‘Unabomber’ Ted Kaczynski died by suicide, sources say
- People familiar with the matter said on Sunday that Kaczynski, 81, committed suicide. Kaczynski, who was suffering from late-stage cancer, died on Saturday
- Kaczynski ran a violent 17-year bombing campaign that killed 3 and injured 23. He admitted committing 16 bombings between 1978 and 1995
Ted Kaczynski, known as the “Unabomber”, who carried out a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people and injured 23 others, died by suicide, four people familiar with the matter told Associated Press on Sunday.
Kaczynski, who was 81 and suffering from late-stage cancer, was found unresponsive in his cell at the Federal Medical Centre in Butner, North Carolina at around 12:30am on Saturday.
Emergency responders performed CPR and revived him before he was transported to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead later on Saturday morning, the people told Associated Press. They were not authorised to publicly discuss Kaczynski’s death and spoke to Associated Press on condition of anonymity.
Kaczynski had been held in the federal Supermax prison in Florence, Colorado, since May 1998, when he was sentenced to four life sentences plus 30 years for a campaign of terror that set universities nationwide on edge. He admitted committing 16 bombings from 1978 and 1995, permanently maiming several of his victims.