Newly Released Documents Show Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Did Not Expect to Survive Manhunt
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 22, was convicted of 30 federal charges and sentenced to death for his role in the attack.
By Alysha Palumbo and Marc Fortier ••
Court documents unsealed Monday reveal that Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev never expected to survive the manhunt that resulted in his eventual capture.
Several new documents from Tsarnaev's trial were unsealed as part of an appeal by his friend Robel Phillipos, who was convicted of lying about the case to federal prosecutors.
Among the documents are two statements Tsarnaev allegedly made to FBI agents while being treated at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston on April 21 and 22, 2013. Parts of the interviews remain redacted, but some of the details have never previously been released.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as a child with his older brother, Tamerlan.
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A photo of the boat that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev hid in.
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BOSTON, MA - APRIL 15: In this image released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on April 19, 2013, two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing walk near the marathon finish line on April 15, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. The twin bombings at the 116-year-old Boston race resulted in the deaths of three people with more than 170 others injured. (Photo provided by FBI via Getty Images)
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BOSTON, MA - APRIL 15: In this image released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on April 18, 2013, two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing walk near the marathon finish line on April 15, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. The twin bombings at the 116-year-old Boston race resulted in the deaths of three people with more than 170 others injured. (Photo provided by FBI via Getty Images)
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BOSTON, MA - APRIL 15: In this image released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on April 18, 2013, a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing walks near the marathon finish line on April 15, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. The twin bombings at the 116-year-old Boston race resulted in the deaths of three people with more than 170 others injured. (Photo provided by FBI via Getty Images)
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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, left, is depicted beside U.S. District Judge George O'Toole Jr. in a courtroom sketch from early January.
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In this courtroom sketch, Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is depicted sitting in federal court in Boston Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014, for a final hearing before his trial begins in January. Tsarnaev is charged with the April 2013 attack that killed three people and injured more than 260. He could face the death penalty if convicted. (AP Photo/Jane Flavell Collins)
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Jury selection
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Some of the Tsarnaev defense team arrives at court.
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There's intense security surrounding the courthouse in Boston.
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Media stationed outside the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse.
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A lone protester outside the courthouse where the Tsarnaev trial is underway.
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A police dog is sniffing around the media barricade outside the courthouse.
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Marathon survivors arrive at the courthouse.
Coast Guard boat patrolling the bay behind the courthouse.
Prosecutor William Weinreb makes the opening statement in the trial of alleged Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on March 4.
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Lawyer Judy Clarke shows jurors photos of Dzhokhar and Tamerlan during opening statement
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Head of Boston Athletic Assoc, Tom Grilk
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Victims of Marathon bombing in courtroom
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In this courtroom sketch, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, center, is depicted between defense attorneys Miriam Conrad, left, and Judy Clarke, right, during his federal death penalty trial, Thursday, March 5, 2015, in Boston. Tsarnaev is charged with conspiring with his brother to place two bombs near the Boston Marathon finish line in April 2013, killing three and injuring 260 people.
A photo released by the U.S. government of the bullet-ridded, blood-stained writings by Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in a Watertown, Massachusetts, boat.
Another photo released by the U.S. government of Tsarnaev's writings in the Watertown boat he hid in during the manhunt.
Another photo released by the U.S. government of Tsarnaev's writings in the Watertown boat he hid in during the manhunt.
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Jurors in the trial of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Monday visited the bullet-riddled boat in which he was captured days after the deadly blast in this sketch.
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This sketch shows bags and boxes of evidence at the Tsarnaev trial on March 18, 2015.
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Image from the Watertown, Mass. firefight, where a pressure cooker was embedded in a parked car.
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Pressure cooker in the parked car from Watertown, Mass.
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Pressure cooker lock found embedded in a home on Laurel St.
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Side view of transmitter found in computer bag on Laurel St.
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Computer bag found near green Honda Civic on Laurel St. with "transmitter" inside.
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Pressure cooker lid inside a hockey net on Laurel St.
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This sketch shows bags and boxes of evidence at Tsarnaev trial on March 18.
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This is the Samsung laptop Tamerlan Tsarnaev allegedly took with him to Russia. It was found in Watertown.
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Fireworks evidence from the Tsarnaev trial
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This April 21, 2015, courtroom sketch depicts prosecutors showing a photograph of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev giving the finger to a jail cell surveillance camera.
This photo shows Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in his holding cell flipping off the camera three weeks after the Boston Marathon bombings.
A photo of Tamerlan Tsarnaev from his 2012 trip to Russia.
More photos of a young Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
More photos of a young Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
More photos of a young Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
More photos of a young Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
More photos of a young Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
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Judy Clarke argues against death for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as a child with his older brother, Tamerlan.
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Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven Mellin with the jury, and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in the foreground.
Three people were killed and more than 260 others injured when twin bombs placed near the marathon finish line exploded on April 15, 2013. Tsarnaev, 22, was convicted of 30 federal charges and sentenced to death for his role in the attack. He is being held at the federal Supermax prison in Colorado.
In the FBI hospital interview, Tsarnaev allegedly said "no one had any knowledge of their plan... because they could not trust anyone else." He allegedly said that he and his brother Tamerlan "built the two devices and planned the attack alone."
Tsarnaev allegedly said he "did not warn any of his friends to stay away from the marathon because he didn't care if they got hurt." He told FBI investigators that he contacted his friends to give away his laptop because "he did not expect to survive."
According to the FBI summary, Tsarnaev also told the agents that he and his older brother Tamerlan picked their own spots to place their bombs and each of them set off his own device.
He told the agents he and his brother walked toward the marathon finish line on the day of the bombing, April 15, each carrying a backpack containing a bomb. He said he called his brother just before the attack to synchronize the two detonations. Tamerlan set off his first, followed by Dzhokhar's 10 seconds later.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev also told investgators that "there were no other attacks planned" and no unaccounted for devices.
