Texas woman admits addressing bombs to Obama, Texas governor

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Updated 8:18 pm CDT, Monday, July 1, 2019

HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston-area woman had admitted that she addressed package bombs to former president Barack Obama, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the Social Security Administration.

Julia Ann Poff pleaded guilty in a Houston federal court Monday to transporting explosives with intent to kill, injure or intimidate. Although the plea related directly to the package she addressed to Obama in October 2016, prosecutors say the 47-year-old Brookshire woman's plea deal also acknowledges mailing similar packages to Abbott and the Social Security Administration.

All of the packages contained improvised booby traps that postal authorities intercepted and rendered harmless with no injuries.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/texas/article/Texas-woman-admits-addressing-bombs-to-Obama-14065366.php

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[RandiFan1290]

1. Texas woman strikes again. nt

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2. " ... traced back to her through cat hair stuck on the box's packaging"

From https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Brookshire-woman-pleads-to-mailing-explosive-to-14064971.php

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A Brookshire woman pleaded guilty Monday to mailing then President Barack Obama a homemade explosive, which was traced back to her through cat hair stuck on the box’s packaging.

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3. I can't wait until this case shows up on Forensic Files!

In 1994, on Canada's Prince Edward Island, the body of Douglas Beamish's estranged wife, Shirley Duguay, was discovered. Authorities linked 20 cat hairs found on her jacket to a cat owned by Beamish's parents, with whom he lived. Scientists estimated that chances that the hairs came from another feline were one in 50 million.