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Adding Fuel to the Fire
Police in Glendale, Calif., say Juan Manuel Alvarez, 25, splashed gasoline on and in his car and then parked it on a railroad track just as a commuter train was to pass. The train jumped the track and smashed into two other trains, killing 11 people and injuring nearly 200. Alvarez, who was standing outside his car and watched the wreck unfold, told officers that he was trying to commit suicide, but the excuse didn’t jibe with investigators, who determined it was an attempt to get attention. “This was a deliberate act perpetrated by Alvarez to gain sympathy from his wife,” says Glendale Police Lt. Jon Perkins. Deaths resulting from a criminal act are murder, and in California multiple murders triggers “special circumstances,” so prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. (Los Angeles Times)
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