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On April 17, 2013, an envelope addressed to President of the United States Barack Obama preliminarily tested positive for ricin. [4] Both letters, which were mailed from Memphis, Tennessee, [5] included the phrases "No one wanted to listen to me before. There are still 'Missing Pieces.' Maybe I have your attention now even if that means someone ...
On April 16, 2013, an envelope that tested positive for ricin was intercepted at the US Capitol's off-site mail facility in Washington, D.C. According to reports, the envelope was addressed to the office of Senator Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi. [38] The next day, an envelope addressed to President Obama was tested positive for ricin. [39]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 February 2025. Assassination attempts and threats against the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama Obama's official portrait. Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, was involved in multiple security incidents, including several assassination threats and plots, starting from ...
It culminated in an April 2013 attempt kill Obama as well as Roger Wicker, a US Senator from Mississippi, and a local judge. Dutschke sent letters to the trio that were dusted with the poison ricin.
In April 2013, Curtis was arrested for allegedly sending threatening letters laced with ricin, a poisonous toxin, to Judge Sadie Holland, Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker and President Obama.
A letter addressed to the president that was intercepted before it reached the White House tested positive for the deadly poison ricin, officials said.
Shannon Guess Richardson (née Rogers; born August 31, 1977) [10] [3] is an American convicted felon and former actress. [10] She worked in television and film roles, including The Walking Dead, but is best known for sending ricin-laced letters to U.S. president Barack Obama and New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, while attempting to frame her husband.
Tests at Porton Down, the government's biological warfare laboratory, confirmed the substance was ricin, a poison for which there is no antidote.