Paul Kevin Curtis, 45, is charged with
threatening President Barack Obama and others, according to a Thursday
news release from the US department of justice. (AFP)
The Associated Press, Mississippi -
A man charged with sending ricin-laced letters to the president and
other officials was described Thursday as a good father, a quiet
neighbor and an entertainer who impersonated Elvis at parties. Other
accounts show a man who spiraled into emotional turmoil trying to get
attention for his claims of uncovering a conspiracy to sell body parts
on the black market.
Paul Kevin Curtis, 45, wrote numerous Web posts over the past several
years describing the event that he said “changed my life forever”: the
chance discovery of body parts and organs wrapped in plastic in small
refrigerator at a hospital where he worked as a janitor more than a
decade ago.
He tried to talk to officials and get the word out online, but he
thought he was being railroaded by the government. Authorities say the
efforts culminated in letters sent to President Barack Obama, a U.S.
senator and a judge in Mississippi. “Maybe I have your attention now
even if that means someone must die,” the letters read, according to an
FBI affidavit.
“He is bipolar, and the only thing I can say is he wasn’t on his
medicine,” his ex-wife, Laura Curtis, told The Associated Press.
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