DATE=7/14/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-235454
TITLE= BOMB SUSPECT (L)
BYLINE= JIM TEEPLE
DATELINE= MIAMI
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: ONE OF THE MOST WANTED FUGITIVES IN THE UNITED STATES,
ERIC ROBERT RUDOLPH, WHO AUTHORITIES SAY IS THE MAN BEHIND A
SERIES OF BOMBINGS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES OVER THE
PAST TWO YEARS, HAS BEEN SIGHTED IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
VOA'S JIM TEEPLE REPORTS AUTHORITIES HAVE CHARGED MR. RUDOLPH
WITH MURDER AND ALSO WANT TO QUESTION HIM ABOUT THE 1996 BOMBING
AT THE ATLANTA OLYMPIC GAMES.
TEXT: ERIC ROBERT RUDOLPH IS CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF AN OFF-
DUTY POLICEMAN WHO WAS KILLED WHEN A BOMB EXPLODED OUTSIDE AN
ABORTION CLINIC IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA ON JANUARY 29TH. HE IS
ALSO WANTED FOR QUESTIONING IN THREE OTHER BOMBINGS IN THE
ATLANTA, GEORGIA AREA, INCLUDING THE 1996 EXPLOSION AT THE
ATLANTA OLYMPICS WHICH LED TO THE DEATHS OF TWO OTHER PEOPLE.
AUTHORITIES SAY THEIR SUSPECT IS AN EXPERIENCED OUTDOORSMAN WHO
HAS BEEN LIVING IN THE ISOLATED MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NORTH
CAROLINA FOR NEARLY SIX MONTHS. THEY SAY HE EMERGED FROM THE
WOODS THIS PAST WEEKEND AND STOLE A TRUCK WHICH HE LATER
ABANDONED. HE ALSO REPORTEDLY STOLE A LARGE QUANTITY OF FOOD.
WOODY ENDERSON, WHO HEADS THE TASK FORCE LOOKING FOR MR. RUDOLPH,
SAYS AUTHORITIES BELIEVED ALL ALONG THAT THEIR SUSPECT RETURNED
TO THE WOODS NEAR WHERE HE GREW UP AFTER THE JANUARY BOMBING IN
BIRMINGHAM.
// ENDERSON ACTUALITY //
WE HAVE SAID ALL ALONG THAT WE HAD STRONG REASON TO
BELIEVE THAT ERIC RUDOLPH WAS IN THIS AREA, THAT HE HAD
NOT LEFT THIS AREA, THAT HE WAS ALIVE, THAT HE WAS
ACTING ALONE. WE STILL BELIEVE THAT AND THE SEARCH HAS
INTENSIFIED SIGNIFICANTLY. WE ARE BRINGING IN EXTRA
RESOURCES AND THERE WILL BE A SIGNIFICANTLY INTENSIFIED
SEARCH OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND WEEKS.
// END ACTUALITY //
AUTHORITIES SAY MR. RUDOLPH EMERGED FROM HIDING NEAR THE SMALL
TOWN OF ANDREWS, NORTH CAROLINA AND THEY HAVE RELEASED A NEW
SKETCH OF WHAT THEY BELIEVE HE LOOKS LIKE BASED ON EYEWITNESS
ACCOUNTS. THEY SAY THEY BELIEVE HE CAME OUT OF HIDING BECAUSE HE
WAS RUNNING OUT OF FOOD BUT THAT HE STOLE ENOUGH FOOD OVER THE
WEEKEND TO LAST SEVERAL MORE MONTHS. THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF
INVESTIGATION IS OFFERING A ONE-MILLION DOLLAR REWARD FOR
INFORMATION LEADING TO THE ARREST OF MR. RUDOLPH. WOODY ENDERSON
SAYS THE SUSPECT IS VERY DANGEROUS.
// 2ND ENDERSON ACTUALITY //
WE HAVE SAID THAT WE WILL APPROACH HIM AS IF HE IS ARMED
AND DANGEROUS. OBVIOUSLY HE IS CHARGED WITH A BOMBING
IN WHICH A POLICE OFFICER WAS MURDERED. WE HAVE REASON
TO BELIEVE HE HAS FIREARMS AND WE ARE APPROACHING IT
THAT WAY.
// END ACTUALITY //
AUTHORITIES SAY WHILE ERIC ROBERT RUDOLPH HAS ONLY BEEN CHARGED
IN ONE CASE, THERE IS SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE LINKING HIM TO THE
THREE ATLANTA BOMBINGS WHICH TOOK PLACE AT A FAMILY PLANNING
CLINIC, A GAY NIGHTCLUB AND THE CENTENNIAL OLYMPIC PARK. EACH OF
THE BOMBS INCLUDED NAILS AND HAD STEEL PLATES THAT SEEM TO MATCH
EACH OTHER AND WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM A METALWORKING
FACILITY NEAR MR. RUDOLPH'S NORTH CAROLINA HOME. (SIGNED)
NEB/JLT/PLM
14-Jul-98 5:03 PM EDT (2103 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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