Thomas Lavy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetThomas Lavy
American farmer
Date of Birth: 18-Dec-1941
Place of Birth: Winfield, Missouri, United States
Date of Death: 23-Dec-1995
Profession: farmer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Thomas Lavy
- Thomas Lewis Lavy (December 18, 1941 – December 23, 1995) was an American farmer who attempted to cross the Canada–US border into Canada from Alaska with several firearms, ricin toxin, and $89,000 in cash in 1993.
- He was turned away at the border, and the toxin impounded.
- Lavy claimed at the time that the ricin was to poison the coyotes on his farm.
- More than two years later he was arrested by the FBI on terrorism charges relating to the border incident, and Lavy hanged himself in his jail cell four days later. Some media outlets called the incident a "thwarted terrorist attack" resulting in the death of the perpetrator, while others have suggested Lavy was the innocent victim of a "tragic case" of an overzealous FBI agent and prosecutor.
- One journalist opined this may well be "another case where the government hounds some poor guy without mercy...until he kills himself".
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