Few details emerge on bombing suspect

PFLUGERVILLE, TEXAS » Investigators on Thursday finished questioning the second roommate of the man they say spent weeks planting bombs around Texas’ capital before using one of his own devices to blow himself up, but a more complete picture of the 23-year- old community college dropout remains elusive.

Police said they’d released the second of two people who shared a home in Pflugerville, just north of Austin, with serial bombing suspect Mark Conditt. The other roommate was taken into custody Wednesday and released hours later.

Conditt made a 25-minute cellphone recording before his death. It was recovered Wednesday, after he detonated one of his own bombs along the side of Interstate 35 just outside of Austin as a SWAT team moved in.

Investigators say the recording provides few clues as to Conditt’s motives — and they’ve refused to release it publicly, citing the ongoing investigation.