John Orr, a renowned arson investigator, was suspected of being a serial arsonist himself. His novel, 'Points of Origin', eerily mirrored several of his investigations, leading authorities to believe it was a thinly veiled confession. Despite facing trial and conviction for the Ole's fire, Orr maintains his innocence and claims his book was purely fictional.
Soon after the first engine arrived to fight the fatal hardware store blaze in South Pasadena, John Orr materialized and began snapping photos. His presence outside Ole’s Home Center on Fair Oaks Avenue in October 1984 did not seem out of place. He was an arson investigator in nearby Glendale, a well-known student of fire with a growing reputation as an instructor. He specialized in how to catch firebugs. One of his maxims: “The bug is in the crowd.
Was it possible that one of the 200-plus attendees at the conference had done this? “There’s attorneys, there’s insurance investigators, and there’s fire investigators,” Casey recalled. “I didn’t know who it was.” He thought an arson investigator was most likely, and one who had come to the conference alone, 'because arson's kind of a lone, secretive crime.' His theory met resistance from other fire officials. “They didn’t want to believe that one of us was doing that,” he said.
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