Terry Nichols is a convicted home-grown American terrorist, serving 161 consecutive life sentences (the most ever) at the federal supermax prison near Florence, Colorado. He shares a cell block known as "Bomber's Row" with Ted Kaczynski (the Unabomber) and Ramzi Yousef (linked to Al Qaeda and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.)
Father: Robert Nichols b abt 1925; mother: Joyce Unknown b. abt 1931; both still alive in 1997
Three siblings: Leslie (Les) b 1952, James b 1954, Suzanne McDonnell b 1960
His high school GPA was 2.6, graduating in 1973.
He dropped out of college in 1974 to help his mother after his parents divorced.
Married Lana Walsh, realtor, in 1981; son Joshua born the following year; divorced 1989. She remarried to Unknown Padilla
Second wife was a mail-order bride from the Philippines who arrived 6 months pregnant, m Marife Torres b. 1973 on Nov. 20, 1990. She has returned to the Philippines with their two children.
Dau Nicole b. 1993, 2nd child b. 1996
As he became radicalized, Nichols "renounced" his US citizenship. He declared a court not to have jurisdiction over him over credit card debt.