Illinois Department of Health in Oct. 1982, in Chicago. Associated Press
Mrs. Helen Tarasiewicz, mother of Tylenol cyanide victim Theresa Tarasiewicz Janus, weeps over the casket containing her daughter's body during graveside services at Maryhill Cemetery in Chicago Tuesday, Oct. 6 1982. Associated Press
Richard Keyworth of Elk Grove Village holds up a copy of Newsweek from the week of the Tylenol murders. Keyworth, an Elk Grove Village firefighter, was instrumental in determining Tylenol to be the common thread among deceased victims in 1982. Daily Herald file photo
Paula Prince, died after taken tainted tylenol in 1982
Mary McFarland, died after taken tainted tylenol in 1982
Shown November 27, 1982 is copy of a letters sent to the Chicago Tribune from "Robert Richardson," identified by investigators as an alias for James Lewis being sought on an extortion charge in connection with the Tylenol poisonings. Associated Press
In this Jan. 1983 file photo, James W. Lewis is seen in federal court in Kansas City for a hearing on charges unrelated to the fatal 1982 Tylenol poisonings to which he had previously been linked. Associated Press
Adam Janus, died after taken tainted tylenol in 1982
In this Friday Oct. 13, 1995 file photo, James W. Lewis is escorted through Boston's Logan Airport after being released from the Federal Correctional Institution in Oklahoma. Associated Press
Tylenol Extra Strength, close ups of bottle and tablets Oct. 6, 1982. Associated Press
Theresa Janus, died after taken tainted tylenol in 1982
Extra Strength Tylenol capsules from Lot #MC2880, The bottle of capsules at the right, unopened and awaiting testing by S.C. Health Department officials, is from the same lot of over 93,000 bottles. UPI file photo
Extra strength Tylenol capsule. Daily Herald file photo
Leann Lewis, wife of Tylenol extortion suspect James W. Lewis, Ieaves a federal corrections center in Chicago Thursday night, December 30, 1982 with her father, Charles Miller. Associated Press
Pharmacist Myrne Spivack, R and Terry Lehman, manager of Paul's Cut Rate Drugs in Detroit remove the stores complete stock of Extra-Strength Tylenol capsules from their shelves. UPI file photo
Mary Kellerman, died after taken tainted tylenol in 1982 Daily Herald file photo
News crews surround the entrance to the Des Plaines, Ill., state police office, the headquarters for the Tylenol killings investigation, on Oct. 8, 1982. Like the anthrax cases, the Tylenol deaths set off an enormous - and enormously difficult - investigation. Associated Press
A law enforcement official enters an apartment building, in Cambridge, Mass., Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009. Associated Press
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