Welcome to part one of the Ret. FBI Special Agent David Alford blog posts. In part one, I will discuss the details of the Unabomber case. In part 2, coming on Feb. 25, I will discuss the details of the Polly Klaas kidnapping and murder. “I remember seeing him the day we arrested him,” recalled Ret. FBI Special Agent David Alford. “He was filthy. His jeans had holes, and they weren’t because he bought them that way.”
ABOUT KACZYNSKI
According to Alford, while Kaczynski was relaxing in the country side, he became increasingly angry at technologic advances as well as companies that did some damage to the local environment. It was around this time, in 1975, that Kaczynski became to break in and vandalize local companies that harmed the environment that he became so accustomed to appreciating. THE BOMBS The first bomb was sent to the University of Illinois in 1978. Kaczynski attempted to make it seem as though the bomb was sent to the university from a professor at North Western University in Evanston. A guard opened the package and it injured his hand, but the man lived. Another bomb was sent to the university and a graduate student opened it. He received minor cuts and burns, but did not have any serious injuries.
It wasn’t until nearly 10 years later when Kaczynski killed his first victim on Dec. 11, 1985. He took a bomb to an appliance store in Sacramento. It was his 11th bomb. It was found by the store owner, Hugh Scrutton, who opened it to have the shrapnel tear through his organs and heart.
According to Alford, a local park ranger helped them coax Kaczynski from his cabin without any issue. He said that the park ranger told Kaczynski they had to do some property evaluations. He then came out and was arrested immediately on April 3, 1996. THE MOTIVATION He targeted universities because that is where many young minds were being molded to embrace technological advancement. One of Kaczynski’s targets was actually a geneticist. The airline bombs were partially motivated by the fact that he couldn’t escape airplanes flying over his small cabin. This was said to be his motivation. I found this interesting because, although Kaczynski’s bombs were rather archaic, they were somewhat advanced. It made me wonder why Kaczynski himself wasn’t having an internal crisis. INTERESTING FACTS
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