How do they know what or who started the Palisades Fire, a blaze that destroyed thousands of homes in Los Angeles, consumed over 20,000 acres and took 12 lives.
"This is madness." "I'm gonna get your walker, Dad" "Ok, let's get out of here." "I didn't take anything." "It's heartbreaking ... completely destroyed." Months after the rubble was cleared, the government offered up a culprit.
Today, we are announcing the arrest of 29 year old Jonathan for igniting a fire that ultimately burned down the Palisades.
The prosecutors released some juicy details.
Rinderknecht prompted ChatGPT to create images of a divided burning world.
He was the child of Baptist missionaries, and he recently described the liberating feeling of burning a Bible.
In the days before the fire, he'd searched the terms free Luigi Mangione and watched this music video on repeat.
But there are two more details that make this case even stranger.
First, everyone agrees that Rinderknecht was nowhere near the Palisades.
On January 7th and second, his lawyer kept pointing out.
