Laura leaned in. “And? What’s the why ?”
She called two experts to a meeting in her cramped office.
At the trial, the prosecutor summed it up perfectly: “Criminalística told us the truth of the flame—where it started, what fed it, and who held the match. Criminología told us the truth of the mind—why he struck the match, why he chose these buildings, and why he stopped caring if someone was inside.
The fire chief’s report read: Cause: accidental. Old wiring.
