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Vengeance Against Cop a Motive in Boca Fire?

Let's patch together the clues of last night's blaze at a quadplex in Boca Raton: You've got only one occupied unit. A cop is a resident of that unit, which is upstairs. And there's a piece of graffiti in the vacant unit where the fire started that says, "Cop Killa...

By Thomas Francis

January 12, 2010

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Let's patch together the clues of last night's blaze at a quadplex in Boca Raton: You've got only one occupied unit. A cop is a resident of that unit, which is upstairs. And there's a piece of graffiti in the vacant unit where the fire started that says, "Cop Killa on deck," as you can see in the screen grab to the left.

It appears the cause of the fire is still under investigation.

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