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Arson ruled out in Connecticut triple murder case..
One of the two men who killed a Connecticut doctor's wife and two daughters has been convicted on all counts except the arson charge.
The jurors excuse for not convicting the subject for arson was because he wasn't seen striking the match.
This is an excellent example of how difficult it is to get a conviction on a known arson case.
Confessing to setting a fire is not sufficient evidence for a conviction, unless a witness sees the accused strike the match or sets the fire in question by some source of ignition.
I was a state arson investigator for over 20 years and considered myself lucky if I could send only one arsonist to prison per year.
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Permalink Reply by Jack/dt on
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Sadly, arson was the least of the issues in this case. Fortunately Hayes WAS found guilty on the other 16 charges. One down, one to go.
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Permalink Reply by Silver Fox on
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I didn't follow this case too closely, but if those three victims were alive at the time the fire was set, they conceivably would be alive today. In view of this, it wouldn't be, as you state, the least of the issues involved in the case.
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Read this - http://www.courant.com/community/cheshire/cheshire-home-invasion/hc... and follow some of the other links on the story. The three victims were sexually assaulted, beaten, brutalized and the wife/mother was set on fire. She and her two daughters died from smoke inhalation. But given what they were exposed to in this home invasion, I stand by my statement; arson (or more accurately, a conviction of arson) was the least of the issues.
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Thanks for providing the website..Since they died from smoke inhalation, the fire and not the beatings, brutalization, Etc. was the cause of death. However, I agree.. the arson count was the least of the issues involved.
The only reason I posted this thread in FFN is because it's arson related.
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