The Vampire bomber, named Lestat, seems to have died.

Lestat, the bomber was in jail for bombing a cash machine, however, I am not sure what the problem was since Lestat was apparently was issued a license to have bombs in Bolivia and even created some promo materials for his bombing work. I guess Bolivia is not big on background checks for licensing, had they checked, they may have found that the guy was a nut and believed himself to be immortal.

Prison officials even had to admit the vampire bomber may have had mental issues after he was caught with a can of gasoline in his cell to use in burning down the jail.

Vampire’ Bomber From Calif. Dies In Bolivian Jail.

LA PAZ (AP) ? A convicted hotel bomber from California who modeled himself on a fictional vampire has died after becoming ill in prison, officials said Tuesday.

Twenty-six-year-old Tristan Jay Amero was serving a 30-year sentence for bombing two low-rent hotels in the Bolivian capital of La Paz in 2006. Two Bolivians died in one of the attacks.

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Two Illinois Men Indicted on Federal Hate Crime

WASHINGTON - Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Grace Chung Becker and U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois A. Courtney Cox announced today that Joseph L. Brown of Collinsville, Ill., and William Charles Bowen of O’Fallon, Ill., were indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiring to drive an African-American couple out of their home, and for vandalizing that home with racist graffiti. Brown is also charged with making false statements to a federal investigator.

According to the indictment, on the evening of March 29, 2003, while at a party, Brown and Bowen came up with a plan to try to drive the victims out of their home because Brown and Bowen did not want African-Americans living in Brown’s neighborhood. Brown offered Bowen marijuana in exchange for Bowen painting the racist graffiti on the home of the victims, and Bowen agreed to do so. It is alleged that Bowen then vandalized the home.

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