Unabomber : the secret life of Ted Kaczynski by Waits Chris & Shors Dave

Author:Waits, Chris & Shors, Dave
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Kaczynski, Theodore John, 1942-, Serial murderers, Terrorists
Publisher: [Helena, MT] : Helena Independent Record : Montana Magazine
Published: 1999-12-21T05:00:00+00:00

ins about a mile up rhc i^ulcli. It was morninii; and \cry cold. His tracks in the snow came from up the mountain, from the direction of his secret cabin. His beard was short, all new growth. He wasn't dressed for the w eather and was on his way back to his home cabin.

The I'nabomber's twelfth de\ ice had exploded at C^AAM's Inc., a computer store in Salt Lake City, Utah, on February 20, 1987. Disguised as a pile of nail-studded boards, it was left in a parking space at the rear entrance to CAAM's. The bomb exploded and injured the store ow ner w hen he attempted to pick it up.

It should be noted that the Unabomber was spotted for the first and only time w hile in Salt Lake City. A woman saw him through a w indow at close range and a composite drawing was rendered from her description. He was clean shaven except for a mustache, w as w^ear-ing wraparound sunglasses, a gray hooded sweatshirt and light blue denim pants like those found in the secret cabin.

Authorities later speculated that the sighting stopped the Unabomber activities for more than six years. Now^ I wondered if Betty's encountering Ted on his w ay home increased his furtive behavior.

In late spring, May or June of 1993,1 attended two yard and garage sales and Ted w as at both, purchasing large quantities of old silver-plate flatw are.

On the twenty-second of June, a well known geneticist received a parcel at his Tiburon, California residence. It w as postmarked June 18, 1993, and later was determined to have been mailed from Sacramento. The doctor attempted to open the package, w^hich exploded, severely injuring him. It w as the Unabomber's thirteenth attack.

The fourteenth bomb was mailed from the same place on the same day, to the office of a Yale University professor and computer scientist. As he attempted to open it, the package exploded, severely injuring him.

It is significant these dates fall shortly after the yard sales. The explosive mixture in this later class of bomb included, along w ith other ingredients, metal powders—aluminum mostly, but silver as w^ell.

The silver, added to the aluminum mixture, w ould have increased the power of the explosive, and would have made the aluminum

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