Escape Map Reported Found at Oklahoma Blast Suspect’s Home
A hand-drawn map of what appears to be an escape route leading from an Oklahoma City federal building was found in the trash at bombing defendant Terry L. Nichols’ home several days after a deadly explosion at the government site, a published report said.
FBI agents discovered the map featuring the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building while searching Nichols’ property in Herington, Kan., after he was arrested, an unnamed source told the Daily Oklahoman for its Sunday editions.
Nichols, 41, and co-defendant Timothy J. McVeigh, 28, could face the death penalty if convicted on federal conspiracy and murder charges in the April 19, 1995, bombing of the federal building. The blast killed 168 people and injured more than 500.
Buildings are not named on the map, but at least one street is, the paper reported. Authorities say the drawing “obviously” depicts the Murrah building, the Regency Tower Apartments, the YMCA and Interstate 235.
The purported escape route leads from the Murrah building to a point north of the YMCA, where a getaway car was believed stashed, the report said.
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