Fire Update

[naamah_darling]

No people were injured, still no word on the dog. It was definitely arson. As I have heard it, some kids were seen buying gasoline at a nearby convenience store. Assuming that is true, I imagine they will be found very quickly, as it's on film and we know what their truck looked like. They apparently broke in and doused the lower story with gas

Comments

[sargon999]

I highly doubt this is their first crime. They broke in apparently and poured gasoline all over the place before they lit it. That's pretty bold, and I would think it indicates a degree of criminal experience as well as focused, personal anger. That fact that their were two says that they were young and needed each other to psych themselves up for it, also the fact that they may have bought the gas nearby, which also indicates a general lack of sophistication. I would guess they were 18-22, single men with a history of inappropriate acting out and a lot of anger. I would bet they had been drinking, which would lower their inhibitions and allow them to try something this bold. The fact that they bought the gas so soon before the crime indicates it was impulsive and not too well planned. They had been to the house before and may have had some way to know no one would be home, as they wouldn't have broken in if there was anyone there. They were after that particular house, as if they just wanted to torch a random house there are lots of other ones easier to get to they could have hit. This was a crime of anger.

[naamah_darling]

I wouldn't bet against you.

[farrandy]

I was telling my dad (retired fireman) about this and he said professional arsonists NEVER bring anything to the site; they use what can be found right there.

[naamah_darling]

That would be really smart, actually, yeah. I can see that. Nothing to trace that you bought, nothing to leave traces in your car when you carry it over, nothing for them to find leftovers of in your slaughter shack, and so on.