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Missing Brown Student Misidentified as the Boston Bomber by Reddit Found Dead

USA Today is reporting the body of Sunil Tripathi was recovered from water off Indian Point Park in Rhode Island. Tripathi was the missing Brown University student mistakenly identified by amateur “detectives” on Reddit and other social media sites as linked to the Boston Marathon Bombings. According to USA Today, Health Department spokeswoman Dara Chadwick said Thursday he was identified through dental records. Crowdsourcing groups reported via Reddit that the [...]

Boston Bombing Suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev Was Questioned by FBI Two Years Ago

According to CBS News’ twitter feed, Tamerlan Tsarnaev was questioned by the FBI two years ago at the request of a foreign country over alleged extremist ties. They maintain that they found nothing derogatory about him and closed the file: FBI now acknowledges they interviewed Tsarnaev 2 years ago at the request of a foreign country about possible extremist ties — CBS News (@CBSNews) April 19, 2013 They maintain that [...]

At-large Boston Bombing Suspect Went Back to Life As Usual After Attack

As recently as Wednesday, Boston Bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was at UMass Dartmouth as authorities were desperately sifting through thousands of hours of footage searching for the faces of him and his recently deceased brother. According to the Boston Globe, “Tsarnaev had passed an apparently normal day at the school Wednesday, according to a UMass official, working out at the gym, then sleeping in his single-unit room at the Pine Dale [...]