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Roger J. Kreuz, Associate Dean and Professor of Psychology, University of Memphis

How the Unabomber's unique linguistic fingerprints led to his capture

Ted Kaczynski was arrested after the longest and most expensive investigation in the FBI's history. Rich Pedroncelli/AFP via Getty Images

Can the language someone uses be as unique as their fingerprints?

As I describe in my forthcoming book, “Linguistic Fingerprints: How Language Creates and Reveals Identity,” that was true in the case of Theodore Kaczynski.

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