Dan Mihalko
Appearances
Aftermath: Hunt for the Anthrax Killer
Episode 6: Adult Male Loner
We actually found a mailbox on Nassau Street in Princeton, New Jersey that did have some residue from anthrax. And we felt at that point that was where the mail was deposited. Somebody in this area probably mailed it.
Aftermath: Hunt for the Anthrax Killer
Episode 6: Adult Male Loner
The reality of it was we didn't know what was out there, and we didn't know how dangerous it was.
Aftermath: Hunt for the Anthrax Killer
Episode 6: Adult Male Loner
We could trace our roots all the way back to the colonial times. And a lot of people don't realize that we've been around for such a long time. And like I always like to say, you know, in the days of Benjamin Franklin, ever since there was somebody mailing a letter, there's been somebody trying to steal it.
Aftermath: Hunt for the Anthrax Killer
Episode 6: Adult Male Loner
The American public was afraid to go to their mailbox and open up their mailbox because they thought there was something dangerous in it.
Aftermath: Hunt for the Anthrax Killer
Episode 6: Adult Male Loner
All the mail was postmarked with a Trenton postmark.
Aftermath: Hunt for the Anthrax Killer
Episode 6: Adult Male Loner
It's very unlikely that they're going to go to the clerk and give it to them. So that meant that the mail was dropped off.
Aftermath: Hunt for the Anthrax Killer
Episode 6: Adult Male Loner
Our best guess was that it was probably put into one of the blue collection boxes. And there were several hundred blue collection boxes in the Trenton area.
Aftermath: Hunt for the Anthrax Killer
Episode 6: Adult Male Loner
You can imagine the concern to citizens if they see a group of people in hazmat suits showing up in their neighborhood and testing their local mailbox. You know, people were on edge as it was. We didn't need to make it any worse.
Aftermath: Hunt for the Anthrax Killer
Episode 6: Adult Male Loner
The scary part about this whole thing, we had four letters that came in, you know, a short period of time. But nobody knew if there were more out there.