LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A decade-long arson investigation by the Louisville Fire Department has come to a close.
Louisville Fire Department spokesperson Donovan Sims said Thursday the arson case into the deadly July 2015 fire in the city’s Old Louisville neighborhood has come to a close as they have identified a suspect. Sims said, however, that suspect, Michael Robertson, died in 2023.
On July 2, 2015, Louisville Fire was called to 1133 S. 2nd Street on a report of a house fire with people trapped inside and jumping from the upper floors, Sims said. When firefighters arrived to the scene, they found the building fully engulfed with flames…