TX - Austin Package Bombs #2

Falling Down said:

The Amway connection explains everything. ;-)

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arkansasmimi said:

GREAT CALL I think he proved himself

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BREAKING: Austin City Council recommending making APD Interim Chief Brian Manley PERMANENT and APPROVING a police contract months after contract negotiations failed. #AustinBombs http://austincouncilforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1033 …

11:39 AM - 21 Mar 2018

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Betty P said:

A kid who is home schooled all the way through high school has been living every day in a cloistered environment. They can't help but have some deficiencies in social skills. That environment inherently breeds a feeling of distrust towards others who aren't in your church and small social circle. Having spent some time visiting a home where teen kids were home schooled it seemed a very restrictive environment for healthy young people growing up. They went to church functions but didn't watch or read anything other than religious programming and religion based educational materials. I can't help but think these kids have an exaggerated fear of the outside world and an inability to connect with others. The whole concept of homeschooling for some of these families is the belief that you need to be educated and live your life in this manner because everyone else in the outside world is living their lives and doing things badly. You go out with them on rare public trips and they're hesitant to look at or talk to people.

It just doesn't seem healthy at all for kids to spend years growing up in that environment. Trying to integrate into society and the world of work must be very difficult for many of them. They're moving into a world full of people they've been taught are bad, dangerous, sinful. Most probably make it ok, but some obviously don't.

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AgeofAquaruis said:

I wasn't at all off the mark as to who this terrorist was targeting. After info on him has come out.
I was just starting to wonder if he was younger than an angry, divorced misogynist.
And someone that had spent a lot of time at home, but why? ( Homeschooling). BINGO.
I was off about thinking he wouldn't have risked taking bombs to fed ex himself, knowing he could be identified, but his age makes more sense for him to take that risk. ( It's why car insurance is higher for males up to age 25)
I still believe bomb #4 was set up for specific targets. He knew who would go to that spot. But they were white, not like the others. Which makes me still believe they were targeted for being gay.

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oceanblueeyes said:

I think that would take awhile. The cases I read often involve teens who commit violent acts have attended public schools...not home schooled.

I would guess there are far more teens who have committed violent crimes who attended a public school.

But I do agree, that never seems to be stressed when it almost always is when the suspect was home schooled. I don't understand why that is though since more and more children are being home schooled, and are excelling much more than they are becoming people like this bomber.

The ones I know who have been home schooled are very smart and very social with great verbal communication with many partaking in social/sports events at a nearby high school. They are also able to obtain well paying jobs too.

I really don't think him being home schooled years ago has one thing to do with how he turned out at the age of 23. JMO

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bluesneakers said:

They are but when they go back and forth and both houses are blocked off it's easy (at least for me) to get confused.

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arkansasmimi said:

Agree! The one that the FBI was busting the windows looks way diff than the one first shown as parents home. Plus address given out that is now blurred on 2nd street is also blue (as FBI busting windows). Then we have the Mayors video at the end on 2nd street. JMHO blue house where MAC lives now.

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Home FBI busted windeows JMHO MAC home >>View attachment 131817
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enelram said:

Wonder if his sister will apply for the $115,000 reward?

Anyone familiar with Austin Stone Community Church on St. Johns Ave.?

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Authorities had been monitoring Conditt for about 24 hours before his death, Abbott said.

He said authorities were tipped to Conditt because his cell phone information was connected to several of the bombing sites. Authorities used cell-site analysis and high-tech computing systems that can find patterns of callers in certain areas, NBC News reported. Hours before police attempted to pull over Conditt, he turned on his cell phone, which allowed authorities to track his location, according to NBC.


The investigation was bolstered by video footage from a FedEx store and other purchases, as well as the location of Conditt's vehicle at several locations associated with the bombings, Abbott said. A man believed to be Conditt entered a FedEx facility wearing what appeared to be a blonde wig and dropped off packages.


NBC News also reported that "exotic" batteries ordered online from Asia helped lead authorities to Conditt. Multiple senior law enforcement officials told NBC News that the unusual batteries used in the explosives were the signature trait that allowed investigators to so quickly link the various explosions to the same man.


These tips helped identify him and authorities honed in on Conditt's home.
Abbott said he was not aware of any public tips that had led to the arrest.

Pflugerville city officials tweeted at 11:30 a.m. that City Hall was closed and residents near downtown had been evacuated.

The Conditt family home features a gray picket fence and an American flag. The neighborhood dates back to the 1850s, the settling of this small Austin suburb.

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AgeofAquaruis said:

I wasn't at all off the mark as to who this terrorist was targeting. After info on him has come out.
I was just starting to wonder if he was younger than an angry, divorced misogynist.
And someone that had spent a lot of time at home, but why? ( Homeschooling). BINGO.
I was off about thinking he wouldn't have risked taking bombs to fed ex himself, knowing he could be identified, but his age makes more sense for him to take that risk. ( It's why car insurance is higher for males up to age 25)
I still believe bomb #4 was set up for specific targets. He knew who would go to that spot. But they were white, not like the others. Which makes me still believe they were targeted for being gay.

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x_files said:

I wonder why they blur it out? It only makes it more obvious.

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kai said:

Sigh. Still waiting for the day when I come to Websleuths and see a "public school" opinion posted when a crime is committed by one in the public education system.

(Rolling eyes and banging my head emojis)

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leyash said:

Just got an email from my kids' school that they won't be having recess or outside activities today because of the heavy police presence and activity in the area. Thank goodness.

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enelram said:

Wonder if his sister will apply for the $115,000 reward?

Anyone familiar with Austin Stone Community Church on St. Johns Ave.?

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Angela_Beckett said:

So happy people in Austin are safe now!

Wondering if media are already calling this "Quiet kid" "well behaved" "went to church", etc. as often happens when perpretators are not a person of color. Let's call him a criminal, a terrorist, that's what he is.

Sorry for his family, though

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arkansasmimi said:

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The tripwire device from Sunday night's explosion was tied to a "Children at Play" sign that the suspect purchased from Home Depot, according to @GovAbbott. http://bit.ly/2HSGWho #AustinBombings


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Updated story on the #AustinBombings: Gov. Greg Abbott told reporters that suspect Mark A. Conditt purchased several materials that were used in the bombings at Home Depot. Those included five signs that said something like "Children at Play."

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