 eric robert rudolph (born september 19, 1966), also known as the olympic park bomber, is responsible for a series of anti-abortion and anti-gay-motivated bombings across the southern united states between 1996 and 1998, which killed two people and injured 111 others. the federal bureau of investigation considers him a terrorist. as a teenager rudolph was taken by his mother to a church of israel in 1984; it is connected to the christian identity movement, that believes whites are god's chosen people. he has confirmed religious motivation, but denied racial motivation for his crimes. he spent five years on the fbi ten most wanted fugitives list until he was caught in 2003. in 2005, as part of a plea bargain, rudolph pleaded guilty to numerous federal and state homicide charges and accepted four consecutive life sentences in exchange for avoiding a trial and a potential death sentence. he remains incarcerated at the adx florence supermax prison in florence, colorado. ==early life== rudolph was born in merritt island, florida. after his father, robert, died in 1981, he moved with his mother and siblings to nantahala, macon county, in western north carolina.{{citation | year = 2001 | title = tim and sarah gayman discuss growing up in the anti-semitic christian identity movement | periodical = intelligence report | edition = summer 2001 | issue = 102 | publisher = southern poverty law center | url = http://www.splcente
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