Tracey-Louise Phillips

The Chicago Tylenol murders were a series of poisoning deaths resulting from drug tampering in the Chicago metropolitan area in 1982. On the morning of September 29th, 1982 twelve year old Mary Kellerman of Elk Grove Village, Illinois died after taking a capsule of Extra-strength Tylenol. Adam Janus of Arlington Heights, Illinois died in hospital later that day, shortly after Adam's brother Stanley and sister in law Theresa Janus of Lisle, Illinois died after gathering to mourn his death having taken pills from the same bottle. In the coming days Paula Prince of Chicago and Mary Reiner of Winfield also died in similar incidents. Investigators soon discovered the Tylenol link, urgent warnings were broadcast and police drove through Chicago issuing warnings over loudspeakers. As the tampered bottles came from different factories and seven people had died all in the Chicago area, the possibility of sabotage during production was ruled out. Instead the culprit was thought to ...

On Friday 3rd August 12 year old Tia Sharp is seen leaving her grandmothers home in New Addington, South-East London, at around midday. Tia told relatives that she was going to the Whitgift Centre in Croydon, it was the last time anybody saw Tia. On Monday 6th Tia's family makes an emotional plea for her to return home as police find no trace of her on CCTV. On Tuesday 7th A CCTV image of Tia outside of her local Co-Op is released as her grandmother says she hopes it will jog someones memory. It is thought that the last person to see Tia is her grandmother's partner, Stuart Hazell. Police begin searching a local wood scouring the undergrowth. The Sun newspaper offers a £25,000 reward. Tia's uncle makes a televised plea for her safe return. Fifty-five sightings were reported by members of the public, but none were substantiated. Eighty police officers were assigned to the search, and 800 hours of CCTV footage were collected. On August 8th Police take a German She...