Terry Nichols is one of the famous Criminal, who was born on the memorable day of April 1 in the year 1955. Hailing from the vibrant city of Michigan, Terry Nichols is a proud citizen of United States.
Michigan-born man convicted as accomplice in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombings. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in 1997.
Over the years, not only have skills been honed, but a significant impact has also been made in the professional field. Whether it's through work, public appearances, or contributions to the community, Terry Nichols continues to be an inspiration for many.
Personal Information
Details about Terry Nichols
Popular As:
Terry Nichols
First Name:
Terry
Last Name:
Nichols
Gender:
Male
Birthday:
April 1
Birth Year:
1955
Age:
68-years
Siblings:
James Nichols
Education:
Lapeer High School; Central Michigan University
Career
He grew up on a farm in Michigan and dropped out of Central Michigan University after one term.
He has been incarcerated in a maximum security prison in Colorado, sharing a cell block with fellow bombers like Ted Kaczynski.
Family
He had a son, Joshua, with a real estate agent named Lana Walsh. He conspired with Timothy McVeigh to bomb the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City.
Terry Nichols Timeline
1973
He graduated from high school in 1973 with a 3.6 grade point average, with ambitions of becoming a physician.
1974
He had Cs in biology, chemistry and trigonometry, a B in literature and an A in archery. In 1974, after another brother, Leslie, was badly burned in a fuel tank explosion on the farm, he offered to give him skin for grafts.
1976
Later he moved to Colorado and obtained a license to sell real estate in 1976.
1980
In 1980, Nichols met real estate agent Lana Walsh, a twice-divorced mother of two who was five years his senior.
1982
They married and had a son, Joshua, in 1982.
1988
Nichols had never liked farm life, and in 1988, at the age of 33, he tried to escape it by enlisting in the United States Army.
1989
Army, which ended in 1989 when he requested a hardship discharge after less than one year of service.
1990
In 1990, Nichols, 35, married a 17-year-old girl, Marife Torres, from the Philippines whom he met through a mail-order bride agency.
1991
In December 1991, Nichols invited McVeigh to join him in Michigan and help him out selling military surplus at gun shows.
1992
In February 1992, he attempted to renounce his US citizenship by writing to the local county clerk in Michigan, stating that the political system was corrupt, and declaring himself a "non resident alien".
1993
In May 1993, Nichols appeared before a county judge regarding an $8,421 unpaid credit card debt.
1994
In 1994 and 1995, he conspired with McVeigh in the planning and preparation of the truck bombing of the Alfred P.
1995
Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on April 19, 1995.
1997
In a federal trial in 1997, Nichols was convicted of conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction and eight counts of involuntary manslaughter for killing federal law enforcement personnel.
1998
On June 4, 1998, he sentenced Nichols to life in prison without parole on the conspiracy conviction, calling Nichols "an enemy of the Constitution" who had conspired to destroy everything the Constitution protects.
1999
On February 26, 1999, a federal appeals court affirmed Nichols' conviction and sentence.
2000
Nichols was brought from the prison in Colorado to Oklahoma in January 2000 to face the state trial on 160 capital counts of first-degree murder and one count each of fetal homicide, first-degree arson, and conspiracy.
2004
In 2004, he was convicted of 161 counts of first degree murder, including one count of fetal homicide, first-degree arson, and conspiracy.
2005
In a May 2005 letter that he wrote to a relative of two of the victims, Nichols claimed that an Arkansas gun dealer also conspired in the 1995 bombing plot by donating some of the explosives that were used.
2006
In a 2006 letter requesting that a judge give his son a light sentence for assault with a deadly weapon, battery of a police officer, and possession of a stolen vehicle, Nichols admitted his participation in the Oklahoma City bombing but said that McVeigh had forced and intimidated him into cooperating.
2007
In a 2007 affidavit, Nichols claimed that in 1992 McVeigh claimed to have been recruited for undercover missions while serving in the military.
2009
Nichols wanted to testify in more detail in a videotaped deposition, but a federal appeals court ruled against it in 2009.
2021
He shared a cell block that is commonly referred to as "Bomber's Row" with Ramzi Yousef and Eric Rudolph, as well as Ted Kaczynski until his transfer in 2021.