Unabomber Ted Kaczynski hanged himself in prison: 911 call

He had served only 25 years of his more than four-life terms sentence after he was turned in by his brother, David, who realized that his sibling was the elusive “Unabomber” after Kaczynski’s manifesto was published.He is believed to have set off his first homemade explosive at a Chicago university in 1978, and he ultimately confessed to carrying out 16 bombings between 1978 and 1995.

Kaczynski had attempted to hang himself before, using his own underwear, before going to trial in 1998.He had been placed in the FMC Butner prison in 2021 after he was diagnosed with late-stage cancer.Police were able to nab Kaczynski after his brother recognized his handwriting from the infamous “Unabomber Manifesto.” After receiving the tip from his brother, police captured Kaczynski at his small plywood and tarpaper cabin in the woods outside Lincoln, Montana.

The tiny home, smaller than the jail cell where he lived his final years, contained explosives, two finished bombs and a coded diary. Despite his nearly two-decade reign of terror in the US, technophobes have embraced his anti-technology manifesto, with some dubbing him “Uncle Ted,” a phrase which trended on Twitter following his death.

Tech boss Elon Musk was among those tweeting about Kaczynski, claiming the killer “might not be wrong” about his belief technology is detrimental to society.

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AP Sources: Ted Kaczynski, known as the 'Unabomber,' died of suicideTed Kaczynski, the man 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 confirmed the cause of death to The Associated Press but were not authorized to discuss it publicly. The 81-year-old Kaczynski was found unresponsive in his cell at the Federal Medical Center in Butner, North Carolina around 12:30 a.m. on Saturday. Emergency responders performed CPR and revived him before he was transported to a hospital. He was pronounced dead later Saturday morning. Kaczynski was suffering from late-stage cancer.
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