Katherine Russell, the widow of Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev, has not been charged with any crime related to the bombing. She has largely remained out of the public eye since the events.
Katherine Russell was married to Tamerlan Tsarnaev, one of the two brothers responsible for the Boston Marathon bombing on April 15, 2013. After the bombing, which killed three people and injured hundreds, the Tsarnaev brothers became the focus of a massive manhunt. Tamerlan was killed in a shootout with police on April 19, 2013, while his younger brother, Dzhokhar, was captured later that day and subsequently found guilty on 30 charges related to the bombing.
In the aftermath of the bombing, Katherine Russell came under scrutiny due to her marriage to Tamerlan. She was a 24-year-old college dropout and a convert to Islam at the time of the bombing. Investigators looked into the possibility that she might have had prior knowledge of her husband’s plans or played a role in the attack, but no evidence has been made public to suggest that she was involved.
Russell has maintained a low profile since the events. She reportedly moved back in with her parents in Rhode Island and has been working to rebuild her life, including raising her daughter, who was a young child at the time of the bombing. Her attorneys have stated that she was shocked by the events and had no prior knowledge of her husband’s terrorist activities. The extent of her knowledge and involvement, if any, remains a matter of speculation, as she has not spoken publicly about the events or her life with Tamerlan.