Bomb That Hurt Girl Traced to Ex-Worker

A Christmas Eve package bomb that injured a 10-year-old girl came from a family acquaintance who committed suicide five days after the blast, investigators said. The bomb came from Christopher P. Gilson, 58, who lived about two miles from Jude and Mary Reardon in Clifton Park, said state police Maj. Peter Lawrence. Jordan Reardon was burned over 27% of her body when she opened the package. Jude Reardon’s brother fired Gilson from a sales job in 1991, police said. Gilson shot himself Dec. 29. Materials taken from Gilson’s home Friday matched the bomb fragments from the Reardon home, Lawrence said.