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On April 16, 2013, an envelope that preliminarily tested positive for [[ricin]], a highly toxic [[protein]], was intercepted at the [[United States Capitol|US Capitol]]'s off-site mail facility in [[Washington, D.C.]] According to reports, the envelope was addressed to the office of [[Mississippi]] [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[Roger Wicker]].<ref name="CNN">{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/16/us/tainted-letter-intercepted|title=Envelope tests positive for ricin at Washington mail facility| publisher = CNN | accessdate = April 27, 2013| date = April 17, 2013| first = Mike | last= Brooks | first2= Dana | last2= Bash}}</ref> On April 17, 2013, an envelope addressed to [[Barack Obama|President of the United States Barack Obama]] preliminarily tested positive for ricin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/17/17794663-letter-sent-to-obama-tests-positive-for-ricin-officials-say?lite |title=Letter sent to Obama tests positive for ricin, officials say |publisher=NBC News |date=April 17, 2013 |accessdate=April 17, 2013}}</ref> |
On April 16, 2013, an envelope that preliminarily tested positive for [[ricin]], a highly toxic [[protein]], was intercepted at the [[United States Capitol|US Capitol]]'s off-site mail facility in [[Washington, D.C.]] According to reports, the envelope was addressed to the office of [[Mississippi]] [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[Roger Wicker]].<ref name="CNN">{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/16/us/tainted-letter-intercepted|title=Envelope tests positive for ricin at Washington mail facility| publisher = CNN | accessdate = April 27, 2013| date = April 17, 2013| first = Mike | last= Brooks | first2= Dana | last2= Bash}}</ref> On April 17, 2013, an envelope addressed to [[Barack Obama|President of the United States Barack Obama]] preliminarily tested positive for ricin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/17/17794663-letter-sent-to-obama-tests-positive-for-ricin-officials-say?lite |title=Letter sent to Obama tests positive for ricin, officials say |publisher=NBC News |date=April 17, 2013 |accessdate=April 17, 2013}}</ref> |
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Both letters, which were mailed from [[Memphis, Tennessee]],<ref name="WExaminer April 18">{{cite web|last=Hughes|first=Brian|title=Feds arrest suspect in ricin-laced letters sent to Obama, senator|url=http://washingtonexaminer.com/feds-arrest-suspect-in-ricin-laced-letters-sent-to-obama-senator/article/2527471?utm_source=DITTO%20TEMPLATE:%20Political%20Digest%20TEST%20-%2004/18/2013&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Washington%20Examiner:%20Political%20Digest| |
Both letters, which were mailed from [[Memphis, Tennessee]],<ref name="WExaminer April 18">{{cite web|last=Hughes|first=Brian|title=Feds arrest suspect in ricin-laced letters sent to Obama, senator|url=http://washingtonexaminer.com/feds-arrest-suspect-in-ricin-laced-letters-sent-to-obama-senator/article/2527471?utm_source=DITTO%20TEMPLATE:%20Political%20Digest%20TEST%20-%2004/18/2013&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Washington%20Examiner:%20Political%20Digest|publisher=The Washington Examiner|accessdate=April 18, 2013|author=Brian Hughes|date=April 17, 2013}}</ref> included the phrases "No one wanted to listen to me before. There are still 'Missing Pieces.' Maybe I have your attention now even if that means someone must die. This must stop. To see a wrong and not expose it, is to become a silent partner to its continuance." and "I am KC and I approve this message."<ref name="Ricin letters 17 April 2013">{{cite web|last=Hartman|first=Rachel Rose|title=Authorities arrest Mississippi man in ricin letters to Obama, senator|url=http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/letter-addressed-obama-contained-suspicious-substance-153931701--politics.html|publisher=Yahoo News|accessdate=April 17, 2013|author2=Olivier Knox|date=April 17, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url = http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/17/17794663-i-am-kc-same-message-on-ricin-positive-letters-sent-to-obama-senator| title = Feds arrest suspect in ricin-positive letters sent to Obama, senator| publisher = NBC News | date = April 17, 2013| accessdate = April 27, 2013| first=Pete|last=Williams|first2=Kristen|last2=Welker}}</ref><ref name="Mohr">{{Cite web | url = http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/miss-man-arrested-mailing-suspected-ricin-18985673| title = Family Says Accused Ricin Mailer Is Mentally Ill | date= April 18, 2013 | accessdate = April 27, 2013 | publisher = ABC News | first = Holbrook | last = Mohr| first2=Adrian| last2=Sainz}}</ref> |
