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Cash Found in Rubble of Explosion
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) _ Investigators in northwestern Missouri
say they found about $200,000 in cash amid the rubble of a fatal
explosion at a duplex.
Sixty-four-year-old Larry Pettit was killed March 25th when his
St. Joseph duplex exploded and burned.
Firefighters believe Pettit poured a flammable liquid throughout
the duplex but hesitated before igniting it, causing vapors to
build up and explode when he lit the fire.
The St. Joseph News-Press reports investigators have now
revealed they found a bank bag near Pettit's body containing 18
bundles of $10,000 each. More unburned cash was found nearby.
Pettit's 86-year-old father, who occupied the other half of the
duplex, told authorities his son had withdrawn a large amount of
money from a bank for safekeeping.
© Associated Press
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