Unabomber

Unabomber News History

Copyright 1994 Plain Dealer Publishing Co.

The Plain Dealer

December 12, 1994 Monday, FINAL / ALL

SECTION: NATIONAL; Pg. 4A

LENGTH: 144 words

HEADLINE: BOMBING MAY BE ONE OF SERIES

BYLINE: FROM WIRE REPORTS

DATELINE: NEWARK, N.J.

BODY:

Federal investigators yesterday said the killing of a top advertising executive Saturday may have been the latest in a long series of crimes by a deadly bomber who specializes in mailing lethal packages to his victims.

The bomber, code named UNABOM, has been held responsible for 14 previous attacks since 1978 that have resulted in 23 injuries and one other death. The code name reflects the fact that most of the bomber's early targets involved universities or airlines.

On Saturday morning, Thomas J. Mosser, 50, died at his home in North Caldwell, N.J., after opening a package that had been delivered on Friday by the Postal Service. A statement issued by the FBI's Newark field office yesterday said that the bomb that killed Mosser "appears to have been constructed and mailed by the same individual" involved in the other UNABOM cases.