Idaho officials solved a cold case that may have a connection to the infamous 1982 'Tylenol murders'

Add Spokesman-Review on Google By Alexandra Duggan alexandrad@spokesman.com (509) 459-5469 BOISE – Idaho law enforcement believe a man found dead after poisoning himself in a Boise church 44 years ago could have a connection to the 1982 Tylenol killings, an unsolved string of homicides that roiled the nation and changed the way consumers open over-the-counter pill bottles to this day.

Ada County Sheriff’s Office Detective Tim Cooper in a news conference Wednesday identified Mathew Francis Betkouski, a Lockheed Martin organic chemist who worked on NASA-related projects, as the man who poisoned himself with cyanide in Sacred Heart Catholic Church and was buried without a name. The case was reopened in 2019 because a church member had asked about its progress.