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April 3, 1996 A small town in rural Montana became the scene of the nation when a seventeen year manhunt ended just on the outskirts of town. Members of this community hardly noticed a man living in a tiny cabin outside their quiet hometown; the man unknown by most and disliked by few, was hardly a threat. He believed in the preservation of the natural world, hated the advancement of technology and didn’t appreciate the industrialization of the nation; he was also a serial bomber and a murderer. He had terrorized the nation for almost two decades and retired from such life in the woods of Montana.
There have been many people to research the Kaczynski case, most believe that kaczynski was always the aggressive type. …show more content…
Addressee was Patrick Fischer. On july 2nd 1982 the professor of electrical engineering and science at berkeley is injured by a bomb. Kaczynski continues to cause chaos and fear all over the nation, he is specifically targeting universities and a few airlines, he also terrorizes the little town where he lives in Lincoln, Montana. “On Aug. 25, Kaczynski sets fire to logging equipment 10 miles from home, causing $75,000 in damage”. “The Unabomber Timeline.” The Billings Gazette, 2 Apr. 2006.” in the spring, Kaczynski vandalizes a sawmill near his cabin. Kaczynski persistently leaves his mark all over the nation, before he is caught he mails another package bomb to University of Michigan; and claims yet another life when he delivers a bomb to a computer store in sacramento. The man killed is Hugh Scutton, on december …show more content…
For the first time since the beginning of theodore Kaczynski’s reign of terror, there’s a break in the case. An eyewitness account of the suspects appearance, the man in a hooded sweatshirt and sunglasses becomes the famous unabomber sketch. The sketch is a breath of relief for the entire nation; it’s also brought to light the reality of the dangerousness of the serial bomber and master mind that would soon be caught by the federal team that’s been hunting him for so long. June of 1993 Ted Kaczynski writes a letter to New York Times, he tells his views on technology and industrialization. June 22nd, another professor in the technology department is injured by a bomb. Kaczynski continues to make his presence very clear, but law enforcement still doesn’t have his identity. June 24th a computer scientist at Yale is injured by a package

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