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Amy Gittler

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The Binge Crimes: Finding Mom's Killer

The Arsonist Next Door | 1: You Build We Burn

1956.621

The phone rang about 9 o'clock at night, and the cousin of one of my cousins lived around the corner from here, and she said, Amy, I hate to be an alarmist, but I think your house is on fire. I was in a women's organization, and it was a luncheon, and I believe it was at the Phoenix Country Club.

The Binge Crimes: Finding Mom's Killer

The Arsonist Next Door | 1: You Build We Burn

2037.265

She came up and she said, Amy, Amy, what about this arsonist who's burning down houses?

The Binge Crimes: Finding Mom's Killer

The Arsonist Next Door | 1: You Build We Burn

2057.947

Don't be silly, Karen. That's on the other side of the preserve.

The Binge Crimes: Finding Mom's Killer

The Arsonist Next Door | 1: You Build We Burn

2066.47

And literally that night is the night that we got the phone call.

The Binge Crimes: Finding Mom's Killer

The Arsonist Next Door | 1: You Build We Burn

2090.62

I see crowds of people in front, and they wouldn't let anybody through. I see huge flames billowing out, and it's carved off, and nobody's allowed up. And I said, that's my house. I want up. And so they let us up.

The Binge Crimes: Finding Mom's Killer

The Arsonist Next Door | 1: You Build We Burn

2113.207

The lot next to us was fully framed, and they had not been building for about a year. That house was like tinder. I mean, you lit a match to that, and that went down in about 15 minutes.

The Binge Crimes: Finding Mom's Killer

The Arsonist Next Door | 1: You Build We Burn

2147.133

I was barely functioning the next day. And I remember I had such a horrible headache. I took two codeine. I just remembered a sense of chaos. Law enforcement thought that likely he would return to our place.