The Tylenol Witch Hunt began 31 years
ago in Kansas City, Missouri.
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In
1978. Kansas City Police discovered Raymond West, 72, with
a history of heart problems requiring medication, dead and
chopped up in the attic of his locked home. Neither the police,
nor Detective David Barton, nor the Prosecutor, James Bell,
knew how West died, but for 31 years, they have accused James
Wm. Lewis of murdering and buthering Raymond West.
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Fortunately
for justice and truth, reason and common sense prevailed,
and James Wm. Lewis was never convicted of murdering Mr. West.
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When
Mr. West was reported missing, police searched West's house
and found no blood stains, corpse nor evidence of foul play.
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After
police searched Mr. West's house, his friend, Charles Banker,
installed a padlock on West's home, and gave a key to the
police.
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During
three weeks when Mr. West was listed as a missing person,
KC detectives (and Mr. Banker) enjoyed unfettered ingress
and egress to their putative future crime scene, because West's
home was under the detectives' (and Mr. Banker's) own lock
and key, thereby exluding access to all others, including
James Wm. Lewis.
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Whatevever
happened to Mr. West happened while his house was under the
shared exclusive control of the KC Police and Mr. Banker.
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In
1982, and laters years, a small cadre of KC detectives, including
David Barton, plus James Bell, used Mr. West's misfortunate
condition to help juiceup national and global fear, Tylenol
mass hysteria and the villification of James Wm. Lewis, when
someone spiked Tylenol with cyanide in the Chicago area, killing
seven or more victims.
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As
a result, James Wm. Lewis is now labelled in the press worldwide
as the Tylenol Man, the Prime Suspect in the still unsolved
Tylenol murders.
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