# Likely Suspects in Boston Marathon Bombing? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 17, 2013, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likely-suspects-in-boston-marathon-bombing/655946 "2013-04-17T16:40:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likely-suspects-in-boston-marathon-bombing/655946/61 "2013-04-18T16:22:29Z")
> [@Patch](#): > > I’m curious too. So far the police claim to have a suspect on video, but I’m not seeing any images released. > > On the good news front, [there’s been an arrest in the ricin letters case](http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/17/politics/tainted-letter-intercepted/index.html?hpt=hp_t1). Interestingly, the suspect, Paul Kevin Curtis, signed the letters, “I am KC and I approve this message,” which means he signed them using his initials. :smack: From what I’ve read, the guy thought he had discovered a black market for selling human body parts, and was upset that the authorities weren’t taking him seriously. So, he mailed poisinous letters to his senator, the president, and one or two other people. My guess is, the Boston Marathon Bomber’s motives won’t be much more rational than the ricin guy’s. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likely-suspects-in-boston-marathon-bombing/655946/62 "2013-04-18T16:34:52Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I have. I don’t know what other info they have regarding it. But I’m changing my vote. To what? ---
**Author:** ![Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e47c2d/32.png) [@Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hershele_Ostropoler)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likely-suspects-in-boston-marathon-bombing/655946/63 "2013-04-18T19:34:12Z")
Racist(s). Bombing black people. A lot of people complain about American marathon winners being from Africa, maybe someone decided to express the complaint a little more strongly. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likely-suspects-in-boston-marathon-bombing/655946/64 "2013-04-18T21:27:59Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > To what? I guess I’m reserving judgement more. If what I saw is _the_ pictures they are currently looking at it changes my perspective. However, it could be old information because it takes a while to be filtered down to this level. > [@Hershele\_Ostropoler](#): > > Racist(s). Bombing black people. A lot of people complain about American marathon winners being from Africa, maybe someone decided to express the complaint a little more strongly. Boy are they doing it wrong. The elite runners finished 2 hours earlier. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likely-suspects-in-boston-marathon-bombing/655946/65 "2013-04-18T21:39:28Z")
I think it’s just some amoral asshole who thinks the challenge of killing people and getting away with it is better than taking up a productive hobby. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likely-suspects-in-boston-marathon-bombing/655946/66 "2013-04-18T21:41:02Z")
FBI has released photos of suspects at [fbi.gov](http://fbi.gov) ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likely-suspects-in-boston-marathon-bombing/655946/67 "2013-04-18T21:42:27Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > FBI has released photos of suspects at [fbi.gov](http://fbi.gov) [http://www.fbi.gov/news/updates-on-investigation-into-multiple-explosions-in-boston/updates-on-investigation-into-multiple-explosions-in-boston](http://www.fbi.gov/news/updates-on-investigation-into-multiple-explosions-in-boston/updates-on-investigation-into-multiple-explosions-in-boston) ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likely-suspects-in-boston-marathon-bombing/655946/68 "2013-04-18T21:58:24Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > [http://www.fbi.gov/news/updates-on-investigation-into-multiple-explosions-in-boston/updates-on-investigation-into-multiple-explosions-in-boston](http://www.fbi.gov/news/updates-on-investigation-into-multiple-explosions-in-boston/updates-on-investigation-into-multiple-explosions-in-boston) Well, the guy in the white hat looks a lot like [this actor](https://www.google.com/search?q=michael+imperioli&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAGOovnz8BQMDgwoHsxCHfq6-QXZamaUSJ4hllJOWnKvFGRIWku-YXJJf5MDgPH_TrpupL_yC9YLMZAq-NJUcKZsAAExDbRlBAAAA&npsic=0&lei=qGZwUYLsAvjh4AOBkICwBg&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.45373924,d.dmg&biw=1058&bih=505&wrapid=tlif136632080006410&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi)… ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likely-suspects-in-boston-marathon-bombing/655946/69 "2013-04-18T21:59:09Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > [http://www.fbi.gov/news/updates-on-investigation-into-multiple-explosions-in-boston/updates-on-investigation-into-multiple-explosions-in-boston](http://www.fbi.gov/news/updates-on-investigation-into-multiple-explosions-in-boston/updates-on-investigation-into-multiple-explosions-in-boston) Yep, based on the remnants of the black bag, and photos/video of the location of the abandoned light-colored bag right before the blast, those are almost definitely [the two perpetrators in that video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=M80DXI932OE). My guess, they should be checking video of the likely Canadian border crossings for the same two guys. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likely-suspects-in-boston-marathon-bombing/655946/70 "2013-04-18T22:01:02Z")
