was laying on his back with his arms stretched over his head and his legs straight out, that he had been placed there. >> but jean had always contended that while her husband was on fire, he was flailing about. was it possible that jim struck his head on the metal table nearby causing the fractured skull and knocking him unconscious? lentini believes the charge of arson and murder had been a rush to judgment and that the kerosene heater was to blame. >> basically, what you do is you fill this up with kerosene or diesel fuel. you throw a wick of some kind down in there. what happens when you have this lake of fire down in here is you're generating lots and lots of soot. what you have is soot coats the inside and it will catch on fire like charcoal. so if you don't allow this thing to cool down sufficiently, that's pretty dangerous.