THE Army soldier who allegedly blew up a Cybertruck at a Trump Hotel was burnt beyond recognition when he was found – as social media posts give a glimpse into his life before the horror attack.
Newly unearthed videos show Matthew Livelsberger, 37, smiling with a woman believed to be his partner or ex-partner years before he allegedly injured seven in the massive blast outside the Las Vegas hotel on New Year’s Day.
Livelsberger, 37, drove up to the Trump International Hotel in Nevada just before 9 am on January 1 in a Cybertruck filled with fireworks, gas canisters, and camping fuel.
Surveillance footage showed the EV burst into flames with him inside, sending shards of glass and metal flying at screaming pedestrians.
Cops believe Livelsberger drove from his home in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to the hotel for the attack.
They raided his home later on New Year’s Day and are investigating whether the brazen crime was an “act of terror.”
On Thursday, investigators revealed the attacker was burnt beyond recognition and that the corpse couldn’t be removed from the car.
The bomber had shot himself inside the car, and a semi-automatic pistol was found beside his corpse alongside a passport, iPhone, and more firearms, cops said.
Investigators believe they’ve identified him through his tattoos but are awaiting DNA confirmation to be sure.
The attack ignited fresh fear across the country as it came just hours after Army veteran Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar murdered 14 partygoers in New Orleans.
He slammed his truck into a crowd ringing in the New Year on Bourbon Street at 3:15 am and placed two bombs in the famous French Quarter.
Jabbar was quickly killed by police in a shootout after the sick spree, and officials have since confirmed he was an ISIS member who wanted to kill his entire family.
Alleged Cybertruck bomber Livelsberger was a Green Beret who was based in Germany, but he was on leave when he died, an Army spokesperson told The U.S. Sun.
He enlisted in 2006 and ascended to master sergeant for the special operations force. His last position was as a remote and autonomous systems manager.
According to his LinkedIn, Livelsberger received the Department of State Meritorious Honor Award in 2016 for his work with the US Embassy in Tajikistan.
The soldier was reportedly once married to Sara Wilson Livelsberger – a Mexican native who moved to the US and went to college in Ohio and Colorado, according to her Facebook and Newsweek.
Matthew Livelsberger wasn’t active online, but Sara gave an inside look at their life together from 2015 to 2016.
At that time, the seemingly happy couple hiked mountains together and traveled for beach vacations.
One now-eerie video posted in March 2016 captured Livelsberger chatting about their experience at the JFK Airport in New York City as they waited to board a flight to San Juan, Puerto Rico.
She later posted a picture that appeared to show Livelsberger covered in a blanket in the Atlanta airport and joked that he “could not hang.”
In between travels, Sara, who studied political science and social work, was open about her disdain for President Trump.
She posted a picture of a bumper sticker that said “Stop bigotry” alongside an illustration of Trump’s side profile.
“Perks of being a registered Democrat,” she said on Facebook.
In September 2015, she shared a screenshot of one of Trump’s tweets and said she couldn’t decide whether to cry or laugh.
In the comments, she admitted to following Trump on Twitter “just to get my morning motivation to kill someone.”
The U.S. Sun reached out to Sara for an interview but didn’t hear back by the time of publication.
Livelsberger’s family members told CBS News that Sara hadn’t heard from him in the days before he turned up dead, but they didn’t share his new partner’s identity.
They were unaware of his alleged involvement in the explosion but confirmed he had rented a Tesla Cybertruck.
The Tesla was rented from Turo, the same company that New Orleans terrorist Jabbar used to rent a Ford EV truck for his rampage.
TERROR ENSUES
Livelsberger’s death came just hours after Jabbar’s horrific attack on buzzing Bourbon Street on New Year’s morning.
US citizen Jabbar donned full body armor, filled his car with explosives, and tied an ISIS flag to his truck before mowing down partygoers at about 3 am, cops said.
He got out of the car with a gun and opened fire before nearby officers killed him.
Detectives believe the brazen attack was an act of terrorism, but they’re still looking into what led up to the mass murder.
In a bone-chilling twist, law enforcement said Jabbar and Livelsberger both were once stationed at Fort Liberty in North Carolina.
They were also in Afghanistan at the same time though it’s unclear if they ever crossed paths in person.
Cops said on Thursday that they hadn’t found any “definite link” between the two attacks but they’re continuing to investigate.
Jabbar was living in Texas at the time of his death, and family members said he was an Islam convert, The New York Times reported.
He had two older daughters and a young son. He was divorced twice and told his second ex-wife’s lawyer that he was in financial ruin in 2022.
“I cannot afford the house payment,” he said in an email seen by the Times.
Friends and family described him as a dedicated Muslim but were shocked at such an extreme act of suspected terrorism.
“What he did does not represent Islam,” his brother, Abdur Jabbar, said.
“This is more some type of radicalization, not religion.”
Who was Shamsud Din Jabbar?
THE man police suspect drove his car into a crowd of New Year’s Eve revellers in New Orleans was 42-year-old Shamsud Din Jabbar.
He is believed to have killed 14 people in what authorities are investigating as a terrorist attack before cops shot him dead.
More details are emerging about the US Army veteran who was born and lived in Texas.
Jabbar had a criminal history after being arrested in Katy, Texas, in 2002 for misdemeanor theft.
He was also arrested in 2005 for driving without an invalid license.
Documents viewed by The U.S. Sun confirmed Jabbar held a real estate license from 2019 until it expired in February 2021.
In a YouTube video uploaded on May 12, 2020, Jabbar introduced himself as a Team Lead for the Midas Group and Property Manager at Blue Meadow Properties.
He shared that he was born and raised in Beaumont, Texas, but was living in Houston at the time of the video.
During his 10-year stint in the Army, Jabbar said he served as a human resources specialist and IT specialist from 2007 to 2015.
He was deployed to Afghanistan from 2009 to 2010.
Between 2015 and 2020 he served in the Army Reserve as an IT specialist, the Army said.
Jabbar is a dad to two daughters and had two previous wives.
It’s unclear when his second divorce happened, but court files show that a restraining order was granted against him in 2020.
The New York Times reported a court document that the suspect filed in August 2022 as part of a divorce proceeding said he worked at the accounting firm Deloitte and made about $120,000 a year.
A ISIS flag was found in the truck by cops following the attack after it had been attached to a pole on the truck’s trailer hitch, the FBI said.
Jabbar had only converted to Islam within the last year and was “being all crazy” the new husband of his ex-wife said, the New York Times reports.
