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Case 98: The Pillow Pyro

Casefile True Crime

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The Pillow-Pyro Task Force and John Orr

The Pillow-Pyro Task Force had been established in 1987 to find the arsonist. The task force checked daily fire reports diligently, but nothing new came through. A recent mugshot of John Orr was obtained and presented to witnesses from multiple arson crime scenes. Witnesses identified him as either a customer, or as being on location shortly before a fire broke out. Following this development, the task force was given permission to install a teletrack device in John Orr's car. In the meantime, a year's worth of call-out sheets provided by the Glendale Fire Department were examined. They confirmed that John had been unaccounted for, or working alone, during every date that

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