Three bombs found in morgue building [ongoing sweep of building]

The Commercial Appeal ^ | Wednesday, March 13, 2002 | Yolanda Jones

[willieroe]

A janitor found three explosive devices late Wednesday morning at the Regional Forensic Center building at 1060 Madison.

The devices — a primary device and two secondary devices — were found in a stairwell about 10 a.m.

Officials said the devices were not a "hoax."

The devices were in an aluminum pan. The janitor initially thought someone had left his food in the stairwell.

The police Bomb Squad was called to the building. Employees were evacuated, and Madison Avenue and the Interstate 240 Madison exit ramp was blocked to traffic.

Also on the scene were units from the Fire Department and federal ATF agents.

A bomb-sniffing dog had begun scanning the building about noon.

[willieroe]

What would be in the Forensic Center in Memphis, that someone would want destroyed? Autopsy results?

[beernut]

quot,quot,quot,quot,quot,quot!!!!!

[Inge_CAV]

FYI!

[GailA]

Yep, just heard it on the radio.

[Shermy]

What would be in the Forensic Center in Memphis, that someone would want destroyed? Autopsy results?

Good catch! Katherine Smith's results? The bioscientist who "fell" from the Memphis bridge? Others? Time to post my template on the Tenn. License Scandals (Haven't had an opportunity in the past few days)

Feb. 7

Six Charged in Tenn. License Plot [Courtesy of the Tennessee DemocRAT Party]

Feb. 8 (for comedic relief)

Dri ver license fraud case here is a rare incident, state says

Feb. 11

WOMAN ARRESTED FOR AIDING ARABS IN DRIVER'S LICENSE SCAM PRESUMED DEAD

Tennessee finds a cost to easing driver's license rules Some other states, airlines no longer accept (Boston Globe)

Feb. 12

Feds fear license examiner is dead - Memphis Woman's co-defendants tied to 9/11, judge told

Feb. 13:

Body in car identified as license examiner - Update on Memphis, Tennesse License Examiner

Feb. 14

TENN DRIVER LICENSE SCANDAL: FLAMING DEATH NO ACCIDENT, FBI SAYS

TENN DRIVER LICENSE SCANDAL: FLAMING DEATH NO ACCIDENT, FBI SAYS (II)

Flaming death no accident, FBI says - Gasoline found on clothes of license examiner

Feb. 15

New York Times (with Pics of car) F.B.I. Says Arson Killed Woman Accused in License Scheme

Sm ith led low-impact life until arrest, fiery end (Not a thread)

Images of the burned car owned by Katherine Smith * alternate title: How Arabs Kill Witnesses

FBI Agent: Arson Killed Key Suspect (driver's license examiner accused of supplying terrorists)

Feb.16

License suspect had WTC repair pass, but Port Authority did its own work [Tennessee License Scandal]

TE NN DRIVER LICENSE SCANDAL: FLAMING DEATH NO ACCIDENT, FBI SAYS

***FBI checking 5 in illegal-license cases for possible al-Qaida links

Feb. 18:

Mourners remember the good deeds of license examiner, not how she died

Feb. 20

State Immigrant I.D. Llicense for Disaster, Foes Say [Tennessee License Scandal - Business as Usual]

Terror in Tennessee? (Front Page magazine)

Feb. 22

Terroris m expert [Steven Emerson] monitors the Mid-South (WMC-TV Memphis 2/23)

Feb. 24:

Caution: Driver license rule-makers at work

Feb. 28

5 men with Mideast ties indicted in license scam

March 6

Patrol says examiner's death not due to crash (+ witness accounts)

March 8

Editorial 3/8: Driver licensing process needs review

*TN License Scandals

Pics of License Scam suspects

Color Pics of Suspects

Other Stories

I-70 Traffic Stop Turns Up $300K In Cash, Undocumented Jordanian (Al Qaida Operative?) [2/22 Utah]

Licenses for undocumented aliens steer legislators both ways - Driving: INS official says passage of bill would make deportation more difficult; proponents say it would give sense of identity (Kansas 2/20)

Immigrant Licenses Debated ( ILLEGAL ALIENS... AGAIN )[Kansas 2/20]

***Grass roots, politicians differ on immigration (2/14 plus Grover Norquist Barf Alert)

FBI investigating ‘‘mass destruction’’ inquiry (2/21 Somali asks U. of Memphis professor for weapons advice

