Key takeaways:
- The Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed that Ted Kaczynski, the “Unabomber”, was found unresponsive in his prison cell early Saturday morning.
- Kaczynski had been serving a life sentence in Florence, Colorado, but had been transferred to the Federal Medical Facility in Butner, North Carolina due to poor health in December 2021.
- Kaczynski was convicted of killing three people and injuring nearly two dozen more in a series of bombings between 1978 and 1995, and was sentenced to life in prison in 1998.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons has confirmed that Ted Kaczynski, the so-called “Unabomber”, was found unresponsive in his prison cell early Saturday morning. Kaczynski had been serving a life sentence at the federal supermax prison in Florence, Colorado, but had been transferred to the Federal Medical Facility in Butner, North Carolina due to poor health in December 2021.
When prison officials found Kaczynski unresponsive, they immediately initiated life-saving measures and transported him to a local hospital. The U.S. Department of Justice has not officially released a cause or manner of death, though multiple news outlets have reported that he took his own life.
Kaczynski, 81, was convicted of killing three people and injuring nearly two dozen more in a series of bombings between 1978 and 1995. He was sentenced to life in prison in 1998 after pleading guilty to all charges against him.
Kaczynski’s death marks the end of a decades-long saga that began with the first of his bombings in 1978. He is remembered as one of the most notorious criminals in American history, and his death brings closure to the victims of his crimes and their families.
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