Chicago Tylenol murders | |
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Location | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Date | September 29/30, 1982 |
Target | Tylenol consumers |
Attack type | Poisoning, mass murder |
Weapons | Cyanide poison |
Deaths | 7 |
Perpetrator | Unknown |
Motive | Unknown |
The Chicago Tylenol murders were a series of poisoning deaths resulting from drug tampering in the Chicago metropolitan area in 1982. The victims had all taken Tylenol-branded acetaminophen capsules that had been laced with potassium cyanide.[1] Seven people were killed in the original poisonings, with several more killed in subsequent copycat crimes.
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