迷离悬案：止痛药谋杀事件（2025）

We went through airline tickets.
我们查了火车票信息
We went through train tickets.
我们查了租车
We went through rental cars.
没有找到任何信息
And we couldn't find anything.
我们无法证明胶囊被投毒的
We could not prove he was in Chicago
那段时间里 他人在芝加哥
during that time period when it was planted.
我们没有证据
We didn't have evidence.
我们只有证据指控他勒索 所以我们起诉了他
We had evidence to charge him with extortion, and we did.
我不认为那是一封勒索信
I did not consider it an extortion letter
因为我实际上无法通过那封信弄到钱
because I did not actually have access to making any money from that letter.
詹姆斯·刘易斯让强生公♥司♥
James Lewis tells Johnson & Johnson,
给某个银行账户汇一百万美元
"Send a million dollars to this bank account."
詹姆斯·刘易斯写那封信时
Well, when he wrote that letter,
知道那个账号♥的户主是他的宿敌
Jim Lewis knew that that bank account belonged to his nemesis,
弗雷德·米勒·麦凯伊 湖滨旅行社的老板
Fred Miller McCahey, the owner of Lakeside Travel,
莉安曾经在旅行社工作过
where Leann formerly worked.
他认为在那封信里写上这个银行账号♥
He thought that having that number on that letter
能让执法部门关注他所鄙视的这个人
would bring law enforcement attention to this man he despised.
我只是想做点好事
I was trying to do something good,
但是我搞砸了
but I got it all screwed up.
那只是一张纸而已
It was just a piece of paper.
它不能伤害任何人
It couldn't hurt anybody.
大不了会被纸划伤而已
Maybe you'd get a paper cut.
不管出于什么原因 那封信索要一百万美元
For whatever reason, the letter demanded a million dollars,
那就是犯罪
and that's the offense.
刘易斯被定罪了
Lewis, uh, was convicted.
首席法官因那封勒索信 判处他十年有期徒刑
The chief judge sentenced him to ten years for the extortion letter,
那是此类案件最高的刑罚
the maximum sentence possible.
我当时采访过的执法部门都觉得
Law enforcement that I talked to at the time felt
他就是泰诺氰化物谋杀案的凶手
that he was the Tylenol cyanide murderer.
他们说：“我们抓到了真凶”
They would say, "We got our guy."
“就黑♥手♥党♥老大卡彭一样
"It's like Capone."
以逃税而不是谋杀被定罪
"We got him on tax evasion. We didn't get him on murder."
但我们抓住他了”
"But we got our guy."
詹姆斯·刘易斯 在密苏里州联邦监狱服刑
James Lewis is in federal prison in Missouri.
他因在芝加哥死亡事件后 向泰诺生产商
He was convicted of writing a one-million-dollar extortion letter
写了一封勒索信索要一百万美元 而被判有罪
to the makers of Tylenol after the Chicago deaths,
泰诺案的一些调查员一直认为刘易斯
but some Tylenol investigators have long considered Lewis
是泰诺谋杀案的疑犯 但遭到了他的极力否认
a suspect in the murders themselves, something he strongly denies.
他们永远都破不了泰诺杀人案
that they will never solve the Tylenol homicides.
泰诺生产商 麦克尼尔消费品公♥司♥声称
The McNeil Consumer Products company, the maker of Tylenol,
泰诺将回归市场
said Tylenol is returning to the market.
我们强生公♥司♥的职责 是确保泰诺的生存
It is our job at Johnson & Johnson to ensure the survival of Tylenol,
而我们誓必要做到这一点
and we are pledged to do this.
在1982年的死亡事件之后
After the 1982 deaths,
有一些预言认为
there were predictions
强生公♥司♥将会完全失去泰诺这个品牌
that Johnson & Johnson would lose the Tylenol brand entirely.
但几个月后 强生公♥司♥重新推出了泰诺
However, the company was able to relaunch Tylenol a few months later
而且公众对它的信任程度
with a level of trust
超过了此前的任何药品品牌
that no drug brand has ever been able to achieve before.
由强生高管组成的专家小组
a panel of Johnson & Johnson executives
则回答关于泰诺的各种问题
answered all form of questions about Tylenol.
强生公♥司♥的高管从第一天就明白
Johnson & Johnson executives understood from day one
要摆脱这场危机只有一个方法
that there was really only one way out of this crisis,
那就是让公众 视他们为一个疯子的受害者
and that way was for them to be seen as a victim of a madman.
各位新闻媒体工作者 你们是第一批做出评估的人
You, the news media, were the first to make the evaluation
认为我们公♥司♥和我们的产品 也是这场悲剧的受害者
that our company and our product were also victims of this tragedy.
你们也相应地善待了我们 我们对此深怀感激
You have treated us accordingly, and we are deeply appreciative.
强生公♥司♥当年非常成功地
Johnson & Johnson were remarkably successful
按他们所希望的方式塑造了舆♥论♥
in shaping the narrative the way they wished to.
他们播放电视广♥告♥…
They played television commercials…
大家都知道最近发生的悲惨事件 一些加强泰诺胶囊
You are all aware of recent tragic events in which extra-strength Tylenol capsules
在离开我们工厂之后
were criminally tampered with
在有限的地区内被非法篡改
in limited areas after they left our factory.
他们也用图表展示
And they showed graphic displays
公布了公♥司♥做的民♥意♥调查的详情
detailing surveys the company has conducted.
