Roger Arnold: A Plausible Culprit For The 1982 Chicago Tylenol Murder

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While Roger Arnold is a plausible culprit for the 1982 Chicago Tylenol murders, James W. Lewis is more likely to be the murderer. To begin, Colleen Adame, a true crime author, writes about the circumstances that led to James Lewis becoming a suspect: “In October 1982 Robert Richardson sent a letter to Johnson and Johnson, demanding $1,000,000 in exchange for him to stop the killing” (Adame 807). It was later determined that Robert Richardson was an alias that Lewis used. After the police had issued a warrant for the arrest of James Lewis and his wife, Lewis decided to send a second extortion letter to Ronald Reagan: “A second extortion letter was sent in connection to these murders. This time the letter was sent to President Reagan” (Adame