Why didn't the Boston Suspects Leave Boston?

They weren't done.

arrogance. They probably thought they would not get caught. Thousands of people on Monday-they didnt think they would be identified. Suspect 2 went to the gym. They probably thought they were smooth. Then their face was plastered on the web and they knew time was up. Where could they go then? It was purely arrogance

Thanks for the response.

At this day and age, when there are cameras everywhere (on every storefront) and the Boston Marathon being filmed by numerous media outlets, along with finish line video, how in the world did they not think that the FBI would eventually find out they were suspects? And then all the forensic evidence on the backpack. That's just crazy to me. Heck Suspect #2 wore a backwards hat and had his face fully visible.

I couldn't believe it took 3+ days to identify them, I thought they would have suspects within 24 hours.

The FBI probably had hundreds of people that looked at thousands of hours of surveillance. They had to have known that eventually someone would list them as suspects.

Maybe they were just arrogant/stupid. We'll probably never know.

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Maybe they were just arrogant/stupid. We'll probably never know.

These guys assumed they would be killed by the bombs or at least be caught right afterwards. Their heroes are suicide bombers for heaven's sake! It's not like they thought "Hey we'll set off a few bombs and go on with our lives".

Patsies?

Just stupidity from beginning to end. Stupid to buy into whatever simplistic, self-justifying ideology behind the idea. Stupid to hatch the bombing plan. Stupid in carrying it out. Stupid to stick around afterwards. One is dead, the other soon to be dead or in lifetime solitary. Darwin

The suspect from Revere along with the armed force at the hospitals gave an initial illusion that the authorities had someone. The following day or two had everyone speculating that the guy in the blue running top and the guy holding the backpack were also likely suspects. All that changed when the FBI posted the photos at the press conference Thur evening.

That initial sense of security didn't require an escape plan.

Based on the additional bombs, I also believe other bombings were on their agenda.

How unbelievable that white hat went to a party at his college on Mon night?

it was revealed today that #1 was married with a kid. his wife was a white american who converted to islam. with bombs strewn across their little apartment, she had to know what was going on. i really hope that the feds take her down too. she was in a position to stop them and didn't.

Wasn't the younger guy supposed to have had a 4.0 GPA in high school? I've said it many times before, but this is just one more example of how high school and even college GPAs are very fallible predictors of intelligence.

i find that highly unlikely. someone with a 4.0 at R&L isn't going to umass-dartmouth.

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Wasn't the younger guy supposed to have had a 4.0 GPA in high school? I've said it many times before, but this is just one more example of how high school and even college GPAs are very fallible predictors of intelligence.

Your post is a good example of how the ability to post here on LRC is perhaps a positive indicator of stupidity.

These two committed an evil act. There is no reason to consider intelligence and the ability and willingness to commit evil acts to be negatively correlated.

They got caught. Everybody gets caught. So what?

"Your post is a good example of how the ability to post here on LRC is perhaps a positive indicator of stupidity."

You're the one who needs to work on your reading comprehension. Also, you post on letsrun, so your theory may hold some water.

"These two committed an evil act. There is no reason to consider intelligence and the ability and willingness to commit evil acts to be negatively correlated."

No sh*t. I never said anything to the contrary I was simply agreeing with another poster that these two were particularly stupid criminals for reasons already mentioned.

"They got caught. Everybody gets caught. So what?"

What about the Zodiac killer? Was he ever caught? The FBI searched in vain for the Unabomber for two decades and would have never found him if not for his demand that the press publish his manifesto and then, subsequently, his brother and sister in law recognizing his writing and ideas. However, I don't consider that to be an act of stupidity, but rather a calculated risk that he took to generate discussion of his ideas. These two killers, and Dzhokhar in particular, seem like utter incompetent idiots.

They were supposed to fly to Russia to visit family on the 24th. I'm guessing they thought by the time they were identified, they'd be off the grid in Chechnya or Russia.

I wondered the same thing. Did they let off those bombs thinking they'd never get caught?

We know they had several more bombs. They threw a pressure cooker bomb and homemade grenades at the police. I believe they were going to do some more bombing and thought they wouldn't be identified from the masses at the marathon.

Hopefully, the little terrorist @@@hole in the hospital will spill his guts. Too bad not literally.

If they were bright, they wouldn't have attacked something so close to home.

When they found White Hat he was bloody - he had to be in pain. GOOD now he feels at least a little bit the pain he caused others. Hope the 1st responders as they were loading him into the ambulance bumped it a few times so it hurt even more

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Wasn't the younger guy supposed to have had a 4.0 GPA in high school? I've said it many times before, but this is just one more example of how high school and even college GPAs are very fallible predictors of intelligence.

I have known valedictorians (at mediocre high schools, but still) to go to 3rd rate state schools. I don't know why they do it when presumably they could get full aid at a decent school, but there you go.

Just so strange. They could have been in Chechnya on Tuesday. Why try and wait it out? It makes no sense to me.

Any why go to college parties, workout, use twitter? I know he's probably just trying to blend in, but it's just so nuts to me.

They had to have known that the best of the best in the FBI/government were going to be working on this case non-stop until they had a suspect.

And the next poster was right as well, why do something so close to home? Probably not the smartest move.

It's entirely possible to get straight As and not be a creative or dynamic thinker.