I suppose this is the key. If we find out he was a Muslim well, then, the floodgates are opened in the media.
If he was a white guy there will be conspiracy theories, of course, but the story will die.
why is a lone suicidal student working with 2 explosives?
And, may I add, it being Oklahoma with the 92 connection...if this was a Muslim this story will go for quite a while.