Amazing Resemblance of Jose Padilla and the OKC John Doe

Freepers | 11 June 02 | TankerKC

[Small business person from CA]

Nichols first wife is purportedly Filippina and Nichols traveled back to the Phlippines after their split to get another wife.

See: Terry Nichols's Filipino Connection

[TankerKC]

Really, it could be anyone...

Point taken.

[Mitchell]

If I remember correctly, Nichols' wife was Malasian, or, at least, East Asian.

Nichols' second (current) wife, Marife Torres, is a Filipina. But I've seen nothing to indicate that his first wife, Lana Padilla, isn't American by birth. Have you seen an article mentioning Lana Padilla's background?

Nichols married Lana Padilla in 1981. She had two sons by a previous marriage (apparently to a man named Osentoski -- see this Denver Post article).

I gather that Padilla is her maiden name, which she probably reverted to after her divorce (or possibly she kept her own name when she married). I have no idea whether Jose Padilla is related to her. Padilla is actually quite a common last name; it's only on top of the possible similarity between John Doe #2 and Jose Padilla that the last names suggest anything. It may simply be a coincidence.

[Mitchell]

Thanks for the ping, also for that snip of information about Nichol's ex-wife. Yes, it does make one wonder. Personally, I find that there is a strong resemblance between the two pics.

I too find a strong resemblance, but it's very hard to judge the truth of the matter.

As for Lana Padilla, note that she's not just an ex-wife from his past. Nichols maintained an amicable relationship with her (and he stayed involved with his son by her). In fact, in 1994, before the Oklahoma City bombing, Nichols went to the Philippines to be with his new wife and baby, Nichols left some things with Padilla -- a package containing a letter for Timothy McVeigh, the location of $20,000 in cash that he'd hidden in Padilla's home, etc. The story is slighly complicated; see this link, for instance [this is well documented in the media, this is just the first link to it I found in a fast search of the web].

On the other hand, Padilla is a common name, and there is really no evidence at all that Jose Padilla and Lana Padilla are related.

[iowamomforfreedom]

Lana Padilla was married three times. The first was named Osentoski, Nichols was her second husband, and the third was named Leonard Padilla. I haven't seen anything to indicate Lana was not American.

[Mitchell]

Lana Padilla was married three times. The first was named Osentoski, Nichols was her second husband, and the third was named Leonard Padilla. I haven't seen anything to indicate Lana was not American.

Thanks for the information. I didn't know that she had married a third time, which is why I surmised that Padilla was her maiden name.

Where did you find this -- is there an article on her on-line? And have you seen anything about her third husband? (If there is anything to the "Padilla" connection with the "dirty bomber," it would have to be via this Leonard Padilla. This hypothetical connection based on the Padilla name is seeming increasingly unlikely.)

[Mitchell]

Here is a link to a June 19, 1995, Las Vegas Review-Journal article which says: "She married Federal Aviation Administration worker Leonard Padilla in 1991. The couple is awaiting a divorce." (The divorce has probably been finalized by now, I would think.)

[iowamomforfreedom]

I found it on another thread. I'll see if I can find it and post a link.

[iowamomforfreedom]

It was on this thread:Question About the OKC Bombing and the Latest Al Queda Guy

It was discussed on posts 112 and 115.

Hope the link works. I don't really "do" html. ;-)

[Mitchell]

Thanks for the link. Your HTML worked just fine :-).

[BJungNan]

Well, for certain they each have two eyebrows, two eyes, two ears, one chin, nose and mouth. On these points they appear the same.

[ladyinred]

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