Police may have Eric.

“eric rudolph...”

“Update: Associated Press reports that a Justice Department official has confirmed that Eric Rudolph, man charged in the 1996 Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta, has been arrested in North Carolina. More Details to Come
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (May 31) - Sheriff's deputies arrested a man in the western North Carolina mountains early Saturday believed to be Eric Rudolph, the fugitive charged with the 1996 Olympic Park bombing and in bomb attacks at a gay nightclub and an abortion clinic, the FBI said.

The man was digging in a trash bin in the small town of Murphy when he was stopped at about 4:30 a.m., said Special Agent John Iannarelli in Washington. He said the man appeared to be homeless, but the deputies believe he is Rudolph.

Authorities were doing fingerprint analysis on the man Saturday morning to determine if his prints matched Rudolph's, and they expected to have the results by afternoon, Iannarelli said.

A law enforcement source in North Carolina who has been tracking Rudolph for years said he had seen the man who was suspect arrested Saturday morning and he believes he is Rudolph.

``There's a number of things that have to be done ... confirmation of fingerprints, other things. We have a lot of work to do,'' the source said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Rudolph, a 36-year-old Army veteran and experienced outdoorsman, hasn't been seen since July 1998 after he allegedly stole supplies from a health store owner in North Carolina. His truck had been spotted there early that year.

Authorities spent years searching the rural mountains and caves of North Carolina for any trace of Rudolph. They ran across some camping sites believed to be his and found cartons of oatmeal and raisins, jars of peanuts and vitamins, and cans of tuna they said were the same brands Rudolph ate.

Rudolph is believed to adhere to Christian Identity, a white supremacist religion that is anti-gay, anti-Semitic and anti-foreigner. Some of the four bombs Rudolph was charged with planting included messages from the shadowy ``Army of God.''

Authorities believe that on July 27, 1996, Rudolph placed a bomb hidden in a knapsack in Atlanta's crowded Centennial Olympic Park during the summer Olympic games. The explosion at the crowded park killed one woman and injured 111 other people.

Rudolph was charged in 1998 with that bombing and three others - at a gay nightclub in Atlanta, an office building”

“Update: Associated Press reports that a Justice Department official has confirmed that Eric Rudolph, man charged in the 1996 Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta, has been arrested in North Carolina. More Details to Come
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (May 31) - Sheriff's deputies arrested a man in the western North Carolina mountains early Saturday believed to be Eric Rudolph, the fugitive charged with the 1996 Olympic Park bombing and in bomb attacks at a gay nightclub and an abortion clinic, the FBI said.

The man was digging in a trash bin in the small town of Murphy when he was stopped at about 4:30 a.m., said Special Agent John Iannarelli in Washington. He said the man appeared to be homeless, but the deputies believe he is Rudolph.

Authorities were doing fingerprint analysis on the man Saturday morning to determine if his prints matched Rudolph's, and they expected to have the results by afternoon, Iannarelli said.

A law enforcement source in North Carolina who has been tracking Rudolph for years said he had seen the man who was suspect arrested Saturday morning and he believes he is Rudolph.

``There's a number of things that have to be done ... confirmation of fingerprints, other things. We have a lot of work to do,'' the source said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Rudolph, a 36-year-old Army veteran and experienced outdoorsman, hasn't been seen since July 1998 after he allegedly stole supplies from a health store owner in North Carolina. His truck had been spotted there early that year.

Authorities spent years searching the rural mountains and caves of North Carolina for any trace of Rudolph. They ran across some camping sites believed to be his and found cartons of oatmeal and raisins, jars of peanuts and vitamins, and cans of tuna they said were the same brands Rudolph ate.

Rudolph is believed to adhere to Christian Identity, a white supremacist religion that is anti-gay, anti-Semitic and anti-foreigner. Some of the four bombs Rudolph was charged with planting included messages from the shadowy ``Army of God.''

Authorities believe that on July 27, 1996, Rudolph placed a bomb hidden in a knapsack in Atlanta's crowded Centennial Olympic Park during the summer Olympic games. The explosion at the crowded park killed one woman and injured 111 other people.

Rudolph was charged in 1998 with that bombing and three others - at a gay nightclub in Atlanta, an office building north of Atlanta and an abortion clinic in Birmingham, Ala., where a police officer was killed.

