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In the Tuesday press conference, the FBI said that after arriving, officers found the case and letter were “pristine” and did not show any signs they were subjected to an explosion, and they did not find any debris consistent with an explosion anywhere around where the detonation supposedly occurred.
The letter included in the FBI’s document threatened the Northeastern lab claiming its operators were “working with Mr. Mark Zuckerberg and the US [sic] government!!!!” while further decrying the lab for “using us all as human test subjects.” Duhaime’s bio said he supported the university with virtual and augmented reality technology.
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Local station WCVB had previously reported based on unnamed sources close to the investigation that the incident was being investigated as a hoax, and that there had been no real explosives inside the packages. Those sources claimed that the man who discovered the packages had injuries inconsistent with what was described.
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Those earlier reports about potential fakes are consistent with what’s alleged in the FBI’s complaint. Officers noticed that Duhaime was wearing a long sleeve shirt. Despite injuries the tech manager said he received to his lower forearms, his shirt appeared undamaged. Based on a recorded interview included in the FBI’s documents, Duhaime said the shrapnel from the explosion “flew up underneath” his shirt and hit his arm.