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A third letter mailed to a Mississippi judge, [[Lee County, Mississippi|Lee County]] Justice Court Judge Sadie Holland, that was received and opened on April 10, contained similar language and was sent for testing.<ref name="WExaminer April 18"/> The letters tested positive for ricin during FBI testing.<ref>{{Cite news | url = http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/24/us/ricin-suspect-released/index.html?hpt=hp_inthenews| accessdate = April 27, 2013 | date = April 26, 2013 | publisher = CNN| title = FBI searches for clues in ricin investigation}}</ref> |
A third letter mailed to a Mississippi judge, [[Lee County, Mississippi|Lee County]] Justice Court Judge Sadie Holland, that was received and opened on April 10, contained similar language and was sent for testing.<ref name="WExaminer April 18"/> The letters tested positive for ricin during FBI testing.<ref>{{Cite news | url = http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/24/us/ricin-suspect-released/index.html?hpt=hp_inthenews| accessdate = April 27, 2013 | date = April 26, 2013 | publisher = CNN| title = FBI searches for clues in ricin investigation}}</ref> |
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== Early suspect released == |
== Early suspect released == |
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On April 17, 2013, FBI agents detained a [[Corinth, Mississippi|Corinth]], [[Mississippi]], man on suspicion of mailing the ricin-laced letters.<ref name="WExaminer April 18" |
On April 17, 2013, FBI agents detained a [[Corinth, Mississippi|Corinth]], [[Mississippi]], man on suspicion of mailing the ricin-laced letters.<ref name="WExaminer April 18"/><ref name="Ricin letters 17 April 2013">{{cite web|last=Hartman|first=Rachel Rose|title=Authorities arrest Mississippi man in ricin letters to Obama, senator|url=http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/letter-addressed-obama-contained-suspicious-substance-153931701--politics.html|publisher=Yahoo News|accessdate=April 17, 2013|author=Rachel Rose Hartman|author2=Olivier Knox|date=April 17, 2013}}</ref><ref name="MS">{{cite news |title=Feds: Mississippi man arrested in ricin scare |first1=Matt |last1=Smith |first2=Carol |last2=Cratty |url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/17/politics/tainted-letter-intercepted |date=April 17, 2013 |accessdate=April 17, 2013 |work=CNN}}</ref> All charges were dropped however, and he was released on April 23, 2013. Federal investigators reported that they could find no evidence linking him to the letters.<ref name="ricin released">{{Cite news | url = http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/23/man-accused-of-sending-ricin-released/| title = Ricin suspect freed, marshals say | first = Bill |last = Mears | publisher = CNN | accessdate = April 27, 2013 | date = April 23, 2013}}</ref> An FBI agent testified that no ricin or precursors were found in the man's home, nor did a preliminary [[computer forensics|forensic analysis]] of his computer reveal anything related to ricin. The defense attorney claimed in court that his client was being [[Frameup|framed]], possibly by a man with whom he had been feuding online.<ref name="bloomberg">{{Cite news | url = http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-23/ricin-letter-suspect-released-from-mississipi-jail.html | title = Ricin-Letter Suspect Released From Mississippi Jail | first = Andrew | last = Harris| first2 = Marty | last2= Russell | publisher = [[Bloomberg News]] | date = April 23, 2013| accessdate = April 27, 2013}}</ref> |
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== Second arrest == |
== Second arrest == |
Revision as of 14:45, 21 November 2015
2013 ricin letters | |
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Location | Washington, District of Columbia, US |
Date | April 16–17, 2013 |
Target | Sen. Roger Wicker, President Barack Obama, Mississippi Judge Sadie Holland |
Attack type | Bioterrorism, attempted poisoning, attempted assassination |
Weapons | Ricin |
Deaths | 0 |
Injured | 0 |
On April 16, 2013, an envelope that preliminarily tested positive for ricin, a highly toxic protein, was intercepted at the US Capitol's off-site mail facility in Washington, D.C. According to reports, the envelope was addressed to the office of Mississippi Republican Senator Roger Wicker.[1] On April 17, 2013, an envelope addressed to President of the United States Barack Obama preliminarily tested positive for ricin.[2]
