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Forensic sketch of the Unabomber, commissioned by the FBI, drawn by Jeanne Boylan. Released by the FBI in 1987.

Four Unabomber victims, families get auction proceeds

Forensic sketch of the Unabomber, commissioned by the FBI, drawn by Jeanne Boylan. Released by the FBI in 1987.
Forensic sketch of the Unabomber, commissioned by the FBI, drawn by Jeanne Boylan. Released by the FBI in 1987.

LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Four victims of Theodore Kaczynski and their families will receive proceeds from an auction of the notorious Unabomber’s personal items, California officials said Monday.

Photos, clothing, books, birth certificates and drivers licenses that belonged to the former math professor, who was sentenced to life in prison in May 1998 for killing three people and wounding 29 others in parcel-bomb attacks, were sold in an Internet auction between May 18 and June 2.

The profits of the sale amounted to a little over $230,000. The original version of Kaczynski’s manuscript and typed “Unabomber Manifesto” was the most sought-after item. It sold for $40,676.

Judge Garland Burrell ordered that four of Kaczynski’s victims and their families be given the funds.

The largest portion of the profits will go to the widows of two men killed by the Unabomber’s attacks. Susan Mosser will get just over $185,000 for the death of her husband, who was killed by a mail bomb. Connie Murray will receive a little less than $34,000 for the death her husband, who was killed by a bomb that went off in his office.

In total, Theodore Kaczynski was ordered to pay $15 million in damages and interest to his victims, of which only a very small amount has been paid.

“The US Marshals Service has been given a unique opportunity to help the victims of Theodore Kaczynskis horrific crimes,” US Marshal Albert Najera of the Eastern District of California said in May about the auction.