Boise police have identified a man previously referred to only as the “Unknown Wanderer” who was found dead inside a church in 1982. The department said the discovery may be linked to the infamous Chicago Tylenol murders that shocked the United States in the same year.
The man’s body was uncovered in a Boise church in 1982, but police have not released a name or any identifying details. The case has remained unsolved for decades until recent investigative work suggested a possible connection to the Chicago poisonings.
According to the Boise Police Department, the link to the Chicago Tylenol murders is still under investigation. No further evidence or evidence of a direct relationship has been publicly disclosed at this time.
The Chicago Tylenol murders, which occurred in 1982, involved the tampering of Tylenol capsules and resulted in multiple deaths. The case remains one of the most notorious pharmaceutical poisonings in U.S. history.
Boise authorities are continuing to examine the evidence from the 1982 church burial and its potential ties to the Chicago incidents, but no additional information has yet been released to the public.
<small>Source: CBS News — read the original story there.</small>
