Ex-JDL Bomber of Interest in Alex Odeh Murder Case Loses Israel Transfer Suit
Updated: Aug 12, 2020
The prospects of Robert "Bob" Manning being transferred to Israel to serve out the rest of his life sentence chilled supporters of Alex Odeh, a Palestinian-American activist killed by a rigged pipe bomb when he opened the door to his Santa Ana office on Oct. 11, 1985. Manning, a member of the Jewish Defense League (JDL) at the time, never faced charges for the still-unsolved murder but was convicted of a 1980 letter bombing that killed Patricia Wilkerson, a Manhattan Beach secretary.
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http://www.ocweekly.com/news/mail-bomb-murderer-loses-israeli-inmate-transfer-suit-8707006