CABIN ATTENDANT RPT; S80; BDL-ORD; DEATH THREAT NOTE AGAINST CABIN CREW FOUND IN AFT LAVATORY. PLANE AND PAX SEARCHED. SEVERAL PAX DETAINED.

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A LETTER WAS FOUND IN AFT LAVATORY WRITTEN ON PAPER TOWEL FROM LAVATORY. IT SAID '#(%@ YOU *&$#@%; I WILL KILL' AND AN ICE MALLET THAT WAS TAKEN FROM THE AFT GALLEY WAS PLACED ON TOP. FLT ATTENDANT #2 FOUND THE NOTE DURING BOARDING; BUT DID NOT TOUCH IT. SHE CALLED CAPT X WHO CALLED SECURITY. WE WERE DETAINED APPROX 3 HRS WHILE PLANE; PAX AND BELONGINGS WERE SEARCHED. SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE DETAINED. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THAT NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD BOARDED WHEN THE NOTE WAS FOUND; AND THEY RULED OUT CABIN CLEANERS BECAUSE THE LAVATORY HAD BEEN CHKED OUT BY THE BOARDING CREW. A PAX SUPVR DID NOT TAKE THE MATTER SERIOUSLY; SO HE PICKED UP THE MALLET AND NOTE AND TOOK IT OUT TO THE PODIUM BEFORE THE STATE TROOPERS HAD GOT ON AND DUSTED FOR FINGERPRINTS. HOWEVER; THE CAPT TOOK THE MATTER SERIOUSLY AND THE PLANE WAS SEARCHED. THE AGENT UPSET A LOT OF PEOPLE WHEN HE MADE AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THEY HAD RECEIVED A THREATENING NOTE; BUT NOT EXPLAINING THE THREAT. CONSEQUENTLY; ABOUT 20% OF THE PEOPLE; INCLUDING THE 3 SUSPECTS; DID NOT GET BACK ON THE FLT AFTER THE SEARCH. THE CAPT AND CREW STILL HAVE NOT BEEN TOLD OF THE RESULTS OF THE INCIDENT.