[weegee]

There are more details in this report. Oddly, there was no photo of the collar.

Here is one from CNN's article (linked here:pizza man bomb-collar photo released

A lot of the background articles are linked there too.

[weegee]

PING

It's not a Tennessee Driver's License scandal article but it is about just as bizarre.

[Quilla]

I'd be calling all the machine shops in the area.

[weegee]

I went to the FBI site (linked at the bottom of one of today's articles, www.fbi.gov) but I didn't see the photos or full press conference.

[alisasny]

was the lock a key lock? Clearly if the guy was acting SOLO the key will turn up either in his car his house or where he left work. Anywhere that he had access to within that hour. He would have the key somewhere where he could get his " ruse" off.

I really can't believe this guy did this to himself.

This is one sick crime. Poor guy didnt stand a chance.

[lilylangtree]

Excuse my lack of sensitivity, but it reminds me of a metal toilet bowl seat.

[Tijeras_Slim]

A preliminary exam performed on the collar showed that it was likely not commercially manufactured

It was lacking the "Made in the Gaza Strip" label.

[Wolfie]

Police are looking for this man for questioning:

[cake_crumb]

Looks like a manacle. This case gets more and more bizarre.

[dead]

"There are a number of ways they could have convinced him that it is a live device

Like killing him with it.

[LibWhacker]

Doesn't look like wirecutters would've helped him much. Can't figure out how his coworker's death ties in, but chances are, it does.

[LibWhacker]

Here's a Columbian bomb collar someone mentioned on FR not too long ago:

Suspected FARC guerrillas detonated a collar bomb
they attached to dairy farmer Elvia Cortes, age 55,
on May 16, 2000, after she refused to pay a $7,500
extorsion.

[steplock]

I lOVE the brave police/FBI training their guns on him so he would die alone while begging for help.

to Serve & protect? WHO?

[CJ Wolf]

The FBI has released this sketch of the bomber.

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

The bloody thing reminds me of a locking device used to connect large diameter lengths of pipe, or for repairing a leak on the same type of pipe.

[Diva Betsy Ross]

OMG I was out of town last week. I just herad about this. This is a few miles from my home.

[cake_crumb]

Hubby's looking at the photo now...he says the top layer of the shackle part looks like the locking guide part of a circular saw or radial arm saw.

[Shmokey]

I would normally jump in this free for all with a snide funny comment, but I am really jolted by the shear horror of the crime. The animal responsible for this should get his own ticking collar. That would make a great pay for view special.

[MainFrame65]

On another thread, someone has stated that the device is a security collar for a propane tank, to prevent tank theft. Attachments and adaptations aside, that seems believable to me, it looks like about the right size, and such a device certainly would have a lock to prevent theft.

[skeeter]

Strange case. This would be a pretty surefire way for someone who was trying to provide a nestegg for his family - either he gets away with the bank's money or, if caught, he detonates the collar & his insurance company pays up (I don't think insurance companies will pay out in the event the policy holder is killed in commission of a crime). I wonder what kind of life insurance he had.

[cmsgop]

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