Ted Kaczynski, the killer who inspired the “Unabomber” series, died in prison

In the medical center of the federal prison in Butner, North Carolina, died at age 81 the murderer Ted Kaczynski, who led a series of attacks for 17 years and later inspired the renowned series “Unabomber”. Described as a “genius” at the young age of 16, Kaczynski advanced a few courses and entered Harvard University and earned a doctorate in mathematics at the University of Michigan, although his resentment against society began to deepen in the years that followed. Thus, the mathematician settled in a cabin without light or running water in 1971 in Montana, where he began to learn survival techniques and, seven years later, began his crime wave. Between 1978 and 1995, through sixteen bombs sent in sanded packages to avoid fingerprint detection, he murdered three people and injured 23, and provoked an intense FBI investigation that named him as “Unabomber” since his first targets were universities and airlines. Dominated by a deep anger against society and technological progress, the mathematician managed to publish in September 1995 a manifesto against the modern world in two of the most recognized American newspapers under the promise of ending the attacks. The end of the terror imposed by Kaczynski came, however, a few months later through an unforeseen turn in his history. After acknowledging his brother’s strong writing style in the published manifesto, David Kaczynski handed over information referring to “Unabomber” to the authorities, who managed to catch him in a cabin with a coded diary, explosive ingredients and two finished bombs. In the subsequent trial, the defense of the murderer tried to allege insanity, and it was then that Kaczynski preferred to plead guilty, so he began serving a sentence for four life sentences in 1998 and, at the Butner medical center in North Carolina, he was found dead around eight in the morning on Saturday.

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