Yes, those damn Canadians were my first guess. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likely-suspects-in-boston-marathon-bombing/655946/71 "2013-04-18T22:11:46Z")
I predict right wingers. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likely-suspects-in-boston-marathon-bombing/655946/72 "2013-04-18T23:09:56Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > [http://www.fbi.gov/news/updates-on-investigation-into-multiple-explosions-in-boston/updates-on-investigation-into-multiple-explosions-in-boston](http://www.fbi.gov/news/updates-on-investigation-into-multiple-explosions-in-boston/updates-on-investigation-into-multiple-explosions-in-boston) Man, the FBI’s “zoom in and enhance” gadgetry is no where near as good in real life as it is in every TV show. ---
**Author:** ![Brewah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/53a042/32.png) [@Brewah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brewah)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likely-suspects-in-boston-marathon-bombing/655946/73 "2013-04-18T23:25:42Z")
They look like college kids. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likely-suspects-in-boston-marathon-bombing/655946/74 "2013-04-18T23:43:39Z")
That’s what the Tea Party wants you to think. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likely-suspects-in-boston-marathon-bombing/655946/75 "2013-04-18T23:54:25Z")
> [@Brewah](#): > > They look like college kids. The younger one (white hat) looks about that, but I’d put the other guy (dark hat) in his late 20’s - early 30’s ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likely-suspects-in-boston-marathon-bombing/655946/76 "2013-04-18T23:57:26Z")
I’d hate to be the FBI/Law ENforcement when all the names/tips start coming in. Except--------------;that’s what they do and hope will happen. I predict these guys are found within three days. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likely-suspects-in-boston-marathon-bombing/655946/77 "2013-04-19T00:14:14Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Another domestic terrorist vote. > > White. > Loner. > Late 20s / early 30s. > Working, but for low pay in a thankless job. > > I wouldn’t blame the right wing. This guy may think he’s fighting for the right wing, but he’s simply a nut case. I’d add: Lives w/i 3 states of the bombing. Probably close enough to know (and get) Patriots Day off each year while people beyond NE (and maybe northern NY state) wouldn’t have even heard of it. My first impression wasn’t a tax protest but somebody trying to make a statement to Congress re: gun legislation. Maybe somebody who has only had their license a few years or who just bought an AR-15 and doesn’t want to give it up. Now, if only we had a Jack Reacher to check the local out-door ranges in NE with better enhanced glossies of their faces, I bet they’d stand out pretty quickly. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likely-suspects-in-boston-marathon-bombing/655946/78 "2013-04-19T00:43:01Z")
Not really a loner if he has a friend to help him set the bombs. Plus its kinda hard to tell, but I think White Hat is making a phone call in one of the images, and maybe texting in another. Which kinda suggests there were other conspirators. Though I guess it’s possible his mom just chose an inopportune time to call, I’m sure we’ve all been there (well, maybe not _exactly_ there). ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likely-suspects-in-boston-marathon-bombing/655946/79 "2013-04-19T01:28:47Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Man, the FBI’s “zoom in and enhance” gadgetry is no where near as good in real life as it is in every TV show. Yeah, the technology being used is from the Boston area tech firm [Salient Stills](http://www.salientstills.com/). They take multiple frames from a video, remove the motion, stacki the frames on top of each other and interpolate them together. Personally, I’m not a fan of the company. The basic software was developed by NASA to analyze the Challenger explosion, and should have been released to the public domain, as it was developed using tax dollars. Instead, this one company has an exclusive use of the IP, and they are selling the software _back_ to the public, via Police departments and the FBI. Very annoying. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likely-suspects-in-boston-marathon-bombing/655946/80 "2013-04-19T01:35:46Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Not really a loner if he has a friend to help him set the bombs. > > Plus its kinda hard to tell, but I think White Hat is making a phone call in one of the images, and maybe texting in another. Which kinda suggests there were other conspirators. Though I guess it’s possible his mom just chose an inopportune time to call, I’m sure we’ve all been there (well, maybe not _exactly_ there). Yes mom. I’m fine. No, we’re having a blast, really. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likely-suspects-in-boston-marathon-bombing/655946.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likely-suspects-in-boston-marathon-bombing/655946.md?page=5)