Murder victim's widow doubts FBI's story

BURLINGTON, Mass., Sept. 24 (UPI) -- The widow of murder victim John Callahan said she has doubts the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation was being truthful about the arrest of James Bulger.

The FBI has been secretive about informants the bureau said helped them locate James "Whitey" Bulger, who was arrested in June in Santa Monica, Calif., after 17 years on the lam, the Boston Herald reported Saturday.

The FBI said it paid $2.1 million as a reward for tips that led to Bulger's arrest and that there was more than one informant.

Some reports said a woman in Iceland is one of the informants.

Callahan was allegedly murdered in 1982 by Bulger "associates," the Herald said.

But Callahan's widow, Mary Callahan, said, "There's something screwy here.. I've seen too many twists and turns in these 28 years, and too many things don't add up."

"The new FBI, they're supposed to be trustworthy because they've been burned, and now they've straightened out. Have they? I don't know. Maybe they divvied up the $2 million, and there is nobody in Iceland," Callahan said.