Unabomber possessions to be sold at auction
Published August 13th, 2006
Judge Garland Burrell of the U.S. District Court in Sacramento issued the order on Thursday, directing the U.S. Marshals Service to arrange to sell the mail bomber’s property through an online auction.
Proceeds from the sale would go towards a $15 million restitution order to pay victims and their families. The auctioneer would get no more than 10 percent of the proceeds to cover its costs.
The date and company that will handle the auction will be determined later.
Thel judge ruled that the books, tools, clothing and checkbooks found at his Montana cabin ten years ago can be sold in an Internet auction.
The auction won’t include about a hundred items the government considers bomb-making materials, like writings with diagrams and bomb recipes.
The 64-year-old is serving a life sentence with no possibility of parole for nearly two decades of bomb attacks.
