Long Beach ‘Rocket-Builder’ Former BF Charged In Business Blast That Killed CA Woman Ildiko Krajnyak-Vestil

FBI officials say they expect to charge 59-year-old California man, Stephen Beal, with “possession of an unregistered destructive device” following an investigation into an explosion on Tuesday that killed a California spa owner.

Officials were quick to add that Beal of Long Beach, is not being charged in connection with the deadly blast, but they said their investigation was continuing.

FBI spokesperson Laura Eimiller told NPR that additional details will not be released until Beal is officially charged in a federal criminal complaint which could be filed as early as Thursday. source

Ildiko Krajnyak-Vestil of Trabuco Canyon has been identified as the woman killed in an explosion at a California business.

Officials believe the explosion that killed 40-year-old Krajnyak-Vestil death in Aliso Viejo was no accident, and that the blast came from a device delivered to the location.

Speaking at a news conference on Wednesday, authorities identified the victim as Ildiko Krajnyak-Vestil of Trabuco Canyon. They said Krajnyak-Vestil was likely the owner of the day spa, where the explosion occurred on Tuesday. Three search warrants have been served in connection with the investigation – at the day spa, at a location in Long Beach and another location in Trabuco Canyon, investigators said. source

No arrests have been made in the blast.

Officials also said it appeared the explosion came from a device delivered to the location, though they did not know how the item was delivered.