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Idaho cold case linked to 1982 Tylenol murders

Published Friday, September 25, 2026

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What We Know — Key Points

  • 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.

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  • The Guardian

    Authorities have identified a man found dead in an Idaho church decades ago as a possible suspect in the unsolved 1982 Tylenol poisonings in Chicago. Dr. Mathew Francis Betkouski, who died by cyanide poisoning, worked in drugstores and had a fascination with "perfect crimes."

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