Prosecutor says Jonathan Rinderknecht deliberately started Jan. 1, 2025 fire that became one of deadliest Los Angeles wildfires. Motive cited as loneliness, breakup anger.
A federal prosecutor told jurors that Jonathan Rinderknecht deliberately started a fire on January 1, 2025, that grew into one of the deadliest and most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles history.
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