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Son meets father who set him ablaze in early trauma
In Oakland California David Rothenberg met his jailed father for the first time since the 1983 arson at a motel. The 35 minute visit occurred behind protective glass as both sought closure after Rothenberg, then 6, suffered burns over 90 percent of his body and lost fingers in a bitter custody dispute.
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Son
Oakland
Calif
David Rothenberg
Charles Rothenberg
Jim Knudsen
Alameda County
Charles Plummer
Los Angeles
Knudsen
Rothenberg
California