Katherine Russell, who converted to Islam after entering into a relationship with accused terrorist Tamerlan Tsarnaev, reportedly texted a friend shortly after the bombs went off: "As far as I know Tamerlan was at home in Cambridge.
Innocent people," according to The Daily Beast and Boston. The text was revealed in court as part of the sentencing phase of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's trial. His defense attorneys are arguing that Tamerlan, Dzhokhar's older brother, was the driving force behind the attack and influenced Dzhokhar to participate. Tamerlan died during the manhunt for him and Dzhokhar the week of the bombing. But it seems clear that Tamerlan influenced Russell's views significantly. Chinese student killed in Boston bombing.
Story highlights Tamerlan Tsarnaev's widow has kept a low profile since the bombings Federal prosecutors won't say if she's a suspect or a witness; she hasn't been charged It's unknown whether she'll play a role in her brother-in-law's trial.
To her neighbors, Katherine Russell was living like a ghost, rarely seen and never heard after her husband and brother-in-law were accused of plotting together and planting bombs that killed three people and injured more than near the marathon's finish line.
Federal investigators have questioned Russell , who married Tamerlan Tsarnaev in , but they haven't revealed what she told them. It's one of many questions looming as the trial for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, her brother-in-law, starts this week. Federal prosecutors will not say if Russell, 25, is a suspect, a witness or simply a noninvolved widow. There have been no charges filed against her. Read More. Here are five things we know about Russell. She has said she was in the dark about the Tsaranaev brothers' alleged plans.
Investigators believe the pressure cooker bombs that went off at the marathon were at least partially made on the kitchen table of the tiny apartment she shared with Tamerlan Tsarnaev.
The last time Russell saw her husband alive was just hours before he died in a gunbattle with police, a source close to the family told CNN shortly after the bombings.
DeLuca said it was not in her best interest to do so. We answered all the questions from the FBI and from the terrorist task force. Nothing has changed.
Martin Richard, eight, Chinese exchange student Lu Lingzi, 23, and restaurant manager Krystle Campbell, 29, died in the bombing. This article is more than 6 years old. Defense lawyers are attempting to convince jury that Tamerlan Tsarnaev was the mastermind behind the Boston Marathon bombing, and his brother Dzhokhar participated out of sibling loyalty.
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