Some worry Rudolph may turn in helpers

Although no one has admitted assisting Rudolph during his five years on the run in the Appalachian wilderness, investigators suspect he had help.

Some here are wondering if there will be additional prosecutions now that Rudolph is talking to authorities as part of a plea deal to spare his life.

Rudolph is scheduled to enter his a plea Wednesday to carrying out the deadly bombing at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and setting off three other blasts that killed two people and injured more than 120.

The plea deal calls for four consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole.

Rudolph became an almost mythic figure during his years evading police, and many in the region mocked the government's inability to root him out.

When he was captured scavenging for food behind a Save-a-Lot food store, authorities said he was healthier and better groomed than they would have expected from a man surviving in the woods.

Charles Stone, a retired agent with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation who helped oversee the bombing probe, said he doesn't expect Rudolph to give up the names of anyone who is still alive.

''Obviously, the deal is he tells you everything he knows," Stone said. ''Mr. Rudolph is intelligent enough. I don't think he's going to give up information the government doesn't already know or has reason to suspect.