Case Number 47: John Leonard Orr AKA The Pillow Pyro, Part 1

What comes to mind at the mention of fires in the L.A. area in the early 1990's? Eclipsed in the national news by things like police brutality, riots and the infamous OJ Simpson trial, The Pillow Pyro and the prolific string of arsons he committed is probably not the first thing that comes to mind. Tune in to find out how investigators began to suspect John Orr, an otherwise esteemed air force veteran and fire captain. Elysia walks us through John's early life, who he was as a family man, and the hunt for The Pillow Pyro as Savannah picks John out of a line up and discusses her love of certain mustached men.

 

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Sources:

Burned: Pyromania, Murder, and a Daughter's Nightmare by Frank C. Girardot, Jr. and Lori Orr Kovach

 

https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/john-orr-arsonist-father-firefighter-murderer-family-lori-orr-kovach

 

https://murderpedia.org/male.O/o/orr-john-leonard.htm

 

https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F3/29/636/480471/

 

https://www.oxygen.com/a-lie-to-die-for/crime-time/john-leonard-orr-serial-arsonist-unpublished-book-arrest/california

 

 

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