The Guardian reports the Federal Bureau of Investigation traced Aussie teenager collar bomb suspect Paul Douglas Peters, 50, to suburban Louisville, Ky.. Peters was captured at his ex-wife's house by a joint task force consisting of an FBI Swat team and Australian police. Authorities were able to trace him due to an email address he'd left on the ransom note on the collar bomb - a bomb that turned out to be fake. Article source: Aussie teen collar bomb suspect nabbed by FBI
Connected: Victim's dad and Peters
A father of three kids, Paul Peters, was ordered by a U.S. Judge on Tues, 8-16-11, to be held until he could be extradited to Australia. Oct 14th he could have a hearing in that country. Peters has ties to his victim's father. Peters is an investment banker and attorney. The victim, Madeleine Pulver's father, William Pulver is an executive for an internet company in Australia. According to court documents, Peters entered the Pulver family home at 2:15 p.m. on Aug. 3 with his face concealed by a balaclava-style ski mask. Peters is alleged to have threatened Ms. Pulver with a baseball bat after going into her bedroom. Peters attached a collar to Madeleine's neck and told her it was a bomb. He told her to count to 200. It turned out that there really were no explosives in the collar. He had attached a ransom note that he had hand-written and a flash drive to the collar. An email address lead to Paul Peter's arrest as well as part of this note:
“Powerful new technology plastic explosives are located inside the small black combination case delivered to you. The case is booby trapped. It can ONLY be opened safely, if you follow the instructions and comply with its terms and conditions. ... You will be provided with detailed Remittance Instructions to transfer a Defined Sum once you acknowledge and confirm receipt of this message.”
In total, the collar bomb scare lasted for 10-plus grueling hours. The well-off neighborhood in Sydney where the Pulver's lived had to be evacuated, just to be cautious. After the Australian bomb squad performed an exhaustive examination of the system, it was determined to be safe and was removed from Madeleine Pulver's throat.
Signed, Dirk Struan
James Clavell wrote a novel in 1966 called "Tai-Pan." The main character in this novel was Dirk Struan. The ransom note found on Madeleine's throat was signed by Dick Struan. The email address that was given to the Pulver's to use to correspond with the perpetrator was a Gmail address that authorities were able to track. The email address was traced by authorities and showed to be created at an IP address at an airport in Chicago. Further IP investigation traced access to a computer at the Kincumber Library in Gosford, New South Wales, as well as an Avoca video store nearby.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation swoops in
Neighbors of Paul Peter's x-wife reports the Federal Bureau of Investigation stormed in "heavy and hard" to the next door neighbor's house. No shots were fired.
"We had guys with machine guns in our back yard," said the neighbor.
The FBI in Kentucky apprehends Peters http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ognlmo-q20Q
Articles cited
Christian Science Monitor: http://bit.ly/qEdy6t Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/16/australia-collar-bomb-suspec... MSNBC: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44151716/ns/world_news-asia_pacific/
