Ted Kaczynski, the 'Unabomber' who terrorized the United States, has died

2023-06-10T17:43:22.900Z

Highlights: "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski was found dead in a federal prison in North Carolina. He was serving a life sentence for a series of bomb attacks on scientists. He pleaded guilty to triggering 16 explosions that killed three people and injured 23 others. The cause of his death is unknown, the U.S. Bureau of Prisons says. He had been transferred to the federal prison's medical facility after spending two decades in a Supermax prison in Colorado for the attacks. The FBI is investigating the death.

He was serving a life sentence for causing 16 explosions that killed three people and injured 23.

Theodore "Ted" Kaczynski, better known as the "Unabomber," has died in federal prison, a spokesman for the U.S. Bureau of Prisons confirmed Saturday. He was 81.

Kaczynski was found dead around 8 a.m. in a federal prison in North Carolina. At the moment the cause of his death is unknown.

"Unabomber" had been transferred to the federal prison's medical facility in North Carolina, after spending two decades in a federal Supermax prison in Colorado for a series of bomb attacks on scientists.

Kaczynski was serving a life sentence without bail after his 1996 arrest in a rudimentary cabin where he lived in western Montana. He pleaded guilty to triggering 16 explosions that killed three people and injured 23 others in various parts of the country between 1978 and 1995.

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