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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 wasn't the least bit suspicious of paul's behavior on the night of the fire. >> it's not unusual for people in a fire to exit a building through the way that they're most comfortable exiting. if they typically come and go through the front door, no matter where they are in the house, they'll exit through the front door. >> avato told local investigators that he believed the fire was accidental, and he was roundly ...

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 can't 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 taken away from him that he'll never get back. it was a time he should have been grieving for the loss...

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 camiolo's 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 fire was an accident, why was gasoline found on the living room floor?

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 don't know to, wow, we have accelerant here, this must be an arson, and that changes people's opinions. >> to prosecutors the presence of gasoline meant murder. based on this evidence, prosecutors bel...

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 there's so much burning and so much hot gas that it's 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 couldn't have been used to start the fire. >> he would have had a tough time actually getting to the front door without being engulfed in flames. that's ...