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17 Cards in this Set
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Theodore Kaczynski
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AKA "Unabomber", IQ 167, skipped grade, admitted to Harvard at 16, lived in a small cabin after resigning as a math professor, isolated and closest friendship is with his brother David, Unibomb-University Airline Bomber and made bombs, hard to trace evidence
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Theodore Kaczynski
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Targets were universities and airlines, all linked to the modern "technology", "anti-technology manifesto", first bomb mailed to a professor at Northwestern University, suffered from schizophrenia and paranoia, afraid of being controlled by the gov't, stated that technology advance will end mankind
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Theodore Kaczynski
Arrest and Trial |
Agents arrested him at his remost cabin outside Lincoln, Montana, Unabomber was the target of one of the most expensive investigations in the FBI's history, rejected insanity defense, Federal Court indicated 10 counts on illegal substances/weapons, serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole
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Tim McVeigh
Background |
another bomber, was an U.S. Army Veteran and security guard, served in the Gulf War
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Tim McVeigh
Crimes |
deadliest act of terrorism within the United States prior to the September 11, bombed OKC Federal Building on the second anniversary of Waco siege, killed 168 people, used fertilizer and disole fuel in his bombs which is more powerful
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Time McVeigh
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found by tracing the vehicle identifications which is a Ryder truck, drove a truck to the front of the building and ran away from bombs after he ignited two time fuse, convicted of 11 federal offenses, including conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction, use of a weapon of mass destruction, destruction by explosives, and eight counts of first-degree murder, revenge for "what the U.S. government did at Waco," criticized US foreign policy towards Iraq as being hypocritical, sentenced to death penalt
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David Berkowitz
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AKA "Son of Sam," .44 Caliber Killer, arsonist became obsessed with petty larceny and pyromania, began failing school, "isolation, delusion, and fantasies in full force," told people "demons" and a dog or satan told him to kill, scorns being adopted, loner, resentment toward his mother
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David Berkowitz
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stabbed woman in Queens, claimed that he is not a "wemen" hater, hunts the street looking for prey, bazarre content in the letters that he wrote to the police and the media and his reasons for commiting the attacks, "Operation Omega," shooter in NY
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David Berkowitz
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caught in action when he received a car ticket, pleaded insane, is he criminal insane that left him "emotionally dead?", was he the only one involved in the murders?, 365-year sentence
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factoids
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most young individuals under 25
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John Gacy Jr
background |
aka Killer Clown, his father constantly call him "sissy", dropped out before completing senior yr, graduated from Northwestern Biz School, successful business man, very active in community
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John Gacy Jr
crimes |
raped and murdered 33 young males, many he buried into a crawl space under his house, "singular notoriety of having been convicted of more murder than anyone in U.S. history"
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John Gacy Jr
police and trial |
odor from his house that others notices, he was put under surveillance, suffered from schizophrenia
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Ted Bundy
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no one knows how many people exactly he killed, nicknamed chamillion, committed acts of rape and necrophilia on his victims, most are white females with brunette hair pulled down to the middle, sentenced to death, caught through search of his car, had different first and last names during childhood b/c of identity of his parents, fascinated by violent sex, shoplifted
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Charles Mason
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brutal slayings of actress Sharon Tate and other Hollywood residents, he was never actually found guilty of committing the murders himself. However, he is still associated with several brutal slayings including the famous ‘Tate-La Bianca’ killings that have immortalised him as a living embodiment of evil
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Jeffrey Dahmer
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pleaded not guilty by reasons of insanity, mainly killed African Americans, hispanics, murders involved rape, torture, necrophilia, cannibalism, and dismemberment, an went to gay bards, convicted of 17 murders, guilty on 15 counts of murder, lured men to his house, beaten to death by a inmate in jail, pleaded insane but found sane, wanted to create "zombies"
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Bernard Goetz
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"Subway Vigilante," a symbol of New Yorkers' frustrations with a high crime rate when he shot four men intent on robbing him, received degree from NYU, reaction to urban crime and disorder, stated that his actions helped precipitate the drop in crime experienced in New York City in the early 1990s
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