Fallen firefighters’ families attend opening of arson and murder trial
Nguyen is accused of setting a fire among flammable liquids in the storeroom of her nail salon on the first floor of the building.
"Two firefighters did not go home to their families that night," Nelson said. "It was their last call."
The prosecution intends to present evidence from an investigation by the
"She was the last person out," Nelson said at the bench trial before
But defense attorney
The 1947 building still had its original wiring and a history of electrical problems, Hastings said. Homeless people and drug dealers were known to take haven there.
Hastings noted that electric power to the upstairs apartments was cut by the fire before the "Open" sign in the nail salon went dark.
"If the salon was the origin someone would have seen it," Hastings said. "The power (there) would have gone out first, not last."
The state's first witness was
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