Victim’s Family Seeks Unabomber Evidence

The widow and two sons of the last Unabomber victim said Saturday that they favor full disclosure of all evidence that would have been presented at Theodore Kaczynski’s trial - facts they say show a calculated plan.

“While we are relieved that the guilt phase of the trial process is over, it is unfortunate that most facts of the case never saw the light of day,” said Connie Murray, widow of Gilbert Murray.

She said that details disclosed in court when Kaczynski pleaded guilty were “only the tip of the iceberg.”

Kaczynski agreed to a plea bargain in which he pleaded guilty to 13 federal charges covering five Unabomber attacks in exchange for a sentence of life in prison without parole. He admitted his guilt in all 16 of the Unabomber’s attacks - an 18-year campaign that killed three people and injured 29.

Murray said her husband, an official with the California Forestry Association, was not on the list, but his predecessor, William Dennison, was.

It was Dennison’s name that was on a package that Murray opened. The package contained a nail bomb that exploded and killed Murray.

She said she and her sons - Wil, 20, and Gib, 18 - agreed to the plea bargain. “While his killer’s life continues, my husband and my sons’ father is gone forever. And nothing, including the death penalty, would bring Gil back,” Murray said.

The two sons, who are now in college, said they would like the government to release all evidence about the Unabomber crimes.

“I would love a full disclosure, all at once,” Wil Murray said. “I think the public needs to see it all.”