How was Stella Nickell caught?
Arrest and trial On December 9, 1987, Nickell was indicted by a federal grand jury on five counts of product tampering, including two which resulted in the deaths of Bruce and Snow, and arrested the same day.
Who was Sue snow?
Murder Victim. She was the innocent pawn in Stella Nickell’s plot to kill her husband, Bruce, by lacing his Excedrin headache capsules with cyanide.
How did Stella Nickell poison her husband?
Stella Nickell is convicted on two counts of murder by a Seattle, Washington, jury. She was the first person to be found guilty of violating the Federal Anti-Tampering Act after putting cyanide in Excedrin capsules in an effort to kill her husband.
What Killed Sue Snow?
Sue Snow Webking, 40, died June 11 of what was later determined to be acute cyanide poisoning. On Monday, investigators found three capsules containing cyanide in a 60-unit bottle of Extra-Strength Excedrin at her home in Auburn, about 15 miles south of here.
Who tampered with Tylenol?
Both sites were kept under 24-hour video surveillance for several months, but the killer did not surface. A surveillance photo of Paula Prince purchasing cyanide-tampered Tylenol at a Walgreens at 1601 North Wells St. was released by the Chicago Police Department.
Who put cyanide in Excedrin?
Stella Nickell
Stella Nickell is convicted on two counts of murder by a Seattle, Washington, jury. She was the first person to be found guilty of violating the Federal Anti-Tampering Act after putting cyanide in Excedrin capsules in an effort to kill her husband.
Did they ever find the Tylenol killer?
“A Bitter Pill – Someone Killed Seven People by Putting Cyanide in Tylenol Capsules – When James Lewis Was Caught for Writing an Extortion Letter, Prosecutors Appeared To Stop Looking for the Killer – Almost 20 Years Later No One Has Been Convicted of the Murders”.
Who poisoned the Tylenol?
New York City resident James William Lewis was convicted of extortion for sending a letter to Tylenol’s manufacturer, Johnson & Johnson, that took responsibility for the deaths and demanded $1 million to stop them, but evidence tying Lewis to the actual poisoning never emerged….
| Chicago Tylenol murders | |
|---|---|
| Motive | Unknown |
Where did Stella Nickell get cyanide from?
According to Olsen, the police theory is that Stella Nickell crushed the algae tablets in a bowl, and then later, when she mixed the cyanide, used that same bowl without cleaning it. Noonan claimed she bought so much algae destroyer, he had to special order it just for her. Farr and Ciolino say that is not true.
Who is responsible for Tylenol poisoning deaths?
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