Coming up. He would be facing the death penalty if convicted. And this, this case would become the

largest capital murder case here in Summit County history. For Vault Studios, I'm Reed Redmond.

You're listening to The Daily Crime. After a comprehensive review of the evidence,

it has been determined that this fire was an act of arson.

In 2016 and 2017, a string of fires in Akron, Ohio, claimed the lives of nine people.

Last month, a jury decided the fate of the man accused of setting them.

It is the largest death penalty murder case in Summit County history.

And he's accused of killing five children and four adults and two separate fires in Akron.

First and four words, I said never been arrested for something I never commit.

And that's going to be for 12 people to decide.

Amani Abraham has been covering this story for WKYC in Cleveland, Ohio.

Amani, let's go back to 2016 when a woman who lived on Fultz Avenue and Akron called 911 to report that one of her

neighbor's homes was on fire. What happened from there? You know, what we know when our colleagues

reported on scene was that firefighters came to the house, it was fully involved, and we later

found out that 65-year-old Lind Linda Lewis and 66-year-old Gloria

Jean Hart lived in the home. Both died in that fire. We do know family members on scene were

visibly shaken and shocked over what happened, including the fact that investigators would say that this was suspected arson.

When we talked to family members, they said Lindel Lewis was a family man, surrounded by his children and grandchildren.

Linda Lewis's brother told us during that time that Lewis would do anything for anyone.

And I understand there was a third person in the home who managed to escape the fire. Can you

tell me anything about that? That was Thomas Hugley. Hugley lived in the basement of the home.

He was able to escape that fire. We later learn through the investigations and through what

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