months but finally convinced david to contact the fbi. there was no turning back, but i can t tell you how painful it was to put my finger down and say yes, he lives here, realizing i could be sending my own brother to his death. when ted was arrested, under the bed where he slept was another bomb wrapped in a package, apparently ready to be mailed to someone. reporter: ted kaczynski rejected his attorney s insanity defense and pleaded guilty to murder. he was sentenced to life in prison with no opportunity for parole. but to this day, david believes ted is insane and should be in a mental institution. my biggest regret is not to have clearer insight that he was ill. reporter: david continues to write to his brother twice a year in prison. he has never received a
have blood on our hands. reporter: it took linda two months but finally convinced david to contact the fbi. there was no turning back, but i can t tell you how painful it was to put my finger down and say yes, he lives here, realizing i could be sending my own brother to his death. when ted was arrested, under the bed where he slept was another bomb wrapped in a package apparently ready to be mailed to someone. reporter: ted kaczynski rejected his attorney s insanity defense and pleaded guilty to murder. he was sentenced to life in prison with no opportunity for parole. but to this day, david believes ted is insane and should be in a mental institution. my biggest regret is not to have clearer insight that he was ill. reporter: david continues to write to his brother twice a year in prison. he has never received a response.
francisco. linda urged me to sit down and read the manifesto and i m actually reading the first page, all set to turn to her and say, i m sure this is not ted s writing. and finding myself with a lump in my chest. reporter: for david, it was a horrible realization. if you looked past the ideas of the manifesto, you see a person as troubled as my brother. reporter: he now had to decide what to do. if we do nothing and ted is the unabomber, we may wake up some morning and realize he struck again. an innocent person died if we failed to act, we would have blood on our hands. reporter: it took linda two months but finally convinced david to contact the fbi. there was no turning back, but it was so painful to say he lives here, realizing i could be
because we had failed to act. we d have blood on our hands. it took linda two months, but she finally convinced david to contact the fbi. there was no turning back, but i can t tell you how painful it was to just put my finger down and say, yes, he lives here, realizing that i could be sending my own brother to his death. when ted was arrested, under the bed where he slept was another bomb wrapped in a package apparently ready to be mailed to someone. ted kaczynski rejected his attorney s insanity defense and pleaded guilty to murder. he was sentenced to life in prison with no opportunity for parole. but to this day, david believes ted is insane and should be in a mental institution. my biggest regret was not to have clearer insight about ted s illness, that he was ill. david continues to write to
linda urged me to sit down and read the manifesto and i m actually reading the first page, all set to turn to her and say, i m sure this is not ted s writing. and finding myself with a lump in my chest. reporter: for david, it was a horrible realization. if you looked past the ideas of the manifesto, you see a person as troubled as my brother. reporter: he now had to decide what to do. if we do nothing and ted is the unabomber, we may wake up some morning and realize he struck again. an innocent person died if we failed to act, we would have blood on our hands. reporter: it took linda two months but finally convinced david to contact the fbi. there was no turning back, but it was so painful to say he lives here, realizing i could be sending my own brother to his