
Case 98: The Pillow Pyro
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John Orr's Points of Origin Manuscript
John Orr was charged with five counts of arson, two in Fresno, two in Bakersfield, and one in Tulare. The jury declared a John Orr guilty of three counts. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison for each count run consecutively. In the task force notified John's colleagues of his arrest, a friend and fellow arson investigator suggested they look into the deadly 1984 fire at Ollie's Home Center in South Pasadena. According to this source, John had been obsessed with the case for years and still maintained the Ollie’s fire had been deliberately lit. This seemingly coincided with a witness informing police that she spotted a suspicious man in the area moments
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