An Elderly Couple Watched Their House From Afar Until Everything Changed

department was already there when they arrived at 2:31. “Who reported it?” Helen asked.

Reyes checked her notes. “Anonymous call from a cell phone came in at 2:17.”

The fire was set at 2:14. Someone called it in at 2:17. That wasn’t a neighbor waking up and fumbling for a phone. That was someone already awake, already watching, already knowing the fire continue reading …