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Apartment complex where the purk -- secrets from the grave 1--'s had been living says their house burned down. the family car parked outside and still warm on that freezing night reeked of gasoline. >> and then in the apartment, we find a gas can sitting right inside the apartment and a pair of boots that had fresh blood on them. that is just screaming to us, we have found our guy. >> of course, had scott purk always been their guy. that said, the lawmen were still no closer to actually making an arrest. >> you can't really connect scott to the gas used at either fire? >> correct. >> and nobod...

Was nice and warm. >> the first question is, who would want to burn down your house? who are your enemies? >> exactly, right. scott said he really didn't have any. there was no one he knew that was so angry at him that would want to try to harm him or his family. so, the investigation basically took off from there. >> perhaps it was the warm car on such a cold night, or maybe it was mifflin's warm manner. either way, scott purk was feeling chatty. >> he lost his job about eight or nine days prior to this. things were not going well in his life. >> when asked how he and his wife tammy had spent...

Firefighters smelled gasoline as soon as they got out of their trucks. so a call immediately went out to stow police detective ken mifflin. >> when i got there, i saw the fire department still putting out the blaze. someone had taken probably a pipe wrench to disconnect the gas line. and it was blowing out natural gas. it was a very large roaring sound. >> at that point, the gas hadn't ignited? >> no. it could have possibly blown up. the person who said to the fire poured gasoline all the way to the gas meter and on top of the gas meter. >> the idea was fire starts, the gasoline goes to the ga...

Scott purk i'd ask if you ever knew him? >> they did, and i've never seen it before in my life. >> not somebody crossed paths with in your personal life, hospital, anywhere? >> i don't remember seeing him at all. >> the day after the indictment was handed out, jim and another officer staked out scott's apartment. >> and we weren't there maybe 15, 20 minutes at the most and here comes scott's been pulling in. he pulls in front of his apartment. we pull in and block him from leaving. >> two and a half years after the fire at his home, 18 months since the fire at amy's duplex, scott purk was in c...

He bragged about his crimes on Facebook Live.