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Timothy Mcveigh Case

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Seeking revenge against the government, Timothy McVeigh knowingly, intentionally, willfully and maliciously carried out the deadliest act of domestic terrorism within the United States history. McVeigh, a Gulf War veteran, was seeking revenge against the federal government for its involvement in the 1993 Waco attack (Fox News, 2001). This attack ended in the casualty of 76 people exactly two years prior to the bombing, as well as for the 1992 Ruby Ridge incident (Fox News, 2001). McVeigh and Nichols planned a violent act against the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building and its occupants. McVeigh attempted to recruit others to assist in the act of violence. On September 22, 1994, McVeigh rented a storage unit in Herington, Kansas using the name …show more content…

McVeigh and Nichols stole explosives from a storage locker in Marion, Kansas on October 1, 1994. On October 3, 1994, McVeigh and Nichols transferred the stolen explosives to Kingman, Arizona. On October 4, 1994, McVeigh rented a storage unit in Kingman, Arizona for the stolen explosives. On October 16, 1994, Nichols registered at a motel in Salina, Kansas under the name of Terry Havens. On October 17, 1994, Nichols rented storage unit No. 40 in Council Grove, Kansas in the name of Joe Kyle. Under the name of Mike Havens on October 18, 1994, McVeigh and Nichols purchased forty fifty-pound bags of ammonium nitrate in McPherson, Kansas (Serrano, 1997). In October 1994, McVeigh and Nichols planned a robbery of a firearms dealer in Arkansas as a means to obtain money to help finance their planned act of violence. On November 5, 1994, McVeigh and Nichols stole firearms, ammunition, precious metals, United States' money, coins, and other property from a firearms dealer in Arkansas (Fox News, 2001). On about November 7, 1994, Nichols rented storage unit No. 37 in Council Grove, Kansas in the name Ted Parker and used the unit to conceal property stolen in the Arkansas

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