GAO Report Finds “Pervasive and Serious Problem”” with Immigration Benefit Fraud Terrorists and Drug Dealers Manipulating Benefits Application Process To Carry Out Criminal Activities

Man on FBI watch list spotted (2/23 Iraqi, with Saddam Connections, in truck with OK lic. Plates, Picking up chemicals in Michigan. Egads!) Santa Paula Mayor's Wife Target of Probe (Calif. -Selling Drivers Licenses to Illegals)

Phony IDs, Real Danger (CBS 2/26)

NJ Man Charged in Bogus ID Ring Linked to 9/11 Hijackers Driver's Licenses To Be Easier For Foreigners (New Mex. 2/28) Nationwide Alert Focuses On Arkansas Document Centers On Fake Ids (3/7)

Man accused of carrying false ID ordered held without bail (Indiana, Pakistan, Guinea 3/13

Jersey City Egyptian Arrested with Fake ID 3/13

And don’t forget the stories about the Doctor who “fell” off a Memphis bridge!

[concerned about politics]

Good job. I don't think anyone went through all that trouble to kill people that are already dead. They need to destroy evidence of some sort.
Look for a presidential stain on the stairs!

[GailA]

Hubby just said the same thing....to destroy Smith's reports! I don't even remember if she has been buried yet.

[Inge_CAV]

BUMP!

[Shermy]

Stairway is interesting. Probably left there because plan collapsed, or left there for another to plant. Or someone sending a "message" to the coroner. Veddy interesting. Many possibilities. Memphis is sure a hot place these days.

[Inge_CAV]

"Hubby just said the same thing....to destroy Smith's reports! I don't even remember if she has been buried yet."

I think her funeral has already been held.

[oyez]

The Forensic Center has a long and dubious history.

[oyez]

The Forensic Center has a long and dubious history.

[oyez]

And don’t forget the stories about the Doctor who “fell” off a Memphis bridge!

It should be: And don’t forget the stories about the Doctor who “flew” off a Memphis bridge!

[NorseWood]

Were the bombs dead too?

[null and void]

bump in the night...

[Shermy]

Here's a link to the - The Regional Forensic Center

It's part of the Dept. of Pathology at the "University of Tennessee Medical Center." Here's the text:

"In contrast to the hospital autopsy, the forensic or medicolegal autopsy does not require the permission of the next of kin. The forensic autopsy may be ordered by the county medical examiner or the district attorney general. Tennessee law requires the following deaths be reported to the county medical examiner:

Violent

Casualty

Suicide

Suddenly when in apparent health

Found dead

In prison

Suspicious, unusual, or unnatural

Cremation

For those deaths, the medical examiner makes inquiries regarding the cause and manner of death. If the medical examiner thinks that an autopsy is necessary to complete the investigation, then he (she) has the power to order an autopsy to be performed by a pathologist. Pathologists who have undergone additional training to specialize in doing medicolegal autopsies are called forensic pathologists.

In Knox County, all medicolegal autopsies are performed by a pathologist in the Department of Pathology at the Regional Forensic Center located at the University of Tennessee Medical Center.

The Regional Forensic Center is located in newly constructed, state-of-the-art facilities completed in 1999. The Forensic Center is under the direction of Sandra Elkins, M.D., who is not only a board-certified forensic pathologist, but also holds the appointment of Knox County medical examiner.

[zog]

---hmmm, preliminary analysis. If the morgue is a primary target, ie, something there needed to be destroyed, I would say someone needs to try and obfuscate the actual murder method with the lady license-seller. Secondary guess is that it was intended as a general symbolic scare to help insure others who have gone undetected' silence.

Tertiary, upon reflection I would think it's both. There is probably an exotic drug or chemical inside the lady's body, that hasn't been discovered yet but because of it's nature will serve as a too-good 'fingerprint" leading to the perps. I mean beyond some gasoline. And my second I take as a gimmee, I seriously doubt she acted in a vacuum. and the other low level perps like her are being clearly warned off. They are either getting bumped off like the biochemist guys and she has been, or warned off, to not reveal so much as a syllable no matter what. The only thing surprising is that this particular bomb didn't go off, and it's placement, either amateur or to give the illusion of amateur.

Of course to be fair, it can be just another in an endless series of coincidences, that there are totally unrelated issues here that we aren't seeing, like someone is duking someone else's old lady or something, who knows?

[Victoria Delsoul]

Thanks for the links! Good job.

[OnAMission]

Probably planted by the official Al-Queda Marine Corpse.