James Peluso, 65, of the Cincinnati area, was one of the victims later linked to Donald Harvey’s years-long series of poisonings and killings in Ohio and Kentucky. Publicly, Peluso’s death was not initially identified as a homicide—Harvey’s responsibility emerged after his 1987 arrest—then the death was attributed to arsenic Harvey put in pudding Peluso consumed.

Harvey’s 1987 guilty plea in Cincinnati to 24 aggravated murders included Peluso among the victims; his admissions and reconstructions of a broader poisoning campaign form the basis of the connection to Peluso. There was no separate murder trial solely about Peluso’s killing. Does anyone have information about Peluso’s life, his connection to Harvey, or memories from the Cincinnati area in 1984–1987?