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What ever happened with that arson on Government St?

Posted on 8/7/20 at 8:22 am
Posted by jbgleason
Bailed out of BTR to God's Country
Member since Mar 2012
18902 posts
Posted on 8/7/20 at 8:22 am
Y’all are brutal. Hit post on accident. Two seconds later catching hell? LoL.

This was all I could find.

One month after a Baton Rouge man died in a model town house fire, there are few details and no answers available surrounding the strange circumstances of his death.

The May 12 fire was ruled an arson by investigators

Carpenter, the deputy director of the Mid City Redevelopment Alliance, was a Baton Rouge High School and LSU graduate, according to his obituary. He spent time as a reporter, an AmeriCorps member, a donor services director and policy director, among other roles.

Carpenter's family did not provide comment.

Fire officials said earlier this month they weren't sure why Carpenter was inside the model home at the time of the blaze.

Robert Combs, a BRFD spokesman, said there was forced entry into the building and investigators aren't sure exactly who started the fire.

I know they found his car hidden around the corner from the fire. Little doubt he set it and didn’t get out of the house but no one seems to have a clue as to why he would do it. Really strange.
This post was edited on 8/7/20 at 8:26 am
Posted by cypresstiger
The South
Member since Aug 2008
10597 posts
Posted on 8/7/20 at 8:22 am to
When?
Posted by chillfam
H-Town
Member since Apr 2015
580 posts
Posted on 8/7/20 at 8:24 am to
sounds like you did it
Posted by upgrayedd
Lifting at Tobin's house
Member since Mar 2013
134860 posts
Posted on 8/7/20 at 8:25 am to
Posted by redstick13
Lower Saxony
Member since Feb 2007
38495 posts
Posted on 8/7/20 at 8:27 am to
Nice try el Jefe.
Posted by doubleb
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2006
36014 posts
Posted on 8/7/20 at 8:27 am to
Swept under the rug?
Posted by GetBackToWork
Member since Dec 2007
6254 posts
Posted on 8/7/20 at 8:27 am to
This is a story that needs better explanation. Too many questions.
Posted by BLIZZAKE7
BRLA
Member since Apr 2005
6186 posts
Posted on 8/7/20 at 8:30 am to
was this guy opposed to the development he apparently set ablaze?
Posted by jbgleason
Bailed out of BTR to God's Country
Member since Mar 2012
18902 posts
Posted on 8/7/20 at 8:32 am to
Great question. Is BRAF anti-development? I don’t know enough about them other than they seem to lean Left and operate pretty quietly around town.
Posted by TigerGman
Center of the Universe
Member since Sep 2006
11202 posts
Posted on 8/7/20 at 8:32 am to
He was probably trying to rid Government St of that blight of chitty 70's looking development they built.
Posted by OysterPoBoy
City of St. George
Member since Jul 2013
35086 posts
Posted on 8/7/20 at 8:34 am to
What did he know about Hillary Clinton?
Posted by Boudreaux35
BR
Member since Sep 2007
21449 posts
Posted on 8/7/20 at 8:45 am to
I just read an article that said his body was found OUTSIDE of the house, in the back yard.
Posted by teke184
Zachary, LA
Member since Jan 2007
95311 posts
Posted on 8/7/20 at 9:00 am to
My guess is that BRAF is against any development they don’t get a piece of in some way.
Posted by dagrippa
Saigon
Member since Nov 2004
11292 posts
Posted on 8/7/20 at 9:04 am to
BRAF? You think they give a shite about this piddling little development on Govmt? LOL
Posted by johnnyrocket
Ghetto once known as Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2013
9790 posts
Posted on 8/7/20 at 9:47 am to
There is probably was more to the story.
Out of sight out of mind.
This post was edited on 8/7/20 at 9:48 am
Posted by jrobic4
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2011
6949 posts
Posted on 8/7/20 at 10:12 am to
quote:

BRAF


Don't get me started...

they're executive director is the second highest paid community foundation director in the country, between Boston and silicon valley! they have a monopoly on the nonprofit dollars here, and they hate competition. They are king makers or kingdom destroyers, depending on whether you oppose them or not. They still smaller non-profits good ideas and make them their own. They have destroyed the portfolio that put them on the map in the first place. They have become extremely political, in their politics slant far to the left of many of their big donors, some of whom they have sued.


If anybody would like links, I am glad to provide...
This post was edited on 8/7/20 at 10:13 am
Posted by Ed Osteen
Member since Oct 2007
57473 posts
Posted on 8/7/20 at 10:13 am to
I thought he blew himself up trying to burn down the unit for insurance money
Posted by junkfunky
Member since Jan 2011
33890 posts
Posted on 8/7/20 at 10:47 am to
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Little doubt he set it and didn’t get out of the house but no one seems to have a clue as to why he would do it.


I don't know about that. He wasn't the owner, a couple local architects are. Sure it's possible that he was paid to burn it down but having worked on remodels and additions in the area I know there are plenty of unoccupied houses that have evidence of homeless living in them.

I'm leaning toward him startling a homeless person and the fire being a cover up for a murder but definitely entertain the possibility of a gay hookup gown wrong.

I'd put insurance fraud behind both of those.
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