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Published: 1997-08-09 00:00:00
Updated: 1997-08-09 00:00:00

Posted: August 9, 1997

Helms' Life Threatened Over the Internet

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RALEIGH — The FBI is investigating a death threat against Senator Jesse Helms. The threat was left on the web site of a Charlotte radio talk-show host. The man identified himself only as "Andy D."

In the threat, he asks someone to assassinate Helms saying, "if I wasn't so afraid of prison, I'd put a bullet in him myself." So far investigators have no leads.

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