A Few Things to Know About Paul Kevin Curtis, the Crazy Ricin Suspect
by Josh Dzieza Apr 18, 2013 3:59 PM EDT
The Mississippi man arrested for allegedly sending poison-packed letters to
President Obama is an Elvis impersonator and a purveyor of organ-harvesting
paranoia. Josh Dzieza follows the online bread crumbs.
Early Wednesday evening, federal agents in Tupelo, Mississippi, arrested
Paul Kevin Curtis,the man suspected of sending ricin-laced letters to
President Obama, Alabama Senator Roger Wicker, and a local judge.
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Paul Kevin Curtis, the man suspected of sending ricin-laced letters to
President Obama, Senator Wicker, and a local judge, performed at Elivis,
Elton John, Kid Rock and others in YouTube videos. (via YouTube)
They had an easy job finding Curtis, mostly because the poison letters bore
the same signoff and initials he used in his many Facebook posts and
internet comments: "I am KC and I approve this message." So obvious was the
trail of digital breadcrumbs Curtis left behind, bloggers at Lady Liberty
identified him hours before his arrest was announced.
His web presence paints the portrait of a very peculiar man.
He's an Elvis Impersonator
The first thing that bears mentioning is that Curtis is an Elvis
impersonator. And not just Elvis-a glance at his YouTube channel reveals
off-key renditions of Prince, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and others.
Here's a compilation video he made for his impersonator business, Tribute to
the Stars.
And here he is singing Little Red Corvette to a class of 8th graders.
He's Afraid for Your Organs
Other than impersonations, Curtis seems to have spent his time trying to
bring attention to what he believed was a Mafia-run plot to harvest organs
from the hospital where he briefly worked.
On a website believed to be run by Curtis, he writes that he's trying to
expose a "conspiracy to ruin my reputation" that began the day "I
accidentally discovered a refrigerator full of dismembered body parts &
organs wrapped in plastic in the morgue." The site also promotes his ebook,
called Missing Pieces, about an organ-harvesting ring.
On Tuesday, he posted this on Facebook:
I'm on the hidden front lines of a secret war. A war that is making Billions
of dollars for corrupt mafia related organizations and people. (bone,
tissue, organ, body parts harvesting black market) when we lay our loved
ones to rest....we hope and pray their bodies are not violated but I am here
to tell you, as long as the bone, tissue & organ harvesting indu$try is NOT
REGULATED....on any level(s) whether it be local, state, federal or
national...........your loved ones body parts are NOT $AFE. It's not fun for
me to be the Me$$enger here. It was not fun in 1999 when I made accidental
discovery and became a "Person of interest".
My mother wants me to SHUT UP. My brothers fear me. My sister hates me. My
cousins have hostility towards me (they work in healthcare) I have lost most
of my friends. I have spent more than $130,000.00 on legal fee's in 13.5
yrs. They burned down my home, killed my dogs, my cat, my rabbit, blew up my
1966 Plymouth Valent. They destroyed my marriage, they distracted my career,
they stalked, they trolled, they came in to my home, took my computers, had
me arrested 22 times and guess what? I am still a thorn in their corrupt
anals! I will remain here until Jesus Christ decides its time for me to go.
(ur welcome and amen. :)
On another site, ripoffreport.com, Curtis says he was hounded by hospital
staff, police, and government officials after he asked about a refrigerator
full of body parts in the morgue. He recounts a fight with an assistant
district attorney (though the DA was working with Curtis in his capacity as
an Elvis impersonator and not, apparently, as a government official):
On May 23, 2003, an intoxicated assistant district attorney pushed me
backwards during a debate about corruption in northeast, MS. and then put a
loaded 9 mm bereta to my head in front of my (then) wife and 2 sons, ages 7
and 9.
I didn't know at the time he was an assistant DA in Tupelo. All I knew was
that the city hired him to play rythem guitar in a special new production
that I developed including my older brother Jack. The show was gaining
attention as we are the only brother duo Elvis Presley Tribute act in the
world.
He's Encountered Wicker Before
Curtis was aggressive about bringing attention to the organ-harvesting
conspiracy, sending out "more than a million emails in one year," according
to his ripoffreport post. He also had an encounter with Roger Wicker, one of
the recipients of the ricin letters.
I sent letters to State Representative Roger Wicker, Senator Trent Lott and
Thad Cochran. I never heard a word from anyone. I even ran into Roger Wicker
several different times while performing at special banquets and fundraisers
in northeast, Mississippi but he seemed very nervous while speaking with me
and would make a fast exit to the door when I engaged in conversation
leading up to my case against NMMC.
He signed that post, "This is Kevin Curtis and I approve this report."
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