Friday, February 23, 2007
Tragedy plagued fire-setter suspect - Seattle P-I
A man accused of trying to light random people on fire in Seattle has suffered from mental illness and endured a major family tragedy -- his brother shot his parents to death in 1985 and then killed himself in a gunbattle with police.
Paul Pearson frantically called an ambulance on that February day more than two decades ago when his older brother, George, shot their parents in their Ravenna home and tried to speed away.
Both brothers were diagnosed with schizophrenia. Now Paul Pearson faces possible criminal charges for allegedly dousing pedestrians with lighter fluid on Seattle streets Wednesday, then lighting two people on fire. ...
[Related article: Bizarre attack: 'He lit her on fire!'Man sets two women ablaze downtown; elderly man smacks assailant with cane]
A man accused of trying to light random people on fire in Seattle has suffered from mental illness and endured a major family tragedy -- his brother shot his parents to death in 1985 and then killed himself in a gunbattle with police.
Paul Pearson frantically called an ambulance on that February day more than two decades ago when his older brother, George, shot their parents in their Ravenna home and tried to speed away.
Both brothers were diagnosed with schizophrenia. Now Paul Pearson faces possible criminal charges for allegedly dousing pedestrians with lighter fluid on Seattle streets Wednesday, then lighting two people on fire. ...
[Related article: Bizarre attack: 'He lit her on fire!'Man sets two women ablaze downtown; elderly man smacks assailant with cane]
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