90%受访者认为不怪生产商
The maker not to blame, 90%.
1982年的案子之后 强生公♥司♥
After the 1982 case, Johnson & Johnson
很快就对其生产过程做了调整
very quickly changes its manufacturing process
给泰诺药瓶加了三种不同的密封
to add three different seals to Tylenol bottles.
外盒有胶合覆翼
The outer box has glued flaps
必须强行拆除才能拿出药瓶
that must be forcibly removed to reach the bottle.
药瓶有一个紧贴瓶身的塑料密封
And it has a tight plastic neck seal
盖住瓶盖及瓶颈
which covers the cap and the neck of the bottle.
最后 有一片坚韧的铝箔内封片
And finally, there is a strong inner foil seal
盖住瓶口
over the mouth of the bottle.
当他们启用这些密封后
When these seals are put in place,
强生公♥司♥和食品药品监督管理局都说
both Johnson & Johnson and the Food and Drug Administration say,
基本上 那种中毒事件 再也不会发生了
essentially, that this kind of poisoning can never happen again.
我们家里用的止痛药是泰诺
The pain reliever we use in this family is Tylenol,
我们已经用了很长时间了
and we've been using it for a long time.
如果有人问我 我是否还在用泰诺 我的答案是肯定的
So, if anyone asks me if I still use Tylenol, my answer is yes.
泰诺 你可以相信我们的好名声
Tylenol, you can trust our good name.
到了1983年
By 1983,
泰诺用了密封包装 好比刀枪不入的坦克
Tylenol is in what was called a tank that can't be penetrated.
詹姆斯·刘易斯被监禁
James Lewis is now incarcerated.
恶魔已经被杀了
The boogeyman has been slain.
绝对有理由相信 同类型事件不可能会再次发生
There is absolutely no reason to believe that this could ever happen again,
芝加哥惨案不可能重演
that there could ever be a repeat of Chicago again.
但它却发生了
But it happens.
晚上好 又发生了一起泰诺恐慌事件
Good evening. There's another Tylenol scare.
这次是在韦斯特切斯特县
This time, it's in Westchester County.
纽约郊区的一名年轻女子
One young woman in a New York City suburb
服用加强泰诺胶囊后死亡
died after taking extra-strength Tylenol capsules
在胶囊中发现了氰化物
that were found to contain cyanide.
这是自1982年芝加哥地区
This is the first such incident
七名受害者以相同方式中毒后 发生的第一起类似事件
since seven Chicago-area people were poisoned the same way in 1982.
在纽约扬克斯
In Yonkers, New York,
一个年轻的女人黛安·埃尔斯罗斯
a young woman, Diane Elsroth,
跟男友去了男友父母家过夜
goes to stay at her boyfriend and his parents' house.
她临睡前吃了一些加强泰诺
She takes some extra-strength Tylenol before going to bed,
第二天 她死了
and the following day, she's dead.
周六 来自皮克斯基尔的 23岁的黛安·埃尔斯罗斯
Twenty-three-year-old Diane Elsroth of Peekskill died Saturday
服用了两颗 掺有氰化钾的加强泰诺胶囊后
after taking two extra-strength Tylenol capsules
死亡
laced with potassium cyanide.
就跟1982年氰化物中毒事件后 生产的所有泰诺药瓶一样
Like all Tylenol containers made since the 1982 cyanide poisonings,
这个药瓶也有三重安全密封
the bottle had a triple safety seal.
我们迄今收到的所有信息表明
Everything that we have to date
药盒的胶合密封完好无损
indicates that the seal on the outside was intact,
瓶颈密封膜及瓶口铝箔密封片 也都完好无损
the seal over the aluminum foil seal over the bottles were intact.
我们不确定是怎么下的毒
We're not sure exactly how it was done.
强生公♥司♥当时的第一回应
Johnson & Johnson's immediate response
基本上就是宣称 有另一个疯子逍遥法外
to this is to basically claim there's another maniac on the loose.
做这件事的人使用的方法迥异于
The person or persons who did this, did this with very different skills
当年芝加哥事件中使用的方法
than the person or persons who did it in Chicago.
可是他们的产品有三重密封
Which, now that the product is triple sealed,
所以他们的说法似乎有点牵强
seems to be a bit of a stretch.
穿透了三层密封
then reaffix them
然后把密封重新弄好
and put it back on a shelf
再把药瓶放回了货架上
in a way that you wouldn't be able to obviously see.
我们跟联调局
We don't have any answer,
食品药品监督管理局一样无法解释
any more than the FDA does or the FBI does,
为什么那个药瓶 看起来像是在工厂密封的
as to why that bottle looks like it was apparently sealed at the factory
而且密封似乎完好无损
and that seal was unbroken.
后来又在商店货架上出现了
And then you also have two additional bottles that show up
两瓶被氰化物污染的泰诺
contaminated with cyanide on store shelves,
它们也有三重密封
also triple sealed.
今天又发现了两瓶受污染的胶囊
Two more bottles of contaminated capsules were found today.
现在大家开始找 货架上其他受污染的胶囊
Now the hunt is on for any more on the shelves.
联邦调查员匆匆赶到了 布朗克斯维尔的沃尔沃斯商店
Federal investigators rushed to the Woolworth store in Bronxville
之前有实验室分♥析♥显示 从那里的货架上