Both letters, which were mailed from Memphis, Tennessee,[3] included the phrases "No one wanted to listen to me before. There are still 'Missing Pieces.' Maybe I have your attention now even if that means someone must die. This must stop. To see a wrong and not expose it, is to become a silent partner to its continuance." and "I am KC and I approve this message."[4][5][6]
A third letter mailed to a Mississippi judge, Lee County Justice Court Judge Sadie Holland, that was received and opened on April 10, contained similar language and was sent for testing.[3] The letters tested positive for ricin during FBI testing.[7]
Early suspect released
On April 17, 2013, FBI agents detained a Corinth, Mississippi, man on suspicion of mailing the ricin-laced letters.[3][4][8] All charges were dropped however, and he was released on April 23, 2013. Federal investigators reported that they could find no evidence linking him to the letters.[9] An FBI agent testified that no ricin or precursors were found in the man's home, nor did a preliminary forensic analysis of his computer reveal anything related to ricin. The defense attorney claimed in court that his client was being framed, possibly by a man with whom he had been feuding online.[10]
Second arrest
On April 23, agents in hazardous materials suits searched the home of a Tupelo, Mississippi, man in connection with the ricin investigation.[11] On April 27, this man, identified as Everett Dutschke, was arrested in connection with the case.[12] Dutschke was out on $25,000 bail for unrelated state criminal charges of April 1, 2013.[13] Under suspicion since the release of the prior suspect, Dutschke denied the allegations through his lawyer.[13] Saying that new information had been discovered in the case, authorities who have had his house under surveillance arrested Dutschke in the early hours of April 27.[13] Later that day, Dutschke was charged with attempted use of a biological weapon.[14] On June 3, 2013, Dutschke was indicted by a federal grand jury on five-counts.[15] He was indicted for producing and using the deadly toxin as a weapon, and using the mail to threaten President Obama, Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi and Lee County Judge Sadie Holland.[15]
In May 2014, Dutschke pled guilty and was sentenced to 25 years in prison.[16]
See also
- Incidents involving ricin
- Boston Marathon bombings, a terrorist attack that was mistakenly connected to the letters.
References
- ^ Brooks, Mike; Bash, Dana (April 17, 2013). "Envelope tests positive for ricin at Washington mail facility". CNN. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
- ^ "Letter sent to Obama tests positive for ricin, officials say". NBC News. April 17, 2013. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
- ^ a b c Hughes, Brian (April 17, 2013). "Feds arrest suspect in ricin-laced letters sent to Obama, senator". The Washington Examiner. Retrieved April 18, 2013.
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- ^ Williams, Pete; Welker, Kristen (April 17, 2013). "Feds arrest suspect in ricin-positive letters sent to Obama, senator". NBC News. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
- ^ Mohr, Holbrook; Sainz, Adrian (April 18, 2013). "Family Says Accused Ricin Mailer Is Mentally Ill". ABC News. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
- ^ "FBI searches for clues in ricin investigation". CNN. April 26, 2013. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
- ^ Smith, Matt; Cratty, Carol (April 17, 2013). "Feds: Mississippi man arrested in ricin scare". CNN. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
- ^ Mears, Bill (April 23, 2013). "Ricin suspect freed, marshals say". CNN. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
- ^ Harris, Andrew; Russell, Marty (April 23, 2013). "Ricin-Letter Suspect Released From Mississippi Jail". Bloomberg News. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
- ^ "FBI searches for clues in ricin investigation". CNN. April 24, 2013. Retrieved April 24, 2013.
- ^ "Dutschke arrested in ricin case". WTVA. April 27, 2013. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
- ^ a b c Ward, Robbie (April 27, 2013). "Authorities arrest Mississippi man in ricin case". Reuters. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
- ^ "Martial arts instructor charged with attempted use of biological weapon". Chicago Tribune. April 27, 2013. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
- ^ a b Cratty, Carol (4 June 2013). "Mississippi man indicted in case of ricin letters to Obama, others - CNN.com". CNN. Washington, D.C. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ http://www.politico.com/story/2014/05/james-everett-dutschke-ricin-barack-obama-106840.html