authorities? "当局近日宣布，数十年前被发现死在爱达荷州一家教堂内的一名男子，可能与1982年芝加哥地区一系列未侦破的投毒案有关。这些案件被称为“泰诺谋杀案”，并推动了儿童安全瓶盖在药品包装上的应用。
A man found dead in an Idaho church decades ago may be connected to unsolved poisonings in 1982 in the Chicago area that were dubbed the “Tylenol murders” and ushered in child safety caps for medicines, authorities announced recently.
阿达县警长办公室侦探蒂姆·库珀于2019年重新调查了一宗悬案，并由此促使当局确认了马修·弗朗西斯·贝特库斯基博士的身份。40多年前，贝特库斯基摄入氰化物身亡，此后被无名安葬。
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. Betkouski fatally poisoned himself with cyanide more than 40 years ago and was buried anonymously.
库珀说，侦探们确认贝特库斯基的身份并开始调查他的过往后，认为他可能是芝加哥地区七名受害者被掺入氰化物的泰诺杀害一案的嫌疑人。
Once detectives identified Betkouski and began to learn about him, they came to believe he was a possible suspect in the killings of seven people in the Chicago area with cyanide-laced Tylenol, Cooper said.
这些谋杀案导致非处方止痛药被大规模召回，但涉案人员始终无人被起诉。
No one was ever charged in those killings which triggered a widespread recall of the over-the-counter painkillers.
博伊西一座教堂内发现的遗体旁有一把刻有文字的钥匙，调查人员循此线索找到了佛罗里达州杰克逊维尔的一条街道。1982年，该街上一名房产所有者失踪。调查人员通过照片和DNA检测确认了他的身份。
An engraved key found with the body in the Boise church led investigators to a street in Jacksonville, Florida, where a property owner disappeared in 1982. They used photos and DNA testing to confirm his identity.
调查人员随后得知，贝特库斯基曾在药店工作。其前同事和熟人表示，他过去情绪不稳定，对“完美犯罪”这一概念着迷，并曾说氰化物是一种能够杀人而不被发现的手段。当局周三表示。
Investigators then learned that Betkouski worked in drugstores. Former colleagues and acquaintances said he had a history of volatility, was fascinated by the idea of a “perfect crime” and once said cyanide was a means to kill without detection, authorities said on Wednesday.
侦探们在贝特库斯基的书桌中发现了氰化物。库珀称，这些氰化物看似是自行制造的，而且与1982年谋杀案中所使用的是不同化合物。
Detectives found cyanide in Betkouski’s desk, which Cooper said appeared to be homemade and was a different compound than what was used in the 1982 killings.
据调查人员介绍，贝特库斯基一生在五个州居住过，但从未住在伊利诺伊州，也未曾住在芝加哥附近。照片显示，谋杀案发生前一年，贝特库斯基曾到访芝加哥地区，但不清楚他次年是否再次返回。
Betkouski lived in five states throughout his life but never in Illinois or close to Chicago, according to investigators. Photos showed that Betkouski visited the Chicago area a year before the killings, but it was not clear if he returned the following year.
芝加哥警察局在一份声明中表示，他们的侦探已与爱达荷州当局取得联系，以确认这些新发现是否与那起尚未侦破的“泰诺药片谋杀案”有关。声明中并未明确说明他们是否将贝特科夫斯基（Betkouski）视为嫌疑人。
The Chicago police department said in a statement that its detectives have been in contact with Idaho authorities to determine whether their findings are connected to the Tylenol murders investigation, which remains an open cold case. It did not say whether they consider Betkouski a suspect.
长期以来，调查人员认为名叫詹姆斯·刘易斯（James Lewis）的男子是这些谋杀案的幕后凶手，但他从未被起诉。刘易斯于2023年去世，此前他因向当时生产该药品的强生公司（Johnson & Johnson）寄送勒索信（要求支付100万美元以“停止谋杀行为”）而服刑超过12年。1982年刘易斯被捕时，他曾向调查人员详细描述了凶手可能的作案手法；不过他始终否认自己的参与。
Investigators long believed a man named James Lewis was responsible for the killings, though he was never charged. Lewis died in 2023 after serving more than 12 years in prison for sending an extortion note to Johnson & Johnson, the drug’s manufacturer at the time, demanding $1m to “stop the killing.” When Lewis was arrested in 1982, he gave investigators a detailed account of how the killer might have operated. He always denied involvement, however.