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At the autopsy, the medical examiner, dr. william macello, made a startling discovery. blaine hodges didnt have any soot in his lungs or breathing passages, which would have been present had he set the fire before killing himself. and blaines body revealed even more telling information. >> mr. hodges showed signs of what we called decay, which were more consistent with his having been dead for many, many hours or even days when compared to the others. >> i thought at first that he was just pulli...

Examiner, dr. william macello, made a startling discovery. blaine hodges didnt have any soot in his lungs or breathing passages, which would have been present had he set the fire before killing himself. and blaines body revealed even more telling information. >> mr. hodges showed signs of what we called decay, which were more consistent with his having been dead for many, many hours or even days when compared to the others. >> i thought at first that he was just pulling my leg, because i had kno...

Had some difficult times. he had been fired from his job at the post office for allegedly stealing $4,600. >> he had been convicted of an embezzlement charge and was on the verge of going off to jail for a short period of time, so when he found that out, that would witness into the motivating fact that he maybe wanted to kill his family and take his own life. >> blaine was about to begin serving a six-month prison sentence for that crime. he had also been ordered to make restitution of $9,200, a...