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John Leonard Orr (born 1948 or 1949) is an American convicted serial arsonist, mass murderer and former firefighter.A fire captain and arson investigator in Glendale, California, Orr was convicted of serial arson and four counts of murder; he is believed to have set nearly 2,000 fires in a thirty-year arson spree, most of them between 1984 and 1991, making him the most prolific serial arsonist ...
Jun 5, 2018 · Orr was sentenced to four consecutive life sentences. In Burned: Pyromania, Murder, and a Daughter’s Nightmare, journalist Frank Girardot, Jr. examines the incendiary true-crime story. His co-author Lori Orr Kovach, who was 17 when her dad was arrested, spoke with A&E True Crime about when she started doubting her father’s innocence ...
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Apr 9, 2020 · He was the most prolific American arsonist of the twentieth century. On October 10, 1984, a terrible tragedy struck South Pasadena, California. A shopping plaza hardware store caught fire, claiming four lives in the savage blaze. Investigators at the scene suspected that the deadly inferno was an unfortunate accident—an electrical fire.
John Leonard ORR. John Leonard Orr (born April 26, 1949) is a convicted serial arsonist who was once a fire captain and arson investigator for the Glendale Fire Department in Southern California. Orr had originally wanted to be a police officer, but had failed his entrance exam; instead he became a dedicated fire investigator and career fire ...
Jan 2, 2012 · This was the case with one of the most famous serial arsonists in Los Angeles history, John Leonard Orr. Orr, a former fire captain is believed to be responsible for nearly 2,000 fires in the Los ...
Jul 7, 2020 · John Leonard Orr. Throughout the mid-1980’s and early-1990’s, Los Angeles was plagued by a series of fires which claimed the lives of four people in 1984, and cost the state millions of dollars in damages. Investigators concluded the arsonist, who they nicknamed the Pillow Pyro, started the fires by using incendiary timing-devices that were ...
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Jan 24, 2020 · On December 4, 1991, at 7:10am, John Orr was arrested as he walked out of his Glendale home. During a search of Orr’s home and vehicle, investigators collected evidence including: Orr’s black canvas “work” bag holding among other things: a pack of unfiltered Camel cigarettes. two books of matches.
