Yay cats! While evidence used to connect her to the bombs is amusing, the fact that Governor Abbott opened the package and was that close to what could have been a fatal attack is sobering. Keep prayers up for everyone in our crazy world. In this case. like so many others, mental health seems to be a factor. I’m sure we’ll learn more as this continues to unfold.
A Texas woman is accused of sending homemade bombs to President Barack Obama and Texas Governor Greg Abbott that prosecutors say could have maimed or killed the two leaders.
Court documents filed in district court in Houston last week show Julia Poff was indicted earlier this month on six counts for allegedly mailing the bombs in October 2016, including mailing injurious articles and transporting explosives with the intent to kill and injure.
Abbott opened the package but the device didn’t explode, according to the indictment, obtained by CBS affiliate KHOU. Had it detonated, it could have caused “severe burns and death,” the indictment says.
The package sent to Obama was intercepted in screening.
An obliterated shipping label on the package sent to Abbott led investigators to Poff’s address in Sealy, and a cat hair found under the shipping label of the package sent to Obama matched one of Poff’s cats, the indictment says. The device contained a cellphone, a cigarette package and a Ken’s salad dressing cap which were also linked to Poff, including by witnesses who said she had bought the salad dressing for an anniversary dinner, according to the indictment.
My Calico leaves too many clues. I’d leave a hair at the crime scene and they’d CSI and DNA me right to jail.
So much for security team for the Governor of Texas…his package wasn’t sorted, screened or looked at BEFORE he got his hands on it?…
posted 11/26 823pm Texas[Boom]Time