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| Summary: | The top suspect in the 2001 anthrax attacks was obsessed with a sorority that sat less than 100 yards away from a New Jersey mailbox where the toxin-laced letters were sent. Multiple U.S. officials told The Associated Press that former Army scientist Bruce Ivins was long obsessed with the sorority Kappa Kappa Gamma |
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| Story No: | 779444 |
| Source: | APTN |
| Aspect Ratio: | 4:3 |
| Date: | 08/04/2008 01:00 PM |
| People: | Bruce Edwards Ivins |
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HEADLINE: Officials: Anthrax suspect obsessed with sorority
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CAPTION: The top suspect in the 2001 anthrax attacks was obsessed with a sorority that sat less than 100 yards away from a New Jersey mailbox where the toxin-laced letters were sent. Multiple U.S. officials told The Associated Press that former Army scientist Bruce Ivins was long obsessed with the sorority Kappa Kappa Gamma. (Aug. 4)
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Another bizarre twist in the 2001 anthrax attacks.
The top suspect in those attacks was said to be --- obsessed with *this* sorority --- Kappa Kappa Gamma. [Notes:show hallway..building sign]
The Princeton chapter of the sisterhood --is located here-----just a 100 yards away from this New Jersey mailbox --where toxin laced letters were dropped off... [Notes:show building --and then graphic to mailbox]
Multiple U.S. officials tell The AP -- that former Army scientist Bruce Ivins ---had a decades-long interest in the sorority since his own days in college... [Notes:file photos]
And now---investigators say ---it's becoming clear WHY anthrax was mailed from Princeton in 2001-----an issue that has been--- one of the biggest mysteries surrounding the case.... [Notes:show letter]
Still, authorities acknowledge they cannot place Ivins in Princeton the day the anthrax was mailed. [Notes:file photos]
So what is the connection between the army scientist and Kappa Kappa Gamma? [Notes:kappa kappa gamma logo]
Government officials say---one possible motive ----- Ivins was apparently rebuffed by a woman in the sorority when he was in college. [Notes:photo of ivins--split screen with other woman (darked out)]
Ivins --who was 62, killed himself last week as the Justice Department prepared to indict him on capital murder charges for the deaths of five people poisoned by the anthrax in the weeks following NINE-ELEVEN.
His attorney maintains Ivins would have been proven innocent were he still alive.
| Subjects: | College sororities , Bioterrorism , Collegiate organizations , Social groups and organizations , Social affairs , Collegiate organizations , Higher education , Education , Terrorism , War and unrest , General news |
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| People: | Bruce Edwards Ivins |
| Locations: | Beni , Nord Kivu , Congo |
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