The FBI is searching a house and a storage unit in Utah as part of the Las Vegas ricin case. There still is no word on what exactly is going on with all this, but authorities continue to insist that the entire affair is not terrorism related.
The search of the home and units at a self-storage facility outside Salt Lake City was expected to be a long, tedious process as agents operated carefully at sites where they could find the dangerous substance, FBI spokesman Juan Becerra said.
No results of the ongoing searches were announced at a press conference Sunday morning, but FBI Special Agent Timothy Fuhrman said, "There is no indication of any terrorist act or activity."
Roger Von Bergendorff, the focus of the investigation, had lived in the Riverton house for more than a year before moving to Las Vegas, Nevada, about a year ago, said Tammy Ewell, who lives across the street.
"He just barely got by in life. He'd just barely make it," Ewell said Saturday of the 57-year-old Von Bergendorff.
He lived there with his cousin Thomas Tholen and his wife, said Ewell, who described the couple as close friends.
Officials secured Tholen's home, but did not immediately search it because they were awaiting court approval for a warrant, Becerra said later Saturday.
Von Bergendorff is described as a loner. Again, there is no legitimate reason for him to be in possession of the ricin in the first place. This one is getting more murky as details emerge, not less.
