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CASING THE MURRAH...
...prosecutors show that the destruction of the Murrah building followed logically from the workings of McVeigh's mind, they will have done part of their job, but a much more important task will remain--proving that he physically committed the crime. The government hopes to convince the jury of a basic narrative that runs like this: by the fall of 1994 McVeigh and Nichols had begun collecting the fertilizer and other materials necessary to make a large bomb. In December McVeigh and Fortier inspected the Murrah building, which McVeigh had chosen as the target. A few months later, on April...
...prosecutors will try to present evidence that supports this narrative at each of its crucial points. At present, however, they apparently have no plans to call any witnesses who will testify to seeing McVeigh at the Murrah building at the time of the bombing. While several people have made a statement to that effect, the FBI maintains that they are not reliable, according to sources close to the case. Not everyone agrees that these accounts should be dismissed, however (see box). One person insisted vehemently to TIME that he had never changed his story, contrary to what FBI sources...
Nichols owned a home in Herington, Kansas, about 20 miles south of Junction City. The prosecution contends that on April 16 McVeigh parked his Mercury in Oklahoma City and then Nichols drove him back to the Dreamland. Several people saw the car parked near the Murrah building before the bombing. Prosecutors will introduce a handwritten note McVeigh left on the car saying it had a bad battery, ensuring that no one would...
...wedding. He can describe McVeigh's visits to Kingman, Arizona, where Fortier lived and where McVeigh spent the weeks before the bombing. Most crucially, Fortier can say that on Dec. 15 and 16, 1994, he and McVeigh were in Oklahoma City, where they walked around inside the Murrah building (in which Christmas decorations adorned the day-care center). According to Fortier, McVeigh said this was the building he was going to bomb. Sources tell TIME that the government has proof that Fortier was not at the scene of the bombing, as some have theorized...