The matches were found the next day after the crime scene tape had been removed. No way the FBI would've left matches lying in such close proximity to the bench, IMHO.
"The matches were found the next day after the crime scene tape had been removed."
Somebody acting on their own, looking for flammable residue after the fact?
http://www.oudaily.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/10/17/43531fdd8cf1a
Father reveals Hinrichs' suicide note
Joel Henry Hinrichs Jr. said his son’s last message was “to the point” and “very vulgar.”
by Scooby Axson
October 17, 2005
The father of an OU student who died Oct. 1 when a bomb exploded outside of Oklahoma Memorial Stadium said his son left a very disturbing suicide note on his computer.
Joel Henry Hinrichs Jr. said the FBI showed him evidence that his son Joel acted alone in the explosion and never intended to hurt other people. Hinrichs said he doesn't remember the exact text.
“The line of text on his computer was short, but it was to the point, very vulgar, and it was a sort of farewell,” Hinrichs said.
Joel “Joe” Henry Hinrichs III, 21, was a mechanical engineering junior who kept to himself and had a long fascination with ammunition and bomb-making materials, his father said.
“My son was just a disturbed young man, and he felt it was necessary to end his life,” he said. “I was shown pictures of the bench he was sitting on at the time of the explosion, as well as a backpack and photos of his body.”
Hinrichs was sitting on a bench Oct. 1 outside of George Lynn Cross Hall when the bomb went off.
The blast could be heard during the second quarter of OU-Kansas State University football game where nearly 84,000 spectators were in attendance. The stadium is fewer than 100 yards from Cross hall.
The Chief Medical Examiner’s Office has yet to make a positive identification of the body. DNA tests were performed to determine a positive ID.
FBI officials are still unclear as to Hinrichs’ motives for the location he chose, but Hinrichs Jr. said he was upset with some of the media and how the story has turned into a conspiracy theory.
“Joe was sitting on a bench away from the crowded stadium and away from people; it’s as simple as that,” he said. “People seem to forget that. His intentions were to end his life; he was trying to destroy himself and nothing else. I don’t like the way it has been written, especially if people can’t get the facts right.”
Hinrichs said the Internet stories have bothered him the most.
“The print media have been very accurate with what they are coming out with, no doubt about it,” he said. “The networks’ coverage has been very suspect at best, probably because they get most of their information from the Internet.”
Hinrichs insisted that the stories saying his son was involved with terrorist organizations are simply not true.
The FBI said last week they found no link between Hinrichs and terrorism and that he did not try to enter the stadium or purchase a ticket for the game.
FBI spokesman Gary Johnson and OU President David L. Boren said that no Islamic or Jihadist materials were found during the search of the Parkview Apartments, where Hinrichs lived.
Officials did find bomb-making materials in the apartment and went to a Norman Police Department firing range to detonate the materials.
Hinrichs said he visited Norman on Thursday and Friday to clear out his son’s apartment and met with the FBI and university officials, including Boren.
“I spoke with Boren, and they did everything in their power to make sure my stay was comfortable and expressed their deep concern about my family’s well-being,” he said.
Hinrichs said he wanted to thank OU and will never forget how OU officials have tried to make the situation easier for him and his family.
“My family has been through a rough stretch the past couple of weeks, but we are all doing well,” Hinrichs said.
Matches were there the next morning -- don't know about the evening of the bombing. Someone said from a candlelight service but there was none that anyone knows of around here but then nobody around here seems to know much about anything "on the record!"