Charges filed in deadly Calif. wildfire (AP)

by Populux | November 2, 2006 at 10:51 pm
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Authorities on Thursday filed murder and arson charges carrying the death penalty against a man suspected of setting a Southern California wildfire last week that killed five firefighters. The suspect, Raymond Lee Oyler, 36, was already under arrest on suspicion of setting two other wildfires over the summer. Officials were investigating whether he was involved with more than three dozen fires since May. In a jailhouse interview, Oyler told The Press-Enterprise of Riverside ...

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