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THE charred body of Cybertruck bomber Matthew Livelsberger could only be identified by his distinctive tattoos, cops have revealed.
Livelsberger, 37, a decorated Green Beret, was burned beyond recognition in the blast outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, on New Year’s Day.
But a distinctive tattoo on his arm comprising three interlocking crescents was used to confirm his identity.
Clark County Sheriff Kevin McMahill said in a press conference that the body was so badly burned that they could not use medical records or DNA evidence to confirm his identity.
However, the tattoo had given investigators “a lot of confidence that this is, in fact, the same person,” McMahill said.
He added that many of the guns found inside the Tesla Cybertruck were also burned beyond recognition.
However, he said that the person in the driver’s seat had died from a gunshot wound to the head prior to the vehicle’s detonation, and that one of the handguns was found at his feet inside the vehicle.
Investigators also found an iPhone, a smartwatch, and several credit cards with Livelsberger’s name on them, along with a passport.
Livelsberger’s movements in the rented Cybertruck have been traced through the Turo app he used to hire the vehicle, the sheriff said.
He went through several charging stations after renting the truck on Saturday, stopping in Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona, before arriving in Las Vegas.
The truck was first spotted in the city just before 7:30 am local time, and he was seen driving up and down the iconic Las Vegas Strip.
He pulled into the Donald Trump-owned hotel’s valet and left the hotel, returning at around 8:40 am.
Seconds later, the vehicle exploded, the force of the impact wounding seven bystanders.
Shocking video shows the truck erupt in flames after a stash of fireworks mortars, canisters, and other explosives stuffed into the back of the pickup violently detonated.
DAYS OF TERROR
2025 has begun with a series of shocking incidents in the US sparking terror across the country.
Just three hours into the New Year, a driver deliberately plowed a pickup truck through crowds of revelers in New Orleans.
The suspected driver, Shamsud Din Jabbar, killed 14 people when he purposely drove into pedestrians in the French Quarter, before being killed himself in a firefight with police.
A further 35 were injured in the terror attack, believed to be inspired by the ISIS terror group, which Jabbar had pledged allegiance to earlier this year.
Jabbar is believed to have acted alone after authorities earlier said they were hunting for suspected accomplices.
He drove from his home in Houston, Texas, to New Orleans on New Year’s Eve, posting several videos online proclaiming his support for ISIS, the FBI said on Thursday.
Later on Wednesday, a Tesla Cybertruck exploded outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas.
One person – the driver – was killed in the blast while seven bystanders were wounded.
The driver has been named as 37-year-old Matthew Livelsberger, a US Army Green Beret who served at the same military base as Jabbar.
He lived in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and rented the Cybertruck through Turo, the same vehicle-sharing app used to rent the pickup truck used in the New Orleans attack.
However, at this point, the FBI says there is no confirmed link between Livelsberger and Jabbar.
On Thursday, January 2, there was a major lockdown around the US Capitol after a vehicle was spotted driving erratically on the sidewalk.
The driver was subsequently arrested and charged with dangerous driving.
It comes as DC plans to host several major events in the coming days, including the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter and the inauguration of President Donald Trump.
New Orleans is also hosting a number of mass events in the next few weeks, including the Sugar Bowl college football playoff, the Super Bowl, Mardi Gras, and Essence Festival.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Wednesday afternoon on X that “we have now confirmed that the explosion was caused by very large fireworks and/or a bomb carried in the bed of the rented Cybertruck and is unrelated to the vehicle itself.
“All vehicle telemetry was positive at the time of the explosion,” he added.
SICK DEFENSE
In the wake of Livelsberger’s death, the soldier’s uncle has bizarrely claimed that the blast wasn’t intended to hurt anyone but himself.
Dean Livelsberger claimed his nephew “could have fashioned a bomb that would have obliterated half of that hotel if he seriously wanted to hurt others,” in an interview with The Independent.
And he compared his actions to those of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh.
The 1995 terror attack by the former soldier killed 168 people, many of them children, after a powerful car bomb detonated outside a government building in the city.
“McVeigh was just a normal soldier,” Livelsberger added. “Not a Tier 1 operator like Matt.”
KILLER LINKS?
Hours earlier, Shamsud Din Jabbar, a US Army veteran from Texas, murdered 14 people after plowing a rented pickup truck deliberately into New Year’s Eve revelers in New Orleans, Louisiana.
McMahill said investigators were still examining any links between Livelsberger and Jabbar.
Both used the Turo app to rent the vehicles used in the attacks, and both served at different times at Fort Bragg in North Carolina.
McMahill said Livelsberger and Jabbar also both served in Afghanistan in 2009, although there is no evidence they were in the same province or the same unit.
Jabbar had an ISIS flag attached to the back of his truck, and had put videos on his socials declaring his allegiance to the Islamist terror group.
It has been revealed Livelsberger had broken up with his wife, with whom he shares a young child, shortly before the explosion.
His uncle had also described him as a “patriot” and “Rambo-type,” who had shared pro-Trump posts on his Facebook.
