Mark Conditt, the man responsible for the Austin bombings that killed two people and injured five, left behind a cell phone recording for police to find. In the statement, Conditt xpressed no guilt over his actions. “I wish I were sorry but I am not,” Conditt, 23 at the time he killed himself, reportedly said. The suspect also referred to himself as a “psychopath,” admitting he has had psychological issues that have plagued him since childhood.
Even more alarming, Conditt vowed to blow himself up inside a crowded McDonald’s should he suspect that police were close to finding him. These details come courtesy of anonymous sources familiar with the recording, but who are not authorized to talk about it, as it’s being used by police as evidence.
The sources told the Austin-American Statesman that Conditt didn’t say why or how he chose his victims, just that he understood that he had indeed killed people and permanently injured others. Interim Police Chief Brian Manley referred to the recording as a “confession,” but provided little in the way of specifics. However, police did say they believe Conditt’s laptop, which was destroyed in the car bomb along Interstate 35, may have housed other recordings.
In the 28-minute statement, Conditt also blames himself for leading investigators to him. The suspect realized that by having FedEx mail two more explosives, cameras inside the store captured his identity and cameras outside were able to take photos of his license plate.
