THREE TEENAGERS IN CORNWALL, ENGLAND, WERE ARRESTED TODAY in connection with the fire death of a 59-yr.-old woman this past Thursday night. The woman was trapped inside her home with her 17-yr.-old son after somebody dropped a lit firework through her letter slot in the door. Mary Fox pushed her son out of a 3rd-story window, saving his life, and then attempted to find her cat when she was overcome and then died.
Mary Fox
Police suspected arson immediately when they found the firework remnants just inside the door. Responding to local scuttlebut, they began searching Facebook pages where they found incrimnatory statements from the suspects. “Some of the information has come via Facebook – indeed it is unusual these days for Facebook not to feature in a case such as this,” said one of the investigators.
After Mary’s son Raum leapt from the window, he ran to neighbors to report the fire and the FF’s arrived within just a few minutes. But it was too late to save her. Mary had eight other children, all of them adults in their 20’s and 30’s.
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