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John Leonard Orr (born 1948 or 1949) [1] is an American convicted serial arsonist, mass murderer and former firefighter.A fire captain and arson investigator in Glendale, California, Orr was convicted of serial arson and four counts of murder; [2] he is believed to have set nearly 2,000 fires in a thirty-year arson spree, most of them between 1984 and 1991, making him the most prolific serial ...
After firefighters extinguish a fire, an investigation is launched to determine the origin and cause of the fire or explosion. [1] These investigations can occur in two stages. The first stage is an investigation of the scene of the fire to establish its origin and cause. The second step is to conduct laboratory examination on the retrieved ...
Gerald "Jerry" Hurst (June 16, 1937 – March 11, 2015) was an American chemist and fire investigator. Before becoming noted for arson investigations, Hurst designed explosives for warfare, invented a binary explosive device known as Kinepak and developed an improved chemical compound to create Liquid Paper.
The more recent police investigations, though, found that April Atkins signed in shortly before 5 p.m. the day of the murder; Hibbs was believed killed between 12:30 and shortly after 1 p.m. which ...
Ballot boxes destroyed in Washington, Oregon arson cases. The Federal Bureau of Investigation said in a statement to USA TODAY that it is "coordinating with federal, state and local partners to ...
The second part of training is the Special Agent Basic Training (SABT), which is conducted at FLETC and covers a wide range of disciplines including firearms and ammunition identification; firearms trafficking; report writing, interviewing techniques; alcohol/tobacco diversion investigations; explosives and fire/arson investigations; firearms ...
The case was discussed again in a 2009 investigative report in The New Yorker. [2] This coverage suggested that the arson evidence was misinterpreted. According to an August 2009 investigative report by an expert hired by the Texas Forensic Science Commission, the original claims of arson were doubtful. [3]
May 11—UPDATE, 5 p.m. Honolulu police have opened three arson cases involving fires set at three different government buildings located next to one another in downtown Honolulu. The first fire ...