Austin bomber ID’d

The man suspected of planting four bombs in Austin, Texas, that killed two people and injured four others this month was an unemployed college dropout who doesn’t appear to have left much of a trail online aside from some 2012 blog posts about gay marriage and other topics.

Mark Anthony Conditt blew himself up in a motel parking lot overnight as a SWAT team approached his SUV, authorities said.

Conditt grew up in Pflugerville, a suburb just northeast of Austin where he was still living after moving out of his parents’ home. It’s not far from the site of the first of the four package bombings — a March 2 explosion that killed Anthony House, 33. It was unclear yesterday if Conditt knew any of the victims and what his motive might have been.

Authorities released few details about the suspect, aside from his age, that he was white and that he was apparently unemployed. But online postings indicate he was home-schooled. He later attended Austin Community College from 2010 to 2012, but he did not graduate. He worked for a time at an area manufacturing company and reportedly had no criminal record.

Conditt left little discernible trace on social media.

Aside from a few photos of him on his family’s Facebook pages, he apparently made six entries on a personal blog in 2012 in which he addressed a range of topics. In those posts, a blogger identifying himself as Mark Conditt of Pflugerville wrote that gay marriage should be illegal.

He also called for the elimination of sex offender registries and argued in favor of the death penalty. He described his interests as cycling, tennis and listening to music

Of gay marriage, Conditt wrote: “Homosexuality is not natural. Just look at the male and female bodies. They are obviously designed to couple.”

Jeff Reeb, 75, a neighbor of Conditt’s parents in Pflugerville for about 17 years, said he watched Conditt grow up and that he always seemed “smart” and “polite.”

Conditt was living with roommates a few miles from his parents’ home.

Authorities believe Conditt made all of the bombs and that he likely acted alone.

He obtained at least some of his bomb-making materials from a Home Depot in Pflugerville.

Police cautioned the public that there could still be bombs that Conditt planted before he died, and asked them to report any suspicious packages.

AP PHOTOS CLIMACTIC: Officials, above and right, investigate a vehicle where the suspect in the Austin bombings, who was later identified as Mark Anthony Conditt, inset, detonated another bomb, killing himself yesterday.