Word: getaway
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...bombing; the witness who says he rented McVeigh the Ryder truck used in the bombing identified him without hesitation; the technical testimony has been pithy. There have also been some surprises--like the ignition key to the truck that was found near the spot where McVeigh allegedly stashed his getaway car. All the while, the prosecutors have created drama and pathos by interspersing testimony from victims of the bombing...
...April 16 a security camera near the Murrah building recorded a 1984 GMC truck driving by, and since Nichols owned a GMC truck of the same year, the government tried to use the video to corroborate its theory that he picked up McVeigh that night, after he parked his getaway car. But the defense easily popped this balloon, pointing out that dozens of people in the area might own such trucks. The FBI did not find McVeigh's fingerprints on the truck rental agreement, the ignition key or other pieces of evidence (although an expert testified that this...
...white-supremacist novel considered a classic by right-wing extremists, and McVeigh is said to have been obsessed with it. The book describes how members of a group known as the Organization blow up fbi headquarters in Washington. In the particular passage found in McVeigh's alleged getaway car, the narrator explains that the bombing was necessary to wake up America. The prosecution will use this item to demonstrate the motive and the purpose of the bombing...
Bruce pointed out that the commercial area is particularly attractive to vandals because of Mass. Ave.'s many getaway routes, the easy accessibility of its storefront windows and the constant street activity throughout...
...Sometimes last year it looked like the thieves could have been students, other times it was obvious it was someone who depended on having a getaway car," said Evans