“American Manhunt: The Boston Marathon Bombing” retells the story of that long week from multiple personal and professional perspectives.
,” released nearly 10 years after it happened, and just days before the upcoming race on Monday, reveals the thoughts of officials heading the investigation, including FBI special agent Rick Deslauriers; Carmen Ortiz, who prosecuted the bombers; Police Superintendent Billy Evans and Police Commissioner Ed Davis.
Over the next four days, an unprecedented amount of digital evidence was gathered, suspects’ photos were found and released, the bombers shot a policeman to death at MIT while trying to steal his gun, one bomber, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was gunned down by the police and then run over by his younger brother, Dzhokhar, in Watertown, Mass. More than 18 hours later, Dzhokhar was found nearby.
But four days into the investigation, officials learned that the photos had been leaked to the media. Agents leading the investigation decided it was time to release the photos and ask the public for help. “Frankly, I was relieved that that was going to happen,” Davis said in the docuseries.
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