No evidence that Tamerlan committed these murders, but it is odd he didn't attend his "only friend's" memorial or funeral services. After then he also stopped hanging around the gym where he and his friend worked out. Tamerlan also quit boxing in 2011.
There are many photos at article link, including those of the three men whose throats were slit on Sept 12, 2011: Brendan Mess (friend), Raphael Teken, and Erik Weissman.
According to this report:
Early 2011--[I read Jan 2011, but I don't have a link for that source], Russia asks the FBI to look at Tsarnaev's activities, a senior U.S. official said."The request stated that it was based on information that he was a follower of radical Islam and a strong believer, and that he had changed drastically since 2010 as he prepared to leave the United States for travel to the country's region to join unspecified underground groups," the FBI said in a statement.
[Was Tamerlan preparing to take a trip to Dagistan in 2011 and then didn't go? The Russians knew THAT much about him? Was his father already in Dagastan by then or did he leave shortly after? The only dates that I can find is that father has been in Russia for "a couple years."]
Summer 2011---After interviewing Tsarnaev and family members, the FBI says it "did not find any terrorism activity, domestic or foreign, and those results were provided to the foreign government."
Lastly, it might be noteworthy that Tamerlan left for Dagistan a few months later for 6 months (Jan 12 - July 17, 2012).
Mother's arrest -- June 13, 2012
report from the Natick Police
[When did mother go to Dagistan? I searched and searched, but can't find a date.]
September 5, 2012 --- Tsarnaev presents an application for U.S. citizenship, according to the New York Times. The application prompted "additional investigation" of him in 2013 by federal law enforcement agencies, officials told the newspaper. The officials declined to say how far that examination had progressed or what it covered, the New York Times said. Source
Sept 12, 2012 --- Murder of his "only friend," Brendan Mess
Rain_Drop and Sacajaweau --- you may have been off a year, but maybe not on your hunch. Look at this other "coincidence" between Sept 5, 2012 and Sept 12, 2012.
I think the blog of the girl who received facials from the mom may have mentioned about the mom’s trip. I have to find the link.
I do think that those murders were done by black hat bomber. It would appear to me that the press in London has been doing most of the digging on the family. We can probably find the answer to that in their articles. Daily Mail,The Mirror, The Telegraph, and a few others.
My concern is not really focused on this punk’s family right now though. Here are the things I would like to see....the FBI report on black hat bomber made in 2011. He was already radicalized at that time. Here is my other problem....i don’t trust any media accounts and while we may sometimes get dots..we seldom get the truth. I am more interested in this Administration’s cover ups and lies concerning the Saudi at the hospital too.(see The Blaze’s breaking report on that).
Also more concerned with why the justice department did not file terrorism charges on this terrorist and why they did not name him an enemy combatant. My suspicion is that by not filing terrorism charges, they hope to keep all references to Islamist influence out of the trial and also to not have any of their own complicity and malfeasance come up in discovery.
I want to push our representatives to call for immediate congressional hearings. Just so much has happened I cannot even keep up with it all!!
I also believe they are/were part of this. The first person he called was his mother....
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Mother was in Dagestan in May of 2012 but must have returned to the US to shoplift in June? Sounds like she did back and forth trips