US EditionPreliminary Investigation Finds 'No Evidence' that Fire at Lowcountry Judge's Home Was Intentionally Set: SLED
Three people were injured in a fire that destroyed Judge Diane Goodstein's home; investigators report no signs of intentional arson after initial speculation.
- On Saturday, a massive fire destroyed Circuit Judge Diane Goodstein's Edisto Island, South Carolina home, sending three people to hospital and one airlifted to the Medical University of South Carolina.
- Last month, the decision by Goodstein to block the South Carolina Election Commission from releasing voter data requested by the U.S. Department of Justice prompted immediate speculation as a possible motive for the fire.
- Drone photos and fire-department video showed the home reduced to blackened rubble with only a few charred wooden supports, while occupants, including Arnold Goodstein, former state senator, jumped from the elevated first floor and were reached by St. Paul's Fire District in kayaks.
- State Law Enforcement Division Chief Mark Keel said Monday investigators found no evidence the fire was intentional; the probe remains active with local law enforcement providing extra patrols, Chief Justice John Kittredge said.
- Goodstein, a long-serving state judge, handled high-profile cases including a church property dispute and a civil lawsuit nearly two decades ago that led to a settlement.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — State agents have so far found no evidence that a fire that destroyed a judge’s home on a South Carolina island was intentionally set, the state’s top law enforcement official said Monday. The Saturday blaze nearly burned to the ground the house listed in property records as owned by Circuit Judge Diane Goodstein on a remote part of Edisto Island, authorities said. The investigation is still active and ongoing and agents wi…
South Carolina’s top law official says no arson evidence so far in fire that destroyed judge’s home
State agents have so far found no evidence that a fire that destroyed a judge’s home on a South Carolina island was intentionally set, the state’s top law enforcement official said Monday.
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