He was a loner tech type and had the exact kind of RV that exploded.
Do we know it was actually him? Or are the police just trying to get the case solved through some obvious/easy leads.
Do we know it was actually him? Or are the police just trying to get the case solved through some obvious/easy leads.
They have the wreckage of RV, so they should have been able to find its VIN. That would have led to identifying the owner. It’s pretty likely at this point that it was the same RV regardless of whether the owner actually set the bomb.
I don't think that's as certain as "should" suggests. Some vehicles have the VIN on the engine block or various highly recognizable part of the frame. Did this one? I don't know what's normal for an RV. If it was like a lot of vehicles and only had it on the front corner of the dash, it might be hard to find among that many pieces over that large an area. And that's not even counting the possibility that the perpetrator deliberately removed it.
They have now confirmed that they used tips as well as the VIN to idwntify the owner:
> Tips from the public helped authorities initially identify Warner as a suspect. The Tennessee Highway Patrol discovered a vehicle part with the VIN that linked the RV to him.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.tennessean.com/amp/40504880...
“You should find carrots in the produce section”, not “you should wash your hands after sneezing”.
If I wanted to convey that tone I should have italicized it or used asterisks. That should have carried my intention more accurately.