https://padlet.com/1436984/6dedunlnzy1qc2fz arson case en-us 2021-04-01 15:15:55 UTC 2021-04-01 15:32:38 UTC hello@padlet.com 1436984 https://padlet.com/1436984/6dedunlnzy1qc2fz/wish/1375724252 2021-04-01 15:21:17 UTC https://padlet.com/1436984/6dedunlnzy1qc2fz/wish/1375724252 1436984 https://padlet.com/1436984/6dedunlnzy1qc2fz/wish/1375728561 January 1987，Los Angeles]]> 2021-04-01 15:22:29 UTC https://padlet.com/1436984/6dedunlnzy1qc2fz/wish/1375728561 1436984 https://padlet.com/1436984/6dedunlnzy1qc2fz/wish/1375755054  John Orr hoped to be a Los Angeles police officer, but didn't make the cut. Instead, he joined the Glendale Fire Department as an arson investigator. His coworkers thought Orr was strange—he chased down shoplifters and burglars in his fire truck. But they admired his dedication and his uncanny ability to be the first firefighter on the scene. He always knew where the hydrants were, the best way to put out each fire, and how to find the cause of the fire. His colleagues never suspected that Orr was the man they had dubbed the "Pillow Pyro."

]]> 2021-04-01 15:29:44 UTC https://padlet.com/1436984/6dedunlnzy1qc2fz/wish/1375755054 1436984 https://padlet.com/1436984/6dedunlnzy1qc2fz/wish/1375756561 Orr used the same incendiary device for all his blazes: a cigarette attached to a book of matches wrapped in paper with cotton and bedding (hence the nickname), secured with a rubber band. The cigarette would burn down, and the matches would ignite the paper and bedding. In 1984, a fire at a local hardware store killed four people—including a 2-year-old child—and destroyed the building and nearby establishments.]]> 2021-04-01 15:30:07 UTC https://padlet.com/1436984/6dedunlnzy1qc2fz/wish/1375756561 1436984 https://padlet.com/1436984/6dedunlnzy1qc2fz/wish/1375760764 During an arson investigators conference in Bakersfield, Calif., in January 1987, several suspicious fires broke out. At one of the fires, investigators found a single fingerprint on a piece of notebook paper. Two years later, during another fire investigators conference in Pacific Grove, an outbreak of small fires occurred. Bakersfield's arson investigator compared the participants at both conferences and found 10 people attended both. By 1991, the investigators formed the Pillow Pyro task force and published a profile, noting the suspect was most likely an arson investigator from the greater Los Angeles area. The fingerprint found at the first conference was compared to those of the 10 attendees of both conferences; it matched Orr's fingerprint. When he was arrested in November 1991, police found cigarettes, rubber bands, and binoculars.]]> 2021-04-01 15:31:18 UTC https://padlet.com/1436984/6dedunlnzy1qc2fz/wish/1375760764