Today is the 40th anniversary of the day in 1982 that seven people fell fatally ill from taking cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules. Each one was a painful loss.
Seven victims died in 1982 from cyanide poisoning after ingesting tainted Tylenol, murders that were never solved. From clockwise top left are Adam Janus, Mary McFarland, Mary “Lynn” Reiner, Terri and Stanley Janus, Paula Prince and Mary Ann Kellerman.The 1982 Tylenol poisonings panicked the nation. Bottles were pulled off shelves across the U.S., and a massive criminal investigation got underway, hunting for the person who tainted the popular painkiller with deadly cyanide.
At the core of this story are seven people, from Elk Grove Village to Chicago, who died simply because they took some Tylenol for their aches and pains. Their deaths left children, spouses, parents, siblings and friends to mourn.From the first fateful purchase to the final victim: A timelineMary Kellerman, 12, Elk Grove VillageMary was born March 9, 1970. The inquisitive seventh grader was Dennis and Jeanna Kellerman’s only child. They doted on her.
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