In all, the bombings killed two and wounded more than 150 people, according to the FBI.

Rudolph eluded a massive manhunt and remains on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list. The FBI also had offered a $1 million reward for his capture.

Pockets of western North Carolina have had a reputation as a haven for right-wing extremists. Some there mocked the government's inability to find Rudolph with bloodhounds, infrared-equipped helicopters and space-age motion detectors - and some said they would hide him if asked.”

“So... he wasn't dead like someone told me. LOL Well, at least he'll stand trial now and either be convicted or cleared.”

“Yep it's him!

Authorities should give what's his face (the security guard who was originally accused and had his life turned upside down and inside out) first dibs at punching his lights out.”

“Yeehaw! Bout damn time. Send to prison all those who sheltered him, too! How backwoods is this town/place where he was found?”

“Richard Jewel, I believe, was his name. He should also get a shot at the FBI agents who ignored evidence that he had NOT done it.”

“Army Of God?

Must be some of those "Shiite Christians" to whom murder is not necessarily a crime.

Please understand that I mean no offense to real Christians and Muslims.”

“I guess I won't be seeing any new "Eric Rudolph was here" graffiti in the shelters then.”

“Don't kill him!

Oh no... let him stew in solitary confinement for 50+ years getting a little crazier every day.

I think McVeigh got off easy. What they should've done is lock him down in solitary with a continuous loop of home movies of the children he murdered.

Just my 2¢.”

“You're a cruel man, Tilt. I like that!”

“Tilt, good idea, but it would probably violate the constitutional provision barring cruel and inhuman punishment, LOL.”

“If found guilty put him away forever, a trivial excuse for a man.

Don't give him the "honor" of being a martyr for his loony "cause".”

“YES... that too.”

“I agree, I felt terrible about the guard Jewel. Right away I had a bad feeling that they had the wrong guy and the media went nuts crucifying this guy with evidence "leaked" by the FBI. When they leaked the items found in his garage that was evidence of terroristic intent, the stuff sounded just like what is in my garage.”

“That wasn't the office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia's finest hour.”

“When I first saw this thread I was thinking Eric Cartman.”

“LMAO”

“He's just big boned!

And his mother is NOT on the cover of Crack Whore Magazine!”

“If only more Republicans were like him.

And more Democrat's were like Alaska.”

“Anyone notice he looks just like Ben Affleck in his latest pics?”

“Has anyone seen Ben Affleck since Rudolph was arrested? LOL”

“About time.

He could write an ultra-lite backpacking guide....minus the part where he's looking for food in a dumpster.”

“Of all the newsstories I heard yesterday, NONE even mentioned Richard Jewel the security guard who was first accused and subsequently had his life turned upside down and inside out. Nothing! Nada! Zilch!”

“He's all over the news this morning. His life is still screwed up because of Rudolph. His life may never be the way it was before.”

“How backwoods is this town/place where he was found?"
lizs
10:05:54 AM
05/31/03

backwoods enough to hire a policeman who was willing to go the extra step and check the guy out instead of just running him off the property.”

“Ok..this may sound like a dumb question but in the Asheville Citizen Times today someone from Black Dome Outdoors, one of the outfitters in town...was qouted saying that it wasnt' unusual for hikers to go dumpster diving. He said that when a hiker finds a place that they don't want to leave they look for food in dumpsters when they can't afford to go to the store. IS THE NORM? I thought his comment really reflected badly on hikers.”

“I've heard of that happening from several hikers, none of whom would 'fess up to doing it themselves.”

“Its perdy backwoodsy in Murphy. I was there once on a mineral collecting field trip, it's on the extreme southwestern end of NC. That area is famous for its minerals and rocks, the Murphy Marble Belt runs under the town where fine marble slabs have been mined for generations. The news says there are caves where he may have hid...there ain't no "caves" in that area, it's all igneous and metamorphic "hardrock", it's all mines, and the hillsides are honeycombed with them everywhere. And the thick rhododendron hillsides make getting around offtrail almost impossible. No wonder he could hide out and get away with it for so long.

...and imo there ain't nothing wrong with dumpster diving.”

“Sounds like good moonshine areas too.”

“oh yeah..we got moon shine in those parts ;)”