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It seemed very difficult to explain how the gasoline would be in hardwood floor but not in carpeting and padding above it if a significant volume of gasoline was poured. >> and avato wasnt the least bit suspicious of pauls behavior on the night of the fire. >> its not unusual for people in a fire to exit a building through the way that theyre most comfortable exiting. if they typically come and go through the front door, no matter where they are in the house, theyll exit through the front door. ...

They had gut feelings and years of practical experience that led them to conclude this had to be an arson fire. so they let common perceptions outweigh logic and science. and luckily logic and science prevailed in this case. >> paul spent ten months in jail, facing a possible death sentence for a crime that never happened. >> there are days i cant bear to look at pictures of my mother and father. because i -- i just remember the fire. >> he spent ten months in jail. that was liberty that was tak...

At one minute, the fire would be about two feet tall and gathering strength. at two minutes it would be moving across the ceiling. at four minutes, temperatures and gas levels in the room would be fatal. at 5 1/2 minutes the fire reaches flashover and the window blows out. this was consistent with paul camiolos version of events. >> matches up with everything that paul camiolo was saying and with other objective evidence that he has nothing to do with. >> but important questions remained. if the...

Gas chromatography can identify the molecular components of the samples, and the results showed there was evidence of gasoline on the wood floor. >> and the single biggest piece of evidence for them to conclude this was an arson fire was the finding of gasoline in the hardwood floor because how else would you explain gasoline in a living room? >> when the test results come back, it changes from i dont know to, wow, we have accelerant here, this must be an arson, and that changes peoples opinions...

Within one minute, smoke and gas spread up the stairs to the second floor. and three minutes after ignition, the living room would reach flashover, blowing out the window. >> the entire room becomes engulfed in flames because theres so much burning and so much hot gas that its completely uninhabitable. >> but the police witnessed the window breaking five or six minutes after paul called the fire department. to roby, this meant that gasoline couldnt have been used to start the fire. >> he would h...

Investigators his mother was a chain-smoker and that she probably started the fire accidentally. paul said he was asleep upstairs when he heard his father calling him. >> paul! paul! >> he said there was a small fire on the sofa which his mother was trying to put out. he ran to the kitchen, got a pitcher of water and threw it on the sofa but it made the fire worse. he told his parents to go out the back door, he called 911. then he went out the front door to his car. >> he was in his underwear i...

Something to do with setting the fire. >> there was money there in the form of insurance money. and that in and of itself is a powerful motive. >> he seved about $200,000 in insurance benefits. >> the second motive that some of the investigators believed existed was that paul camiolo was tired of caring for his infirm parents. >> fire investigators searched through the rubble and found something very suspicious. >> in the center of the room there was a pattern that looked like perhaps it might h...

Have gone on before. they are hitting this administration in -- like bam, bam, bam. >> like a prize fight, and the president is going down. >> marc, my last question for you. the polls show that the american public believe this president is disengaged. no longer into being president. unfortunately, he has to continue doing it, i mean, unfortunately for him if he is disengaged. you cant really be disengaged as the president. youre not really allowed. >> youre not allowed and especially when the w...

Ari squires motive for setting the arson fire and faking his own death was money. he was about to turn 40 years old. and he could no longer afford to pay his monthly premiums for his $5 million life insurance policy, and those premiums were about to go up. >> the insurance premiums were $2,000 a year, but he came to a point where they were going to be jumping up to $13,000 a year and he was broke. he didnt have the money. >> investigators also found evidence ari squires construction company was ...

>> 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 i just look and i go, i just cant believe hes not her...