Cracker Bag Linked To Central Park Explosion, NYPD Says

CENTRAL PARK, NY — A bag from a package of crackers has been linked to the unsolved Central Park explosion that took one tourist's leg. The NYPD released a photo of a plastic bag that was found at the scene of the blast on Tuesday — the second anniversary of incident.

Police are seeking information about anyone who had knowledge of the bag, which has a label that reads "La Unica Tropical Crackers."

Connor Golden stepped on the explosive device on the morning of July 3, 2016 after jumping off a rock formation in Central Park with two other young men. He had part of his leg amputated below the knee.

Golden's mother, Carol Golden, said the bomb was in a bag like the one in the NYPD's photo. It came from a now-closed bakery, she wrote on Twitter.

"It’s been out of circulation for some time so it’s unique to the store and geographic area, so hopefully it will generate some leads," Agent Ashan Benedic of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) told CBS News.

Traces of substances available at some hardware stores that can be mixed to create a homemade explosive were found in evidence from the scene, police have said.

The NYPD and ATF have offered a $40,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest in the case.

"That case will never be closed until it is solved," John Miller, the NYPD's deputy commissioner of intelligence and counterterrorism, told reporters Friday.

Anyone with information about the incident can call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers hotline at 800-577-8477 or 1-888-577-4782 to leave a tip in Spanish. New Yorkers can also text tips to 274637 or submit them online at nypdcrimestoppers.com.

(Lead image: Police released this photo of evidence linked to a 2016 explosion in Central Park. Photo courtesy of the NYPD)