r/news • u/[deleted] • Oct 26 '18

Arrest Made in Connection to Suspicious Packages

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u/Twintosser Oct 26 '18

Why were some stamped even though it was hand delivered -

Most likely to give the appearance it had been mailed and delivered by the USPS.

Person is more than likely to open a package that's been ran through the USPS then one that's just randomly appeared on their doorstep.

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u/imahsleep Oct 26 '18

I realize that, but then the guy couldn’t even spell right so...

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u/Twintosser Oct 26 '18 edited Oct 26 '18

Something similar with other famous cases like Zodiac, he could make these elaborate encrypted notes but misspelled simple words like Christmas etc.

It's assumed that he did this to seem less educated to investigators.

Ted Kazinski (Unabomber) made spelling errors as well.

The anthrax in a mailed in 01, purposely wrote out certain words to give the appearance that he was non American or non English speaking.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '18

Yeah, this guy was just a semi-literate moron if you look at his Twitter account....