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A northern Utah man was sentenced this week after admitting to going on an arson spree in Box Elder County this past July.

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Arson spree began. >> that time he was going through a divorce. he was filing for bankruptcy. his wife was falling apart. he was drinking heavily. >> and the first three numbers of his license plate were exactly what the hypnotized witness remembered. the task force put paul keller under surveillance for ten days they followed him hoping they could catch him in the act. >> the task force people were trying to keep paul under surveillance which was real challenging. and they would lose him period...

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He was detained momentarily by court security personnel. >> reporter: authorities suspect his mothers detention may have been the motivation for what began less than 12 hours later. the first of more than 50 arson fires that terrified several los angeles communities over four days. >> the room was full of smoke. so we couldnt even breathe. >> reporter: the arson spree didnt stop until harry burkhart was arrested. appearing to smirk in the back seat of a patrol car early monday morning. he was ap...

Yet that prosecutors believe that it was a direct motivation behind this arson spree. hes facing 37 counts of arson. the other blazes are still being investigated. and will continue to be investigated, anderson. >> thanks. bizarre story. whos the young woman found dead on the grounds of queen elizabeths country estate. also ahead, what a mother is going to do to protect her baby. one young mom in oklahoma forced to use a gun. and did it with deadly accuracy. coming up, the part that landed...

Did nothing to offend the person? >> reporter: in his native germany, burkhart is also under investigation for an arson fire there in october that gutted a house owned by his family. in vancouver, british columbia the "province" newspaper reports that harry burkhart suffers from severe anxiety, autism and several other medical conditions. according to a letter submitted by a doctor in a court case there. cnn has tried to reach the doctor without success. back in los angeles investigators found f...

Hearing tuesday, was clearly worried about harrys whereabouts, asking, where is my son? he should be in the courtroom right now. my son has disappeared since yesterday. perhaps the german nazis know of our address. their address has moved from sunset boulevard to separate jail cells downtown, both held without bail. the arson spree caused an estimated $3 million in damage. cnn affiliate kabc reports that as harry burkhart was captured near the last of the blazes, he told officers bluntly, i hate...

Released by los angeles police, and remembered his angry outbreak in court three days earlier. this is one of the apartment buildings that burned during the arson spree. over there, you can see the back window of the apartment where harry burkhart lived with his mother. its not hard to imagine someone standing at that window and watching the fire burn. >> why would someone want to hurt their neighbors, people who did nothing to offend the person? >> reporter: in his native germany, burkhart is a...

Investigators found fire-starting devices in the van burkhart was driving when he was arrested. his mother, during a court hearing tuesday, was clearly worried about harrys whereabouts, asking, where is my son? he should be in the courtroom right now. my son has disappeared since yesterday. perhaps the german nazis know of pour address. their address has moved from sunset boulevard to separate jail cells downtown, both held without bail. the arson spree caused an estimated $3 million in damage. ...