THE TRUE (FULL) REAL STORY OF THE UNABOMBER

1. THE UNABOMBER
THE UNABOMBER Theodore Kaczynski.
© FBI 1996
The Patterns, Leads, Tips, and Theories that lead to the Arrest of The
Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski. From 1978 - 1995, and to the Arrest
of the Unabomber in 1996.
Clue: PATTERNS, LEADS, TIPS, AND THEORIES are components of
the investigative process that enable the investigator to learn and
understand the facts of the occurrence with which he or she is dealing.
Thomas J. Mosser, an executive with the Young & Rubicam advertising
firm in Manhattan, was killed by a mail bomb on December 10, 1994.
The bomb was mailed to him in a parcel at his home.
This explosion and murder has been attributed to the works of a serial
bomber known as "The Unabomber". This person is believed to be
responsible for 14 other bombings or attempted bombings since 1978.
The FBI reports that two people have died and 23 others have been
injured in these explosions.
The sequence of the events related to the Unabomber is as follows:
A bomb in an unmailed package exploded at Northwestern University in
Illinois on May 25, 1978; a security guard was injured. A second person
at Northwestern was injured on May 9, 1979 when a bomb exploded in
the Tech building.

2. On American Airlines Flight 444 (Chicago to Boston), 12 persons
suffered smoke inhalation injuries on November 15, 1979. This bomb
was traced to a mailbag aboard the airliner. The president of United
Airlines, Percy Wood, was injured by a bomb on June 10, 1980. Again,
the bomb was in a package mailed to his home.
In other university-related incidents, there were no injuries when a bomb
in a business classroom at the University of Utah exploded on October
8, 1981. At Vanderbilt University in Nashville, however, a secretary was
injured on May 5, 1982 when a bomb mailed to the head of the
computer-science department exploded. Two people were injured, one
seriously, at the University of California at Berkeley: and electrical
engineering professor on July 2, 1982 and a student on May 15, 1985.
Alert employees of the Boeing Company in Washington state had a
bomb safely dismantled on May 18, 1985 when they realized it
contained an explosive device.
On November 15, 1985, the research assistant to a psychology
professor at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor was injured when a
bomb received at the professor's home exploded.
The second death attributed to the Unabomber occurred on December
11, 1985. Hugh Campbell, The owner of a computer rental store
Sacramento, California, was killed by a bomb left at his store. In Salt
Lake City, another employee in the computer industry was maimed by a
bomb placed in a bag in the company parking lot on February 20, 1987.
A geneticist at the University of California at San Francisco sustained
injuries when he opened a package received in the mail at his home on
June 22, 1993. A Computer scientist at Yale University opened a
package mailed to his office and was injured by a bomb on June 24,
1993.

3. The Most Recent incident, described above, was on December 10,
1994.
The FBI is fairly certain that these bombings are related and attributable
to one suspect, the Unabomber. The bombs were all built from similar
materials and have a comparable, sophisticated design.
Based on evidence found at the bomb scenes and from the testimony of
one witness, the FBI believes that the Unabomber is a white male in his
30s or 40s. They also feel that he has a high school education and is
familiar with university life. In fact, this name was chosen because so
many of the bombs were placed at universities.
THE UNABOMBER: Patterns, Leads, Tips, and Theories
Patterns:
* The bombs appear to be directed at people with university and high
school technology.
* The killer seems to be saying something through wood or trees.
* All of the bombs had various forms of wood in them, an illogical
material in an explosive. One bomb had four different varieties of wood.
(* One target was named Percy Wood, who lived in Lake Forest, Illinois.
His bomb was inside a novel published by Arbor House, whose symbol
is a tree leaf.)
(* Some of the fake return addresses the bomber wrote on the parcels
referred to trees or wood. One listed Ravenswood, another Forest Glen
Road.)
(* The December 1994 victim lived on Aspen Drive.)

4. (* The last victim was the executive director of the California Forestry
Association, a lobbying firm which represents commercial forest
landowners and companies dealing with wood products.)
* The letters "FC" were inscribed on pieces of metal in most bombs.
* Bombs are made with common household items with identifying marks
scraped off.
* Eight of the bombs went to or were mailed from California.
* Nine of the bombs went to universities.
* The victims have all been scholars, computer people, airline people, or
high technology people, or executives.
Leads:
* Letter mailed to The New York Times in which the bomber claimed to
part of an anarchist group calling itself FC.
* Bomber was possibly observed in the 1987 incident in Salt Lake City.
The witness described him as a white male, 25 - 30 years of age, about
6 feet tall, weighing about 165 pounds, with a small moustache, reddish-
blonde hair, and a ruddy complexion. He was wearing sunglasses with
smoked lenses and had a sweat-shirt hood over his head. The police
prepared a sketch from the description and made it public.
Tips:
* After the December 1994 bombing, 5,000 tips poured into the FBI task
force's "800" number.
* The publication of a sketch of the alleged bomber resulted in a rash of
tips, many from former wives.

5. Theories:
* A crazed environmentalist?
* A demented lumberjack?
* Hates computers and high technology?
* Lives in California?
Conclusion:
The Unabomber Case was solved. On April 3, 1996, the Unabomber,
Theodore Kaczynski, was arrested.
F.Y.I. Lesson:
Patterns: A pattern is a series of similarities that may link particular
cases or indicate that the same person is committing a series of crimes.
Patterns could include time of day, day of the week, description of the
perpetrator, modus operandi (MO) also known as "method of operation",
and type of weapon being used, type of victim, location, and other
variables.
Leads: Leads are clues or pieces of information that aid in the progress
of an investigation, a lead is anything that can assist an investigation in
resolving an investigation.
Tips: Tips are leads that are provided by citizens that aid in the
progress of an investigation. Generally, tips involve the identity of a
suspect.

6. Theories: Theories are beliefs regarding the case based on evidence,
patterns, leads, tips, and other information developed or uncovered in a
case. Theories are important because they direct the investigation.
I hope you have enjoyed reading this true story; also, I hope it has
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Thank you,
Garrick Pattenden, PI.
Stealth Investigations Canada