Posted on 05/20/2011 10:08:33 AM PDT by Libloather
FBI wants DNA from Unabomber for Tylenol deaths probe
CTV.ca News Staff
Date: Fri. May. 20 2011 8:22 AM ET
The FBI won't say why it wants to obtain a DNA sample from Ted Kaczynski, the so-called Unabomber, after his name surfaced in a decades-long investigation into a series of U.S. deaths from tampered Tylenol packages.
Kaczynski has been behind bars for more than a decade, after being captured and convicted of a series of mail bomb attacks that killed three Americans and injured 24 others.
Those attacks began in the late 1970s and continued until Kaczynski's capture in 1996.
Now the FBI wants a fresh DNA sample from Kaczynski as it probes the unsolved deaths of several people who died from poisoned Tylenol during the same time period in which the Unabomber terrorized the public.
Seven people died in the fall of 1982 after they ingested cyanide-laced Tylenol from packages that had been tampered with.
The deaths spawned a massive recall and led to the widespread adoption of tamper-proof packaging for over-the-counter drugs.
To date, the FBI has still not been able to determine who was responsible for the Tylenol deaths.
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Why do I feel as though O is on a “I’m going to clear up every mystery of the last 40 years so I can use it in my re-election campaign” mission?
Duting the filming of the funeral of a child killed by poisoned Tylenol, the camera man turned his camera on the people outside. one young man, who saw the camera on him immediatly took off fast!
The police then were looking for him to question. I never heard more about it.
I thought a female who poisoned her husband was convicted of this crime.
Probably confusing reality with a “Law and Order” episode.
I remember that during the poisonings, there were some copycat ones as well. Funny... I remember a husband killing his wife.
You know never let a good story get in the way of bashing conservatives!
You're thinking of the Stella Nickell case in Seattle, which was four years later and involved Excedrin. In the Chicago case, a guy was convicted of attempted extortion after he demanded a million dollars from Johnson & Johnson to stop the poisoning, but the authorities were never able to tie him to the actual murders. He claimed he was just an opportunist although he's still considered a suspect. The idea that Kaczinsky did it seems pretty far-fetched.
I call bS on this one. They can easily get DNA from someone in jail. They have repeatedly gotten DNa from coffee cups, cigarette butts etc. from people on the outside. should not be hard to get from someone that can’t leave an institution.
She was caught by the FBI, based on a single finger print on a single bottle at scene of an unrelated homicide.
My wife says she planted four additional units after the death of her man; She is a homicide queen, so I tend to believe her.
I also use my pupps to taste my food before eating.
Guess they will solve Rosewell next.
Around that time, I was living in Phoenix, Arizona, and recall receiving a free sample of Tylenol in the mail. Not sure how long after that I heard the news of the Tylenol deaths in Illinois. I thought to myself, “I’m sure glad I didn’t take any of the Tylenol”.
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