124:, he was released without charge. After the explosion, anonymous letters, received by the local news media, warned ENcana that their business would end and the pipelines and wellheads damaged from the explosion would suffer worse if ENcana does not shut down their operations. ENcana's spokesman Alan Boras told the press that the company will not leave the area, despite all the threats that are in the letter, even after the incident. Police say that they will not reveal whether they believed that the letters they received came directly from someone who was involved in planning the explosions. However, authorities say they have got DNA from the letters. A letter, named the "April letter" made several threats and warned that a "long hot summer is coming"; but the summer came without further bombings; nor have any letters come out since then. The April letter was typed, while previous threatening letters were handwritten. Authorities had already determined that one of the earliest letters was a
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