Michael A. Davis was found guilty Tuesday of setting a fire that killed two women and four children in Youngstown, Ohio's largest mass murder in history. Prosecution witnesses established last week that Davis, angry over the theft of his cell phone by a teenage boy who was in the Crawford house when the fire started, confessed to setting the fire.
Arson investigation expert witness Lt. Kevin Johnson testified for the prosecution. Johnson described the fire as starting on an upholstered couch on the porch and following a draft to the second floor, where all six trapped victims died. Dr. Richard Henderson, a chemistry expert and certified fire investigator from South Carolina, was the defense’s only witness Tuesday.
Arson investigation expert witness Lt. Kevin Johnson testified for the prosecution. Johnson described the fire as starting on an upholstered couch on the porch and following a draft to the second floor, where all six trapped victims died. Dr. Richard Henderson, a chemistry expert and certified fire investigator from South Carolina, was the defense’s only witness Tuesday.
