The Boston Marathon Bombings were carried out by Chechen Kyrgyzstani-American brothers, Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev. After the bombings, the Tsarnaevs killed an MIT policeman and engaged in kidnapping. Officials released the culprits’ images a few days after the tragedy, and the police soon confronted the brothers.
According to CNN, Dzhokhar is currently in USP Florence ADMAX, a supermax security prison in Florence, Colorado.
How were Boston Marathon bombing suspects caught?
A few days after the Boston Marathon bombings, the perpetrators encountered cops in a shootout, which led to the death of the older brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev. The younger brother, Dzhokhar, managed to escape. However, the cops were quick to locate his hiding place. They later shot and arrested him.
Dzhokhar, who is currently 30, was sentenced to death on June 24, 2015. On July 31, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit reversed his sentence. However, the Supreme Court reinstated his death penalty on March 4, 2022.
FBI True documentary on Boston Marathon Bombings
The Boston Marathon Bombing tragedy was covered in detail in the first two episodes of Paramount+’s FBI True Season 2. It premiered on April 11, 2023.
The official synopsis of the show reads, “What are real FBI agents thinking when they come face to face with the unimaginable? Can they save a hostage, apprehend a killer, and thwart a terrorist? FBI True takes viewers behind the scenes of the most compelling crime stories out there — the way real FBI agents talk with each other, elbows on the bar with the grit left in.”
It further states, “Audiences get an insider’s look at the dangerous missions carried out by the FBI nearly every day. You think you know the case – but you’ve never heard them told like this. FBI True goes behind-the-scenes with real agents telling true stories of their most compelling, dangerous and infamous cases.
Executive producers of FBI True are Solly Granatstein, Shawn Efran, Craig Turk, Anne Beagan, and several others.
