Who Was the ‘Unabomber’ Ted Kaczynski?
Ted Kaczynski, the confessed killer who attacked academics, business officials and others over nearly 20 years and became known as the Unabomber, died by suicide on Saturday at a federal prison in Butner, N.C., according to three people familiar with the situation. He was 81.
Here are the key facts about his life, the attacks and the long manhunt that led to his capture.
Who Was Ted Kaczynski?
Theodore J. Kaczynski was a domestic terrorist who from 1978 to 1995 planted homemade bombs at or sent them to universities and other locations including people’s homes, killing three people and injuring 23 others. Federal authorities arrested Mr. Kaczynski in 1996. Two years later, he pleaded guilty to the bombings and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of release.
He said his violent campaign was intended to bring about the collapse of the modern social order.
Image This composite sketch, based on a 1987 spotting of the Unabomber, was the only lead nine years into the bombing spree. Credit... via F.B.I.
The rampage spurred one of the longest and most expensive manhunts in United States history, and years before the Sept. 11 attacks, it made many Americans fear opening mail and boarding planes.
Source: The New York Times
