Ismael Ortiz (right) has been charged with arson in an arson-for-hire (hired by Samuel Davis (left) ) in a fire that destroyed a home in Brevard County, Florida. During the fire investigation, the police discovered evidence of the use of accelerants to start the fire in addition to a latex glove with a fingertip still inside. Who needs fingerprints when you have the finger? Many suspects try to explain away physical evidence found at a crime scene, I’m not really sure how Ortiz plans to explain away leaving his fingertip somewhere he had no business being in the first place. Good luck with that, police are still looking for Samuel Davis…..
” Florida – Police arrested a suspect in an arsonist-for-hire in Titusville after they said he made a critical mistake — he left the tip of his finger at the scene of the crime.
Meanwhile, detectives are seeking the public’s help in finding the man they say was trying to pull off an insurance scam by burning down his house.
Police were called to a fire at a home on North Dixie Avenue about 11:15 a.m. Saturday.
While they were investigating, police said, they discovered evidence of accelerants, leading them to determine that the fire was likely an arson.
Then, while sifting through evidence, officers got a tip — literally. They found a piece of a latex glove with the tip of a finger inside.
Police said they found their suspect at a local hospital. They matched the tip to 24-year-old Ismael Ortiz, who detectives said quickly confessed.
But how did the suspect clip his tip? Detective Jessica Edens explained: Trying to flee after setting the fire, “he slammed his finger in the door,” Edens said, “and it cut the tip of his finger off.”
Police said Ortiz told detectives he was hired by a resident of the home, Samuel “Sammy” Davis. Investigators said Davis hired Ortiz to burn down the house so he could collect on a renters insurance policy.
Police said they recovered several pieces of evidence, including items they said Davis hid “so that they would be spared from the fire.”
Edens said Ortiz was arrested and booked into the Brevard County Jail.
Police are still looking for Davis. He was described as 58 years old and bald with gray facial hair and blue eyes.
Anyone with information about his whereabouts is asked to call the Titusville Police Department or the Crimeline at 1-800-423-8477.”
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