Suspect Missing in Evolution Death-Threat Case

[Ian David]

Suspect Missing in Evolution Death-Threat Case
Kristen Philipkoski Email 07.20.07 | 2:00 AM

An anti-evolutionary Christian extremist suspected of sending threatening letters to biology professors at the University of Colorado has gone on the lam, according to a staff member familiar with a police investigation into the matter.

Police at the University of Colorado say they know the identity of the individual who sent threatening letters to several biology professors who taught evolution. However, the police won't name the individual until they make an arrest, said detective lieutenant commander John Kish.

Staff at the biology department have been issued a picture of Michael Korn, a messianic Jew, who has said he is the "messenger of God" and runs a website called JesusOverIsrael.

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In the last year, a series of threatening letters and e-mails -- the most recent referring to "killing the enemies of Christian society" -- were sent to several professors at the biology department in Boulder. (Read more on the developing story in the Wired Science blog.)

More:
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/07/colorado_threats

[hobbit709]

1. Don't you just love religious fanatics?

a so-called Christian calling for killing. The irony of that position and they just don't get it.

[Ian David]

2. This looks like some serious shit

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At first, professors considered the letters a nuisance, but the most recent threats were delivered after business hours when the biology building was closed, and police were called. The letters were slipped under professors' doors in envelopes sealed with tape and decorated with skull and crossbones.

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According to Mitton, Korn appears to have skipped town. Police visited Korn's apartment, but found that he and his wife were gone. The apartment had been sublet and his wife had quit her job, said Mitton, who added he has met and spoken to Korn on several occasions.

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"The skull and crossbones on the envelopes given to the EBIO (evolutionary biology) professors symbolize the human fossils about whose age they constantly lie to the public," Korn wrote.

More:
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/07/colorado_threats