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John Maloney - Guilty?

pour patterns? make me laugh

From one of the links: "Also on the floor between the davenport and the coffee table around the heavily charred floor there was an irregular burn pattern which appeared to be an accelerant pattern, either solid or liquid. It was also noted that when water was poured on the floor near this charred hole, it ran away from the hole towards the davenport." If they are trying to use so-called pour patterns to prove arson, this would be complete woo. A great deal of material on the subject of arson investigation has been churned up due to the Todd Willingham case. I don't have time to follow this thread, but anyone else who does might want to look into this issue.
EDT
One of the nation's top arson investigators is John Lentini. This link give some of his opinions on the case.
 
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From one of the links: "Also on the floor between the davenport and the coffee table around the heavily charred floor there was an irregular burn pattern which appeared to be an accelerant pattern, either solid or liquid. It was also noted that when water was poured on the floor near this charred hole, it ran away from the hole towards the davenport." If they are trying to use so-called pour patterns to prove arson, this would be complete woo. A great deal of material on the subject of arson investigation has been churned up due to the Todd Willingham case. I don't have time to follow this thread, but anyone else who does might want to look into this issue.
EDT
One of the nation's top arson investigators is John Lentini. This link give some of his opinions on the case.

There was a car fire where they argued "pour patterns" where it was due to the melting plastic in the car.

Another where there was an attic fire due to electrical sparking and again the fire marshal saw pour patterns.
 

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