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Re:Physical location of live stream found using flights patt... by tunap on Sunday March 12, 2017 @04:04PM (#13852738)
"Mob Rule" is terrifying. It seems many people are willing to embrace a good witch hunt... for a good cause, of course. I'm sure Sunil[falsely accused Boston Bomber] would agree, you know, if he wasn't dead.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunil_Tripathi

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Re:Physical location of live stream found using flights patt... by quannah on Sunday March 12, 2017 @06:50PM (#13853682)
It's kind of relevant, for anyone not familiar with with the details, that his death (likely suicide) had nothing to do with the witch hunt.
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Re:Physical location of live stream found using flights patt... by tunap on Sunday March 12, 2017 @10:31PM (#13854810)
I do not know what his state of mind was before his name & picture were splashed across every media outlet in the world, but I would presume that stress had an affect.
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Re:Physical location of live stream found using flights patt... by rhcom2 on Monday March 13, 2017 @05:57PM (#13862834)
He went missing before the bombing.

> Tripathi had been missing for a month prior to the April 15, 2013 bombings.

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Re:Physical location of live stream found using flights patt... by tunap on Monday March 13, 2017 @07:53PM (#13863706)
I noted the downvotes and went investigating.

"[His] body was found... April 23, 2013."

He was identified by dental records, so body was decomposed &/or carrion, is there any information that suggests he was dead prior to 4/15?

So the two middle eastern fellas in running attire w/ backpacks didn`t turn out to be Tripathi, as I assumed. I am assuming again, but I bet they felt some consternation at being accused. Wasn`t another person falsely identified, as well? My point stands.

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Re:Physical location of live stream found using flights patt... by aaron695 on Monday March 13, 2017 @02:28AM (#13855658)
His suicide was before the bombings/witchhunt even happened.
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Re:Physical location of live stream found using flights patt... by tunap on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @05:43PM (#13880092)
For my edification, could you point me to pertinent forensics that determined he was dead prior to the bombing? I have not located any postmortem details.
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