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| Australian 'collar bomb' suspect |
| Australian 'collar bomb' suspect ordered detained
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 17-August-2011
4:2:4 AM |
| The masked man who locked a fake bomb to the neck of an Australian millionaire's teenage daughter did not look like your ordinary violent criminal. The gray-haired attacker wielded a baseball bat but wore beige trousers and a light-colored dress shirt, rolled up at the elbows.
Along with demands for money, he left behind an email address that appears to refer to a 45-year-old novel about a ruthless businessman in 19th-century Asia.
That address helped lead police all the way from the wealthy Sydney suburb where the attack occurred to a well-heeled Louisville suburb where they arrested an investment banker, Paul Douglas Peters, at his ex-wife's home on Monday.
Peters once worked for a company with ties to the victim's family; according to federal court documents released on Tuesday that also reveal more details about the ordeal 18-year-old Madeleine Pulver endured earlier this month.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Dave Whalin on Tuesday ordered Peters jailed pending an extradition hearing Oct. 14 in Louisville. Peters faces charges in Australia that include kidnapping and breaking and entering.
An arrest complaint filed in court does not elaborate on the 50-year-old's business ties.
The document says Pulver was studying for her high school exams Aug. 3 in her bedroom when she saw the intruder walk in carrying a black aluminium baseball bat and wearing a striped, multi-coloured balaclava. "Sit down and no one needs to get hurt," he told her.
Pulver sat on her bed and the intruder placed the bat and a backpack next to her. She noticed he was holding a black box. He forced the box against her throat and looped a device similar to a bike chain around her neck.
The man locked the box around her neck and placed a lanyard and a plastic document sleeve around her neck. It contained a hand-written note with demands, the email address and a USB digital storage device.
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