COTTAGE AFTER ARSON/MURDER
		Front View: This is the scene I saw when Mike's girlfriend (Linda Gray) took us to the murder scene after the memorial service. She showed us where Mike's body was found. The state police cleaned up the fire rubble and trucked it all to the dump.
		Side View: Insurance adjuster Michael Meagher took this photo on Feb. 18, 1981 while Mike's body was still buried under this pile of fire rubble. He lay in this burned pile of fire rubble for six days for animals to attack and the murderers according to Paul Pollard. His body was found near the round object in the lower left corner in the photo.
		Back View
		Back view with gas can: Fire Marshal Ricker took this photo the day he found Mike’s body. A gas can that was used in the arson can be seen under the back door with fire rubble around and on it. The back door had no stairs and there was 5 feet of cement under the door. Paul Pollard, the man seen fleeing the murder scene, testified that he made a couple trips in and out of the back door while getting dressed. Fire Inspector Wilbur Ricker's expert opinion was that the building exploded from the gas fumes. He also said it was like someone reached out the back door and dropped the can on the ground after pouring the gas. Pollard's height is 5′ 3ʺ; and I would describe him as being overweight.
		A Small garage the firemen saved:  Fire Inspector Ricker had just found Mike's body when he heard an old car coming. He hid behind this little garage and saw two men, Lionel Cormier and Percy Sargent, walk toward the murder scene.  He waited until they were near the scene before he stepped in view wearing his Inspector's uniform. He said "they looked like two deer caught under a jack lantern or something, and they kind of froze there." There was no report on the news about a body being found until the next day. Neither were ever questioned.
		I am holding two more gas cans used in the murder of my son, Mike. The tags give Mike's  name, date of death and "Homicide" is written on the tags. Detectives Shuman never picked up the cans from Fire Marshal Wilbur Ricker. I got the cans in 1990 during my US Civil lawsuit against Paul Pollard, man seen fleeing the murder scene with a .357 handgun on him. The cans were in my possession for 11 years until a new detective came on the case in 2002, 21 years later.