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| How a fingerprint led the FBI to the suspected pipe bomber | How a fingerprint led the FBI to the suspected pipe bomber |
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| A single fingerprint left on a package posted to a Democratic congresswoman was the key to a speedy end to the manhunt for the pipe bomber terrorizing the United States. | A single fingerprint left on a package posted to a Democratic congresswoman was the key to a speedy end to the manhunt for the pipe bomber terrorizing the United States. |
| The criminal complaint outlining charges against Cesar Altieri Sayoc, an avowed Trump supporter, reveals how the FBI lab in Quantico, Virginia, linked a fingerprint on the package sent to Maxine Waters to him. | The criminal complaint outlining charges against Cesar Altieri Sayoc, an avowed Trump supporter, reveals how the FBI lab in Quantico, Virginia, linked a fingerprint on the package sent to Maxine Waters to him. |
| Investigators were also able to use traces of DNA on two devices to connect Sayoc to the 13 pipe bombs sent to various politicians and public figures who had been critical of Trump. | Investigators were also able to use traces of DNA on two devices to connect Sayoc to the 13 pipe bombs sent to various politicians and public figures who had been critical of Trump. |
| Pipe bombs suspect Cesar Sayoc charged with five federal crimes – live updates | Pipe bombs suspect Cesar Sayoc charged with five federal crimes – live updates |
| Sayoc, who was arrested in southern Florida earlier on Friday, left some DNA on a piece of the improvised explosive device (IED) inside the package that had been sent to Waters on 24 October as well as on a piece of the IED inside the package sent to Barack Obama on 23 October. | Sayoc, who was arrested in southern Florida earlier on Friday, left some DNA on a piece of the improvised explosive device (IED) inside the package that had been sent to Waters on 24 October as well as on a piece of the IED inside the package sent to Barack Obama on 23 October. |
| FBI technicians were able to make a DNA association to Sayoc with what investigators found in the Waters and Obama package from a sample on file with the Florida department of law enforcement, the complaint states. | FBI technicians were able to make a DNA association to Sayoc with what investigators found in the Waters and Obama package from a sample on file with the Florida department of law enforcement, the complaint states. |
| While the FBI was not able to identify any other possible matches to him from the other packages, the complaint said they “are largely identical with respect to size and shape. In addition, approximately six self-adhesive American flag postage stamps are located on the top right corner of each of the Packages, the return address for each of the Packages is the same, and the sender and target-recipient address labels on each of the Packages are substantially similar in terms of color, size, and font.” | While the FBI was not able to identify any other possible matches to him from the other packages, the complaint said they “are largely identical with respect to size and shape. In addition, approximately six self-adhesive American flag postage stamps are located on the top right corner of each of the Packages, the return address for each of the Packages is the same, and the sender and target-recipient address labels on each of the Packages are substantially similar in terms of color, size, and font.” |
| Five of the packages were posted through the US Postal Service’s Opa-Locka mail processing center between 18 and 20 October, which is in the county where Sayoc lived. | Five of the packages were posted through the US Postal Service’s Opa-Locka mail processing center between 18 and 20 October, which is in the county where Sayoc lived. |
| Investigators also tracked down a social media account under the name Cesar Altieri which contained matching misspellings. | Investigators also tracked down a social media account under the name Cesar Altieri which contained matching misspellings. |
| Cesar Sayoc: what we know about the pipe bombs suspect | Cesar Sayoc: what we know about the pipe bombs suspect |
| According to the complaint, each package had a return sender of “Debbie Wasserman Shultz” (sic), from a specific address in Florida. It’s unclear if the address listed is of an actual office of Schultz, a congresswoman and former head of the Democratic National Committee. In addition to misspelling Schultz, each package misspelled Florida as “Florids”. None of the identifying information was handwritten – it was all typed in black ink on white paper. The packages themselves were simplistic in appearance: plain tan- manila envelopes lined in bubble wrap. The IEDs were all similar in design and construction as well, consisting of six inches of “PVC pipe, a small clock, a battery, wiring, and energetic material”. Some of the packages included photographs of the targeted recipients with a red “X” over their faces, including those to Barack Obama and the Democratic mega-donor George Soros. | According to the complaint, each package had a return sender of “Debbie Wasserman Shultz” (sic), from a specific address in Florida. It’s unclear if the address listed is of an actual office of Schultz, a congresswoman and former head of the Democratic National Committee. In addition to misspelling Schultz, each package misspelled Florida as “Florids”. None of the identifying information was handwritten – it was all typed in black ink on white paper. The packages themselves were simplistic in appearance: plain tan- manila envelopes lined in bubble wrap. The IEDs were all similar in design and construction as well, consisting of six inches of “PVC pipe, a small clock, a battery, wiring, and energetic material”. Some of the packages included photographs of the targeted recipients with a red “X” over their faces, including those to Barack Obama and the Democratic mega-donor George Soros. |
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