On December 9, 2008, 29 year old James G Cummings, a wealthy white supremacist, was shot dead by his wife, 31 year old Amber Cummings in their Belfast, Maine home.
When police arrived at the scene, they discovered components and instructions for making a dirty bomb, and notified the FBI, who sealed off the scene.
The FBI discovered four 1-gallon containers of 35 percent hydrogen peroxide, uranium, thorium, lithium metal, thermite, aluminum powder, beryllium, boron, black iron oxide and magnesium ribbon as well as literature on how to build “dirty bombs” and information about cesium-137, strontium-90 and cobalt-60, radioactive materials.
Child pornography was also found on his computer.
Cummings had connections to various white Supremacist groups, including the US National Socialist Party.
According to tradesmen who worked at the home, Cummings idolized Adolf Hitler and openly kept nazi memorabilia including flags displayed around the home. According to his wife, James Cummings was not happy that Obama was elected president, and planned to set the bomb off at his inauguration. Amber Cummings also claimed that her husband was frequently physically, mentally, and sexually abusive towards her and their daughter, citing this as her reason for the murder. Amber Cummings plead guilty to his murder, but was given a suspended sentence by Justice Jeffrey Hjelm, who ruled she would not face prison time due to "extenuating circumstances".[32][33]
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