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Thomas Lewis Lavy was an American farmer who attempted to cross the American border into Canada from Alaska with several firearms, ricin poison and $89,000 in cash in 1993. He was turned away at the border, and the poison impounded. His intentions were never clear, as he hanged himself in his jail cell four days after being arrested by the FBI on terrorism charges more than two years after the incident was first reported. Some media outlets called the incident a "thwarted terrorist attack" resulting in the death of the perpetrator, while others have suggested Lavy was the innocent victim of a "tragic case" of an overzealous FBI agent and prosecutor.〔Deadly Poison, Fatal Mystery Toxic terror or overkill? Probers seek answers,; suicide blocks way By Michael Dorman〕〔SUICIDE LEAVES QUESTIONS IN POISON CASE SOURCE: William C. Lhotka Of the Post-Dispatch Staff, Some information for this story was provided by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. PUBLICATION: St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO) DATE: December 31, 1995〕 One journalist opined this may well be "another case where the government hounds some poor guy without mercy...until he kills himself".〔 ==Life== The second child of Lilleton Lavy and Cora Yates, Lavy served as a military policeman during the Korean War.〔 Considered a naturalist who enjoyed gardening and hunting, he also kept a collection of exotic books, including several on elephant hunting.〔〔 He was married to Rebecca Davis, with whom he lived in Virginia, and had two children, Lewis Edward Lavy and Lisa Kay Hoelting (''nee'' Lavy).〔 The ''Associated Press'' dubbed Lavy a survivalist;〔 his family denied he had any such leanings.〔Jailed man who hanged self defended Author: Associated Press Publish Date: December 30, 1995〕 CQ Press claimed that Lavy was an alleged white supremacist, based on unsubstantiated reports that "Neo-Nazi" literature may have been found in his vehicle.〔 In the 1970s, Lavy worked as a radio repairman for Motorola in Oklahoma City.〔St Louis Post Dispatch, Jan 02, 1996, (obituaries )〕 He also lived in Troy, Missouri〔 before taking a job as an electrician for an oil company on the Alyeska Pipeline in Valdez, Alaska.〔〔Bioterrorism and biocrimes: the illicit use of biological agents , 2002〕 In the autumn of 1992, he visited his sister Betty Krieg and her husband Bill in Harvester, Missouri, and told them that he hoped to retire and purchase a small property where he could raise chickens and tend a garden.〔ARREST AND SUICIDE STUNS FAMILY: SISTER HERE CAN'T BELIEVE BROTHER HAD TERRORIST IDEAS. Article from: St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO) | January 7, 1996 | Lhotka, William C. |〕 Several months later, he announced that he had found the perfect place, a cottage on six acres of land in Onia, Arkansas. Lavy packed his belongings for the move south in April 1993.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thomas Lavy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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