The above video shows NEWS10’s previous coverage on the 2013 fatal Schenectady house fire investigation.
ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — A judge has decided that Edward Leon will be detained ahead of a jury trial in the 2013 fatal Schenectady house fire investigation, according to court documents released on Friday. The order of detention comes after the judge said he was not yet prepared to make a decision during a detention hearing on Wednesday.
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The 52-year-old is accused of starting a fire at a house on Hulett Street in Schenectady in 2013, killing father David Terry and three of his children. Old text messages, phone call records and photographs were resurfaced at Wednesday’s detention hearing, including Facebook messages that Leon sent to Terry saying “Don’t ever let me find you” and “You’re a dead man walking.”
Leon has been charged with malicious use of fire to destroy property resulting in death and could face the death penalty if convicted. He pleaded not guilty after being indicted by a federal grand jury on July 31…