On Thursday, a Mississippi man named Paul Kevin Curtis was charged with sending letters tainted with the poison ricin to President Barack Obama, Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS), and a local judge. Court documents filed by federal prosecutors detailed why investigators focused on Curtis, including previous contact with Wicker’s office, troubling allegations of “extremely delusional” behavior from his ex-wife, and disturbing communications with other politicians and on the internet.According to an affidavit by FBI Special Agent Brandon M. Grant and Secret Service Special Agent Victor Dickerson, the three letters allegedly sent by Curtis were all postmarked in Memphis, Tenn., on April 8. All three envelopes contained a “suspicious granular substance” and a typewritten letters with a variation of this message:
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