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To Catch an Arsonist

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Children and Arson

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The owner of a home destroyed by an explosion and fire that killed two men has been booked for investigation of murder and arson, investigators said. Meanwhile, the teenagers whose charred bodies were found in the kitchen of the home early Thursday have been identified as Paul Cort, 17, and Tom Stone, 16, both of Lorel City.

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  1. “Owner of House Held in Blast and Fire That Killed Two Men,” Independent Press Telegram (8 August 1983), p. 3.

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  2. “State Offers $5,000 Reward in Arson Blaze,” Los Angeles Times (8 August 1983), p. 7.

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  3. “The Arson File,” Los Angeles Magazine (August 1982), p. 178.

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  4. James Gardner et al., Arson Prevention and Control (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Justice, January 1980).

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  5. John F. Bourdreau et al., Arson and Arson Investigation (Washington, D.C.: National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, October 1977).

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  6. Ibid.

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  7. Ibid.

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  8. John D. DeHaan, Kirk’s Fire Investigation (New York: Wiley, 1983).

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  9. Ibid.

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  10. D. J. Icove and H. R. Crisman, “Application of Pattern Recognition in Arson Investigation,” Fire Technology 11 (February 1975), 35–41.

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  11. Bourdreau et al.

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  12. Robert Studer, “Witness Is Best Tool against Arson,” Sacramento Union (5 November 1978), p. 3.

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  13. Ibid.

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  14. We TIP, pamphlet available from P.O. Box 740, Ontario, CA 91761.

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© 1984 Wayne S. Wooden and Martha Lou Berkey

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Wooden, W.S., Berkey, M.L. (1984). To Catch an Arsonist. In: Children and Arson. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9403-1_11

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