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How the Unabomber's unique linguistic fingerprints led to his capture

  • Written by Roger J. Kreuz, Associate Dean and Professor of Psychology, University of Memphis
imageTed Kaczynski was arrested after the longest and most expensive investigation in the FBI's history.Rich Pedroncelli/AFP via Getty Images

Can the language someone uses be as unique as their fingerprints?

As I describe in my forthcoming book, “Linguistic Fingerprints: How Language Creates and Reveals Identity,” that was true in the case of...

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