Federal investigators have reportedly collected
evidence with genetic samples from the home of the in-laws of one of the suspected
Boston Marathon bombers.
FBI agents spent Monday visiting the Rhode Island
home of the parents of Katherine Russell, the widow of 26-year-old Tamerlan
Tsarnaev. Investigators have allegedly found female genetic
information, DNA, on a fragment of at least one of the bombs used in the April
15 attacks.
Russell has been living at her parents's home with
her young daughter since her husband was killed in a shootout with police three
days after the bombings. Her attorney says she is cooperating fully with
the investigation.
In a related development, a federal judge has
appointed a prominent criminal defense attorney to help defend the other
suspect, 19-year-old Dzhokar Tsarnaev, Tamerlan's brother.
California-based Judy Clarke has represented clients
in similar high-profile federal cases involving the death penalty, including
Jared Loughner, the man who severely wounded former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle
Giffords and killed six others during a shooting spree in Tuscon,
Arizona. Clarke negotiated a plea agreement that gave Loughner a life sentence
instead of execution.
Clarke has also defended such clients as Ted
Kaczynski, the so-called "Unabomber," and Atlanta Olympics bomber
Eric Rudolph. Both men are also serving life sentences in prison.
Meanwhile, the lawyer representing the family of a
man linked to the Tsarnaev brothers says his client is cooperating with
investigators.
Attorney Richard Nicholson spoke to reporters Monday
outside a home in Rhode Island, south of Boston that belongs to the family of
Mikhail Allakhverdov, who has been identified in many news reports as
"Misha."
Relatives have accused Misha of radicalizing
Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the older of the two brothers. But U.S. media reports
say no evidence has been found that Allakhverdov had any connection to the
Boston Marathon bombing.
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