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In reply to the discussion: 'Never in his life': Father of Tsarnaev's friend questions FBI slaying of son [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)32. The "if" is a clue--it's entirely speculation. However, the news reports in Boston have said that
the cops are going back and looking at non-victim DNA found at the scene.
Maybe the FBI already knew whose DNA it was, or maybe this guy knew that he'd been sloppy at the scene, or was led to believe the FBI had already run a DNA comparison-- we will find that out when the investigation into the shooting is complete, perhaps, but not before. I am pretty sure they fingerprint green card holders, I am not sure if Russia takes biometric data in order to issue a passport, but I think they might--it wouldn't be unreasonable for this guy to be led to believe that they got his DNA profile from them.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/05/22/fbi-boston-bombing-killed-orlando/2350065/
The confrontation occurred when Todashev was allegedly preparing to sign off on a statement that would have implicated him and Boston bombing suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in the Sept. 11, 2011, slayings in Waltham.
The bodies of Brendan Mess, 25, Raphael Teken, 37, and Erik Weissman, 31, were found in a Waltham apartment. The victims' throats had been cut and marijuana had been strewn around the scene, where investigators also recovered about $5,000.
The vicious attack, one official said, was apparently prompted by a drug-related dispute.
DNA from Todashev and Tamerlan Tsarnaev is being tested to see whether they were at the crime scene.
The bodies of Brendan Mess, 25, Raphael Teken, 37, and Erik Weissman, 31, were found in a Waltham apartment. The victims' throats had been cut and marijuana had been strewn around the scene, where investigators also recovered about $5,000.
The vicious attack, one official said, was apparently prompted by a drug-related dispute.
DNA from Todashev and Tamerlan Tsarnaev is being tested to see whether they were at the crime scene.
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'Never in his life': Father of Tsarnaev's friend questions FBI slaying of son [View all]
temmer
May 2013
OP
Yeah, those two officials are the same AP source officials--and they weren't in the room.
MADem
May 2013
#7
I think that a lot of his, and Tsarnaev's, money, came from drug running/dealing.
MADem
May 2013
#52
Yep! You'd think they would have been checking on that for the past twelve years...
MADem
May 2013
#66
why were all those officials in a private home "interviewing' a person for hours?
Sunlei
May 2013
#9
I do not like the idea of our authorities conducting 'off the books' type interviews.
Sunlei
May 2013
#18
The "if" is a clue--it's entirely speculation. However, the news reports in Boston have said that
MADem
May 2013
#32
Generally speaking, when one starts a sentence with a conditional phrase, we're not
MADem
May 2013
#36
Could have boxed as well; didn't the Tsarnaev he was friends with do that? (nt)
Posteritatis
May 2013
#57