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Idaho case may be connected to the 1982 Tylenol murders, officials say

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Authorities in Idaho announced a possible connection between a man found dead in a Boise church decades ago and the 1982 Tylenol murders. The Ada County Sheriff’s Office reopened the cold case investigation in 2019. The 1982 poisonings led to the implementation of child safety caps for medicines.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A man found dead in an Idaho church decades ago may be connected to unsolved poisonings in 1982 that were dubbed the Tylenol murders and ushered in child safety caps for medicines, authorities announced Wednesday. Detective Tim Cooper of the Ada County Sheriff’s Office reopened a cold case investigation in 2019...

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