Forensic Files - Spoiler Alert! The Cougars Ignition Switch Dunnit!
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Apparently the prosecutor never owned an 80's, 90's Ford vehicle.
Ignition switch recalls were pretty big.
Well, then again, it's always the car's fault, not the owner/driver. Not that THAT has any bearing here, but any GOOD forensics buttstuffysis would have quickly determined where and how the fire started.
You can tell a liquid fuel fire because of the burn pattern, and where there was fuel spilled, the areas will be burnt differently than areas just a few feet away that didn't have fuel or other combustibles spilled on them.
Electrical fires usually can be told by melted wiring a good distance from the fire itself, and localized damage paths.
And I've seen first hand the results and effects of wiring fires in Fords...unless the car was completely immolated, even someone that's only a half-assed oil changer can tell if a fire started by an ignition switch or it was arson, such as a few gallons of gas dumped in and match thrown to it. Given the fact that a lot of materials used in cars won't readily burn unless the fire is a hot sumbitch, I've got to give my opinion that the prosecutor didn't know shiznit from shinola.
At least the "suspect" was released later...hope she turned around and counter-sued the living shiznit out of the people involved in getting her erroneously imprisoned.
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