Daley Gets Threatening Letter

By Margaret Lyons in News on May 23, 2008 5:34PM

Someone sent a scary-nasty letter to Mayor Daley as some kind of reaction to the cougar shooting, threatening to burn down Daley's summer home (which almost happened) and ranting about his family, and a source close to the investigation told the Sun-Times that the same person may have sent a threatening letter to the Brookfield Zoo in 2003.

The April letter to Daley included rants against him, his wife Maggie, his son Patrick, his daughters Nora and Lally -- and even his son Kevin, who died of spina bifida 27 years ago when he was just 33 months old, sources said. The mayor still gets choked up at the mere mention of Kevin's name.

Sources said Daley was briefed on the contents of the letter, but never saw it. It reportedly said, "F--- your dead son."

On Thursday, the mayor called the letter "really hurtful."

Oh, Christ.

The zoo letter was sent after a wolf was shot, so investigators say they're looking for someone with an interest in animal rights. And you know, a background in crazy. According to the source, "There's an escalation in this last letter that makes this person alarming." [S-T, original photo from deadeyebart]