Community Risk

'My Wife Is a Cheater' painted on burned Colo. home

March 11, 2015

Police have arrested a man after an explosion and fire at a house in the Denver suburb of Arvada. William Lindauer is accused of burning down his ex-wife's home. 'My wife is a cheater' was painted on a wall.

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