By Bob Walsh
Jonathan Rinderknecht
Jonahan Rinderknecht, 29, has
been charged with starting the devastating Palisades Fire that did a
huge amount of damage in L A County in early January of this year,
killing 12 people in the process. The fire destroyed almost 7,000
structures and was not fully contained until January 31.
According
to authorities Rinderknecht was working as an Uber driver on December
31. He dropped off a passenger in Pacific Palisades, where he once
lived. He then walked up nearby Skull Rock Trail listening repeatedly
to a French rap song which includes videos of things being lit on fire.
They believe he set the fire at that time, then tried to call 911 but
could not get thru until he got almost all the way back to his car. He
fled in his car, pa
ssed fire engines coming in, then returned to the
scene to take video of the fire fighters.
The current theory is that the fire Rinderknecht set on
New Year's Eve in fact started back up by itself on January 7. This was
the Palisades fire.
Rinderknecht has no prior criminal history. He relocated to Florida after the fire and was arrested there yesterday.
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