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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

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

Idaho Cold Case Tylenol Killings - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

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 that led authorities to identify Dr. Mathew Francis Betkouski posthumously. He fatally poisoned himself with cyanide more than 40 years ago and was buried anonymously.

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