Summary
A man kills two people with bombs in an effort to get investors off his back and is sentenced to life with no chance of parole.
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| 0:00.0 | So, Steve, I see you have your breakfast of champions there with you? |
| 0:06.0 | Janet McDermott planned to stop by her office only briefly on the morning of October 15, |
| 0:12.0 | 1985. |
| 0:13.0 | Have a nice day, Steve. |
| 0:15.0 | She had a number of business appointments around Salt Lake City that day. |
| 0:20.0 | Moments later, an explosion rocked the building. around Salt Lake City that day. |
| 0:24.6 | Moments later, an explosion rocked the building killing her colleague who worked next door. |
| 0:28.6 | Science uncovered a tale of forgery, fraud, and murder. The explosion occurred on the sixth floor of the historic judge building in downtown Salt Lake City. |
| 0:49.2 | Killed in the blast was 31-year-old Steve Christensen, a financial consultant who left behind his wife Terry |
| 0:56.7 | and the young family. |
| 0:58.7 | He was lying in the doorway of his office, and he was lying on his right side, burn marks |
| 1:05.5 | on his face, smoke marks, and blood. |
| 1:09.2 | The explosion ripped the door off its hinges and the location of the debris told |
| 1:13.6 | investigators that the blast occurred directly in front of Steve Christensen's office door. |
| 1:20.6 | You could tell the precise location where the bomb exploded. |
| 1:24.6 | Match that with the autopsy and we could tell where the bomb was when |
| 1:28.6 | it exploded because of its shearing power, breaking bones, going through skin, things of that nature. |
| 1:34.0 | Small pieces of batteries and fragments of pipe were found in the hallway as well. Many of the parts |
| 1:40.3 | had the name Tandy imprinted, a brand sold exclusively in Radio Shack electronic stores. |
| 1:47.8 | All of the fragments were collected and pieced back together, revealing that the explosion |
| 1:53.2 | was caused by a pipe bomb. This is a replica of the type which was used. But who wanted to kill Steve Christensen? And why? |
| 2:03.6 | Christensen had recently resigned his job as vice president of Consolidated Financial Services, |
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