
Case 98: The Pillow Pyro
Casefile True Crime
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John Orr's Points of Origin
The Pillow-Pyro Task Force were shocked to learn that John Orr's novel told the story of a firefighter who moonlights as a serial arsonist. The manuscript was near complete, and John was in the final stages of sending it to literary agents for paid feedback. Along with explicit and often violent sexual content, the manuscript contained detailed descriptions about the very fires the task force was investigating. Both men were firefighters, non-smokers, and a used an incendiary delay device designed to give them 10 to 15 minutes getaway time. They both started fires in hardware stores, fabric stores, and other retail stores within styrofoam and other highly combustible products. Astonishingly
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