'Never in his life': Father of Tsarnaev's friend questions FBI slaying of son

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55. The source that ties it together for me is his wife.

Her English is pretty good, accented but fluent. Supposedly, Ibragim was in the US "to study English" so I imagine he had a command of the lingo.

She's estranged, but loudly proclaiming he is an innocent on the one hand, and then admitting he traveled from FL to MA around the time of the murders.

This is a guy who pays cash ($25K) for a knee operation and can afford to book a flight back home for himself, and for his wife, without blinking an eye or having a j-o-b that anyone seems to mention. I don't know a soul with that kind of scratch. This article says he worked in MA, but not in FL, doing odd jobs--that "driver" gig, a title Tamerlan Tsarnaev used as well (on his marriage license):

The elder Todashev said his son gave up martial arts because of an injury and later held a number of jobs, including as a driver at a retirement home, before moving to Florida within the last year. His father said his son had planned to come to Chechnya this week to visit his extended family, but was asked by the FBI to delay his trip.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2329629/Ibragim-Todashev-I-sent-death-Father-Chechen-immigrant-shot-dead-FBI-regrets-sending-U-S-fears-blamed-crimes-didnt-commit.html#ixzz2U9LRm7iC

I wonder if he was supporting his estranged wife in a generous fashion, too--I suppose that would motivate her to speak up for the guy. I also wonder where he was REALLY getting his money to live in that nice townhouse and drive that nice car--maybe there was a LOT of money in that apartment in Waltham on Sep 11, 2011, and only 5K was left behind?

He came in on a student visa and then played the "persecution" card to get asylum.