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Some other arrests. some of them were cleared after he performed community service, so theyre being erased or sealed from his criminal record. and theres still one outstanding issue from a past assault case where there was a protection order that he allegedly violated. then the family house in the hamptons burned down two weeks after that police complaint was filed. this young man was never named as a suspect in that arson, but a lot of friends and family members have their suspicions and concer...

Sealed from his criminal record. and theres still one outstanding issue from a past assault case where there was a protection order that he allegedly violated. then the family house in the hamptons burned down two weeks after that police complaint was filed. this young man was never named as a suspect in that arson, but a lot of friends and family members have their suspicions and concerns but police tell us the arson fire remains unsolved. >> anyone around him saying we saw something like this ...

Problems and had no recent history of working but does have a history of drug-related offenses and recently violated a restraining order placed on him by a man he assaulted in the hamptons. the man who got beat up also lost his hamptons home to an arson fire and police are now investigating whether thomas gilbert jr. was involved in that fire. gilbert jr., like his dad, graduated from princeton, but apparently did not have his fathers touch with money. thomas gilbert sr. ran a $200 million hedge...

Like him in height, weight, and physical appearance. >> he gave me his number and took my number and called me every day and stopped in every day and pretty much was pretty persistent. >> when sandy lively failed to show up for his appointment with ari, in frustration, ari turned to his second choice, justin newman. and dna positively identified that it was justin who perished in the arson fire. >> it was the worst feeling ive ever had in my entire life. he was my best friend and still nowadays ...

>> so that was really the moment where he said heres the final piece of the puzzle. if this is leaded gasoline it all makes sense. and makes sense it would be there and why. >> forensic tests also revealed how the fire started. a cigarette, dropped onto a polyurethane sofa will simply smolder. but when a match is dropped on the same material, its almost like an explosion. and tests revealed that another aspect of pauls story was correct. that when he poured water on the fire, it got worse. >> th...

>> that boy was good to his parents. >> we were all there to support him. and we all went to the hearings. and several of us visited him on a regular basis. we all believed that he was innocent. >> as the trial approached, paul camiolo and his defense team looked for some way to prove that the fire was an accident. >> i couldnt imagine how the gasoline got in there. >> there had to be another explanation as to why gasoline was in that floor. as a solution thats as revolutionary as its beds. intr...

>> when the defense team learned about steve avatos opinion that the fire was an accident, they conducted their own investigation and hired dr. rick roby, an expert on the science of fires. >> what makes it difficult is, fires burn up a lot of the evidence. >> roby studies fires while theyre burning. to do this he sets fires like this one in model rooms. fires progress differently depending on how theyre set, the size of the room, airflow and hundreds of other considerations. all of this data is...

Been charged with first-degree murder was the gasoline found on the wood floors in the living room. but pauls defense team was suspicious of this finding. >> they took samples of the carpeting, the carpet padding, and some newspaper, and there was no gasoline in any of those samples. it was only in the hardwood floor. and it was just inconceivable, how can you pour gasoline in a family room and not get the gas on those other items if that was going to be the cause of the fire? >> so the defense ...

It doesnt matter. hes a thief. hes a rapist and hes a murderer. he just got old. thats all there is to it. >> all the scientific, forensic evidence, were going to see a lot more cold cases being solved based on the advancements in technology. in the aftermath of a fatal fire, one question remained. was it an accident or was it arson? it took the physics of a burning cigarette, the chemical composition of a flame, and a computer-simulated fire to determine how the fire started and who was respo...

Ed was a retired government worker and rosalie worked in the computer industry. their only child, paul, a 31-year-old computer programmer, lived upstairs. he took care of his parents since they had difficulty getting around. >> its not that they were bedridden or complete invalids, but they certainly werent athletic and able to respond, in my opinion, to an emergency situation. >> just before dawn in september of 1996, paul made an emergency call to the fire department. >> 911, what is your emer...