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Bruce Ivins grew up in the City of Lebanon in Warren County.
People who work and live there say they were tipped off that Ivins was part of an FBI investigation. They say FBI agents spent several days in the Warren County community in the Spring asking many questions about Ivins.

Downtown business owner Mike McMurray said, “We didn’t really know what it was so when this news came out it was like, uh oh.”

McMurray also owns the house Ivins grew up in.
“I remember the FBI asking if there was anything in the house unusual,” McMurray added, “I’d say what do you mean, unusual? They said, I can’t say.”

Ivins brother Tom lives in Middletown, about 10 miles from Lebanon. He hasn’t talked to Bruce in 20 years, and said nothing to defend his brother.
“It was his own fault, I thought,” said Tom Ivins. “What he did, he screwed himself up. He got involved with the wrong people.”

Tom Ivins said the FBI asked him a lot of questions too.
“They talked to me about my personal history, relationship with my two brothers,” said Ivins.

Bruce Ivins graduated from Lebanon High School in 1964. His brother describes Bruce as smart. Bruce was involved in a long list of activities including Honor Society, Track, Choir and Science Fair.

The people who run the Warren County History Center in Lebanon say FBI agents spent hours in their library looking for records of Ivins’ family history.

Downtown business owners say agents also stopped in Heritage House Gifts and spent some time in the basement. This is the same building where Ivins’ father ran a drug store years ago. Bruce worked in the store until going to college.

The store owner says agents left her store with nothing.
“There’s a lot of history to the building but who would have guessed this would have been the history,” said Laura Ferguson.

Tom Ivins says his brother probably didn’t work alone.
He’s confident that if others were involved, the FBI will be after them too.”