FBI agents working with the Christmas bombing in Nashville are questioning whether Anthony Quinn Warner, a local computer expert called “person of interest,” was paranoid about 5G technology, according to a report.
Officers are investigating whether 63-year-old Warner feared 5G technology would be used to spy on Americans, a source close to the investigation told NBC News affiliate Nashville.
On the other hand, there were no arrests or reasons revealed in the attack on Sunday.
In another wrinkle of the case, investigators are studying Warner’s connection to a 29-year-old brunette from Los Angeles named Michelle Swing.
Warner signed the deed of his $ 160,000 suburban home in Nashville to Swing for free last month, according to county property records found by The Post.
Swing cited the FBI’s ongoing investigation into refusing to talk to The Post about the gift on Saturday, but told The Daily Mail that the transfer happened “without my knowledge.”
He declined to describe his relationship with Warner.
On Saturday night, the Mail reported that property records show that Warner had transferred another home to the mysterious woman, again without money.
That property was on the same street as the first and was valued at $ 249,000, the Mail reported.
Possible fears of Warner’s 5G technology were also confirmed by a Nashville real estate agent who told NBC he had called the FBI on Saturday after seeing the news of the person of interest.
Real estate agent Steve Fridrich contacted investigators after realizing he had hired a “Tony Warner” to do IT work for him in recent years, and most recently this month.
The FBI agent he spoke to asked if Warner was paranoid about 5G technology, Fridrich told NBC. Fridrich said he told agents Warner never mentioned he was afraid of 5G.
“Good jan. You know, he was a tech man, you don’t want to say anything negative about it,” Fridrich told NBC.
“I would do this and leave. It didn’t bother anyone. He did what he went and left, ”said Fridrich.
The last time Warner helped him with an internet problem earlier this month, he talked about his fondness for camping, Fridrich said on the net.
The white recreational vehicle Warner kept in the garden of his Nashville suburban home bears a striking resemblance to the explosive-laden RV that exploded on Christmas morning outside the downtown AT&T building.
There was no sign Saturday of Warner or his RV, as investigators spent Saturday searching for his property; meanwhile, sources have told CNN and ABC News that investigators believe the blast could have been the work of a suicide bomber.
Human remains recovered at the bomb site are still being checked for DNA.
Officers intend to whip Warner’s mother to determine if it was a match, Newsweek reported.