Mark Anthony Conditt, who grew up in Pflugerville Texas, killed himself by exploding a home made bomb inside his vehicle as a SWAT team tried to arrest him on March 20th 2018. He had 3 siblings and had been home schooled. According to one man who knew the family and worked with Mark's father, the "very conservative" and "loving" family didn't want their children to see "the bad stuff in society."
"It was a very 'us versus them' type of household," he said. "I'm guessing that was a catalyst that led Mark to believe what he thought."
Mark Anthony Conditt has been determined to be the Austin Texas bomber responsible for at least four bombings that began on March 2nd 2018 and killed 39 year old Anthony Stephan House when a package exploded in front of his home.
On March 13th, Draylen Mason, a 17 year old, was killed and his mother injured after a package exploded inside their home. Five days later two unidentified men were injured by another bomb in a nearby location. On March 20th a fourth explosion went off in a Fed Ex facility while being transported.
I'm a Founder of AncientFaces and support the community answering questions & helping members make connections to the past (thus my official title of Founder & Content and Community Support ). For me, it's been a labor of love for over 20 years. I truly believe with all of my heart that everyone should be remembered for generations to come.
I am 2nd generation San Jose and have seen a lot of changes in the area while growing up. We used to be known as the "Valley of Heart's Delight" (because the Valley was covered with orchards and there were many canneries to process the food grown here, which shipped all over the US) - now we have adopted the nickname "Capital of Silicon Valley" and Apple, Ebay, Adobe, Netflix, Facebook, and many more tech companies are within a few miles of my current home in San Jose (including AncientFaces). From a small town of 25,000, we have grown to 1 million plus. And when you add in all of the communities surrounding us (for instance, Saratoga, where I attended high school, living a block from our previous Mayor), we are truly one of the big cities in the US. I am so very proud of my hometown. For more information see Kathy - Founder & Content and Community Director My family began AncientFaces because we believe that unique photos and stories that show who people are/were should be shared with the world.