2003 ricin letters
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The 2003 ricin letters were two ricin-laden letters found on two occasions between October and November 2003. One letter was mailed to the White House and intercepted at a processing facility; another was discovered with no address in South Carolina. A February 2004 ricin incident at the Dirksen Senate Office Building was initially connected to the 2003 letters as well.
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Location | Greenville, South Carolina Washington, D.C. |
Date | October 15, 2003 November 6, 2003 February 2, 2004 |
Target | U.S. Department of Transportation, The White House |
Attack type | Bioterrorism, Chemical attack, attempted poisoning |
Weapons | Ricin |
Deaths | 0 |
Injured | 0 |
Perpetrator | Unknown |
Motive | Retaliation for federal trucking regulations |
The letters were sent by an individual who referred to themselves as "Fallen Angel". The sender, who claimed to own a trucking company, expressed anger over changes in federal trucking regulations. As of 2008, no connection between the Fallen Angel letters and the Dirksen building incident has been established. A $100,000 reward was offered in 2004 by the federal law enforcement agencies investigating the case, but to date the reward remains unclaimed.