Ohio Woman: Fire Started by Romantically Jealous Cousin
The Warren Township Fire Department said the Leavittsburg fire is believed to have started about 3:45 a.m. Thursday in Heather and Dennis Tenney’s garage before spreading to their home and a neighboring home.
Trumbull County Fire Investigation Unit Chief Matt Balut said the fire is being treated as suspicious.
Heather Tenney said she believes she knows who was behind the blaze.
“It was cause of my cousin and I don’t want to mention no names,” Heather Tenney told WKBN-TV. “He is mad because he can’t get with me. I am married to my husband.”
Dennis Tenney told TribToday.com a conflict with a wife’s relative had escalated via text messages Wednesday evening. He did not say whether the relative was his wife’s cousin, but the relative had asked to come over and Tenney said he told the relative, “No.”
Dennis Tenney said he and his wife had seen an unidentified man walking back and forth in front of their house around midnight.
Investigators said they are seeking a person of interest in the fire.
