Unabomber - Jagged Little Pill?

You can get a lot accomplished with a little peace and quiet.

In Ted Kaczynski’s case he made and shipped 16 bombs, killed three people and injured 20 more.

But is that all he did?

The FBI is probing Kaczynski, known as the Unabomber, as a suspect in the 1982 Tylenol murders, which claimed the lives of eight people in Chicago after they took cyanide laced Tylenol they bought at area stores.

From the National Enquirer:

Chicago FBI spokeswoman Cynthia Yates said the FBI wants the DNA from Kaczynski and "numerous individuals," although she declined to provide details about the other suspects.

The feds would try to compel the convicted madman to give a DNA swab, but in a motion filed in California, Kaczynski’s lawyer stated he was told the FBI would try to force his hand.

John Balasz, Kaczynski's attorney, said he believes the FBI is wants Kaczynski's DNA simply to eliminate him as a suspect in the ongoing Tylenol investigation.
Balasz said he's "completely convinced" that Kaczynski had no involvement in the case.

The U.S. Marshals Service is currently auctioning off items seized from Kaczynski's home. Ahead of that auction, he filed the court motion in California asking the court to order the government to keep certain items taken from his cabin in 1996, including journals that could prove his whereabouts in 1982 and other evidence that could clear him in the Tylenol case.

I’m guessing Teddy K didn’t have anything to do with the Tylenol murders. His crimes were centered around lashing out at the technology and aviation industries. I’m not sure how killing John Q. Public with tainted headache medicine plays into that.

BTW, who would want to buy something from the Unabomber’s shack? He didn’t even have running water there. He crapped in an outhouse. I can’t imagine he had anything that anyone would want, even if they are a sick fan of his.

Ultimately I think it’s just easier to imagine the Boogeyman did every crime. And Teddy K. has some previous experience with this phenomenon – he is also still a suspect in the 1960s Zodiac killings in San Francisco.



Odds are the Unabomber is only guilty of the crimes he’s been convicted of and of having the worst police sketch of all-time. But if the FBI is really this curious they could always toss some porn in his Supermax cell and then steal his pillowcase for DNA. Or yank out some of his beard hair in the shower.