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Feb 8, 2017

Pacemaker Data May Be Smoking Gun in Aggravated Arson Case

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On September 19, 2016, Ross Compton told police that when he noticed a fire in his Middleton, Ohio home, he hastily packed suitcases, broke a window with his cane, and pushed his bags out the window, at which point he carried them to his car. After describing the scene to a 911 dispatcher, Compton added that he had an artificial heart. However, authorities began to question Compton’s story when they found gasoline on Compton’s clothes and discovered that the fire that destroyed his home appeared to have started in multiple areas at once.
 
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