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Yet, despite everything here, there seems to be so much missing.

Despite the fact that she had never read or heard about these articles for many years, she never even knew they existed.

It was her mother’s hope to give her kids a normal childhood, away from headlines warning of fear, poisoning, and death.

The headlines on Kasia’s table remind her of a tragedy that tore through her family and of the missing pieces of the puzzle she’s determined to complete.

7 deaths, uncounted fears

Doctor says killer probably wasn’t psychotic

Close-knit family waiting for justice

Kasia is always captivated by what she discovers when she flips through these files. Her story, however, is invisible: she sees it as glaringly clear.

It was something she resisted telling for decades. Like these newspaper clippings, she kept her own feelings and memories about what happened.

Someone slipped cyanide into Tylenol extra-strength bottles across suburban Chicago when she was a 4-year-old preschooler.

In a case that has become notorious for its unsolved nature, seven people were killed. In addition to terrorizing Chicago, the poisonings sparked a national panic, inspired a troubling string of copycats, and led to the largest product recall in history.

While going through the many newspaper clippings and mementos her mom saved, Kasia discovers new details every time.

On September 29, 1982, authorities recorded the first victims’ deaths. There have been no charges filed in connection with the killings. It’s been several years since any leads in this case have been made public, but the police hope that DNA technology may provide them with new evidence.

Tylenol poisonings are why many medicines and foods come packaged with tamper-proof packaging, but the case once panicked the nation is now forgotten.

Every day, Kasia thinks about it. With the 40th anniversary approaching, she’s on a mission, not looking for answers, but for answers about herself.

The Tylenol killings claimed the lives of seven people, three of whom were family members.

xhome xhome , an uncle, and an aunt all passed away within a week. After decades, she seeks them out in everything she can.