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Roanoke launches program for juvenile fire setters
In Roanoke Virginia a new Juvenile Firesetter Counseling program begins with a first session involving a 6 year old boy charged with murder for a 1982 fire. Fire Inspector John Anderson and Fire Marshal Rawleigh Quarles lead the evaluation to distinguish curiosity from deeper issues and determine needed education or psychological help. Tim Butters notes nationwide expansion of 700 programs with 125 complete ones already underway. The case stems from a July 1982 blaze that killed Kathleen Turner and injured her granddaughter. the boy was cleared of murder later and later convicted of a shed fire in 1988 and placed on probation.
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