Hi, Crime Junkies. I'm your host Ashley Flowers, and I'm Brett.

And the story I have for you today is about a woman who was found dead after a fire mysteriously

broke out in her home. Even with a long list of suspects, investigators hit a wall and

they seemed to have given up, despite numerous pleas from her family to find answers.

This is the story of Nenet Crental.

The story of Nenet Crental was found dead after a fire mysteriously broke out in her home.

Things have been pretty quiet at the District 12 Fire Station in St. Tamini, Paris in Louisiana.

It's a warm July day in 2017, but the peaceful warm afternoon is shattered around 2.30pm.

That's when they get a call that a house in the town of Le Combe is on fire.

The call comes from a neighbor's daughter who says that she saw smoke rising over the

trees while she was riding her bike down the rural road that the home sits on.

But this isn't just any house. It's the home of the fire chief, Steve Crental.

The firefighters jump into action, but by the time they arrive, Steve and another firefighter

are already there. He had gotten a call from his cousin who lives nearby that the house

was on fire. And while I can't tell if the call came in before or after the neighbor's

daughter reported it, as soon as he realized that something was wrong, he and the coworker

hopped into one of their work vehicles and sped to the house ahead of his team.

But by then, it was too late because the house is completely consumed.

I mean, it is literally crumbling to the ground under the flames.

But even though the loss of his house is a tragedy, everyone's heart sinks even further

when they spot a red Mercedes sitting in the ruins of the garage. Because that's the

car that Steve's wife, Nanette, who everyone calls Nan, drives.

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