How the Austin bomber was caught by police in Texas
Mark Anthony Conditt who left the explosive packages that
killed two human beings became the white man police in Austin, Texas, was
looking for, when they realized something “they were being made from usual
household substances”. The revelation
brought on investigators to hit the region's shops scanning receipts and
looking for tips.
An investigative reporter for the Austin American-Statesman,
said "New Day "Agents fanned
out throughout the city of Austin going to big box retail stores as well as
locally owned stores trying to determine whether or not there were suspicious
purchases,"." They were "going through receipts and going
through sales records from those stores."
And guess what? It worked the quest provided investigators
with evidence.
Although the alleged Austin 'serial bomber' is dead, police urge the public to remain vigilant, saying there may be additional explosive packages in circulation. https://t.co/EfI9eP8Hac pic.twitter.com/kw6YKlBoZi— ABC News (@ABC) March 21, 2018
From witness interviews the cops were able to make a sketch of the suspect and then a Federal search warrant were then received to get the person's IP address, which showed that he'd been making "suspicious" Google searches the officer said.
On Tuesday the big break came, when the 24-year suspect went
to a FedEx store in south Austin and shipped an explosive device with all his
activities captured on a security video.
"Police say they used that as the final piece to put
everything together, within the time frame,"
Then a listing of phone numbers and people that were in the
vicinity of the bombings, was compiled by Investigators using cellular-website
analysis and excessive-tech computing systems which can hit upon patterns of
callers, NBC News mentioned.
Hours later Conditt turned on his cellular cellphone,
permitting authorities to hone in on his location.
Conditt was tracked in a hotel in Round Rock, about 20 miles
north of Austin, when the car he was driving was spotted in the area.
He observed being watched and took off in his vehicle. Police
gave him a chase and after driving for some time he stopped after which the
suspect detonated a device inside his vehicle. The suspect suffered "huge
injuries," and later died from the blast while he blast knocked down and
injured one officer.