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'Unabomber' Ted Kaczynski, 81, found dead in prison cell



Theodore "Ted" Kaczynski, dubbed the "Unabomber" by the FBI, died Saturday at age 81, multiple outlets reported.

Kaczynski was found unresponsive in his cell at the federal prison medical center in Butner, North Carolina early in the morning, Kristie Breshears, a spokesperson for the Federal Bureau of Prisons told the Associated Press. The cause of death was not immediately known.

Kaczynski killed three Americans and injured 23 more during a 17-year spree of increasingly sophisticated bombings that began in 1978.

The FBI described Kaczynski as a "twisted genius who aspire[d] to be the perfect, anonymous killer. ... the ultimate lone wolf bomber."

He mailed or hand delivered his homemade bombs and threatened to blow up airliners. His first known attack was at a Chicago university. The "Unabomber" name was derived from the words "university" and "airline bombing."

More than 150 full-time investigators, analysts, and others were assigned to a task force to nab the elusive domestic terrorist.

In 1995, authorities caught their big break. Kaczynski sent a 35,000 word manifesto to the FBI describing his motives. The task force recommended taking the manifesto public. FBI Director Louis Freeh and Attorney General Janet Reno gave the go ahead, and the manifesto was published in the Washington Post.

That publication in the Post ultimately netted the lead they needed from David Kaczynski, the Unabomber's brother.

David Kaczynski provided letters and documents written by his brother, and a linguistic analysis determined it those documents and the Unabomber's manifesto were likely written by the same person.

Investigators at last arrested Kaczysnki at a ramshackle, 10' x 14' cabin near Lincoln, Montana (see photo below provided by the FBI). Inside the cabin, they found bomb-making materials, 40,000 journal pages, and one live bomb prepped for mailing.

After pleading guilty in 1998, Theodore "Ted" Kaczynski spent most of the rest of his life in a Supermax prison in Colorado.

He was moved to the medical facility in North Carolina in December 2021, ABC News reported.

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Authorities were warned a year ago that Nashville suspect was 'building bombs in the RV': report



The Nashville Metropolitan Police Department and the FBI were warned a year ago that Anthony Warner, the man suspected of carrying out the Christmas Day bombing in Nashville, Tennessee, had been "building bombs in the RV" he kept at his home, according to a report.

What are the details?

According to The Tennessean, an NMPD report from August 2019 said that Warner's girlfriend told officers that he "was building bombs in the RV trailer at his residence," and the department passed that information along to the FBI.

Police were first tipped off by attorney Raymond Throckmorton III, who reportedly represented both Warner and the girlfriend and became concerned over comments the girlfriend made. Throckmorton told officers at the time that Warner "frequently talks about the military and bomb making," and that Warner "knows what he is doing and is capable of making a bomb."

Officers first went to the girlfriend's home to question her, before heading to Warner's residence where he did not answer the door.

The Tennessean reported:

Officers saw his RV behind the house, but the vehicle was fenced off and police were unable to see inside of it, the report said. While there, police noted that there were "several security cameras and wires attached to a alarm sign on the front door." The officers notified supervisors and detectives about the incident.

"They saw no evidence of a crime and had no authority to enter his home or fenced property," [MNPD spokesman Don] Aaron said of officers' unsuccessful attempt to make contact with Warner or look inside the RV.

The day after Friday's bombing, the FBI, ATF, and MNPD raided Warner's home.

No motive has yet been determined for the bombing that left the 63-year-old Warner dead, three bystanders injured, and dozens of buildings in downtown Nashville badly damaged.

Anything else?

Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Director David Rausch said, "It does appear that the intent was more destruction than death," noting "that's all speculation at this point as we continue in our investigation with all of our partners."

U.S. News & World Report reported that Rausch said of Warner during a news conference, "He was not on our radar. We are all taking pieces of the puzzle, working to determine what the motivation was for this individual."

The outlet noted:

Nashville Mayor John Cooper has said that local officials felt there had to be some connection between the bombing, which occurred near an AT&T Inc transmission building on the city's bustling Second Avenue, and the company. At the briefing on Monday, Rausch said Warner's father had worked for AT&T but that it was unclear if that was in any way connected.