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>> to him, it suggested that james long had been lying on the floor and gasoline or accelerant had been poured over him intentionally and he had been set afire. >> and jims autopsy revealed even more evidence. he was unconscious before the fire started. ♪ ♪

Someone and that he was happy and that he wasnt going to be alone. >> any time you seen jim, you seen jean. seen one, you seen both of them. they went everywhere together. >> and jean had no financial motive. jims life insurance amounted to less than $40,000. but local prosecutors were convinced this was an open-and-shut case. >> the theory was she saw the opportunity to get rid of him and poured him and lit it and then made it seem or tried to tell everyone that it was an accident. >> the defen...

Look for traces of flammable liquids. they found none. and chemical tests of the rubble couldnt find accelerants either. >> there was very little trace evidence for us to recover at the scenes. >> there was no vandalism at the fire scenes. so the motive appeared to be thrill seeking and all of the fires started the same way on the ground floor at chest level. over the next several weeks, there were eight church fires, six were lutheran churches. eventually the arsons moved on to businesses and h...

>> ari had been working on a diesel truck fuel filter. but tests showed there was an accelerant on aris clothing more flammable than diesel fuel. >> some red flags were going off i think for our detective bureau certainly. >> it was consistent with like a gasoline type which would have been more of a lighter petroleum product. >> when investigators looked into aris personal life, friends said there was no love lost in the squires childless 14-year marriage. >> they did not sleep in the same bed....

The body, ari doused it with more diesel fuel than the fuel filter would have held. then used a more flammable accelerant to propel the fire. he wanted to make it look like the truck broke the fluorescent light, creating the spark that ignited the fire, but thats not what caused the fire. the circuit breakers were off. so there was no power going to the light. he most likely used a match. and the amount of fuel on the body was inconsistent in amount and makeup from the fuel held by a trucks fuel...

Ticket halls and tunnels wasnt easy. >> there was nothing quite like seeing a fire scene firsthand to give you a full appreciation of the devastation that has taken place, and also to give you a feel for how the fire might have developed. >> they needed to answer two critical questions -- what sparked the fire? and how could it appear so suddenly and erupt into a fatal blaze that claimed 31 lives? nearly a million people relied on the underground each day. they needed to know if the system was s...

>> i cant really put my finger on anything. i just have a gut feeling that theres something about this one that, you know, theres more to it than just the typical missing person. >> just a few hours later, a motorist ten miles away spotted a fire in the parking lot of an abandoned building. when he got closer, he was horrified to see what looked like a human body. >> the upper portion of the body was engulfed in flames. an accelerant was believed to have been used, like gasoline. >> the victim, ...

>> when police went to question him, he was gone. neighbors said he hadnt been around since olamide went missing. >> he did not have a vehicle. and the fact that olamides vehicle was missing, that pointed even more directly towards wallace. >> nationwide alerts were issued for wallace and for olamides car. >> when we say that yes, we had reason to believe that hes involved or has knowledge, that does not rule out that there could be other individuals. there very well could be. so, were still loo...

And still have time to spare. check your speed. see how fast your internet can be. switch now and add voice and tv for $34.90. comcast business. built for business. an autopsy revealed that edith ann haynes was beaten and strangled to death before the fire started in her mobile home. to find out whether an accelerant was used to start the fire, samples were collected and sent to the laboratory. there, forensic scientist laurel mason took the contents of the air-tight containers and prepared th...

Side. >> lane then drew a diagram of the floor plan and charted the burn patterns using an arrow to point toward the heat source. >> examining this pattern indicates the direction of fire flow starting at the bottom of this pattern, where we first see charring, and then at the top of this where we see charring. if we drew a line across there, it gives us a direction from which the fire started. >> then he looked for visible signs of an accelerant, like gasoline, which makes a fire burn faster an...