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The Piggy Bank That Proved a Nineteen‑Year Arson Secret
The Piggy Bank That Proved a Nineteen‑Year Arson Secret
A single photograph of a pink ceramic piggy bank upright on a concrete slab reopened a case that had been closed for nineteen years; the bank survived a fire that supposedly destroyed everything and was stamped by the pottery that marked the gift. How did an object from a second‑floor apartment that burned in 2003 end up, intact, on the demolished foundation at 14 Alderman Court in 2022?
In this episode, we tell how a retired postal worker’s bird photos, a Facebook post, and a cold‑case detective’s archival search brought a buried fire…
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