Ted Kaczynski, known as the “Unabomber,” who carried out a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people and injured 23 others, died by suicide, four people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. Kaczynski, who was 81 and suffering from late-stage cancer, was found unresponsive in his cell at the Federal Medical Center in Butner, North Carolina, around 12:30 …
Ted Kaczynski, better known as the Unabomber, is flanked by federal agents outside the federal courthouse in Helena, Mont., in 1996. Kaczynski’s Unabomber moniker came from an FBI code name combining the “un” of universities and the “a” of airlines, his initial targets. “In order to get our message before the public with some chance of making a lasting impression, …
