Six Churches burned in Alabama and Frozen WWII airman found

Alabama Churches

On Thursday night, in Bibb County in Alabama, six Churches were found burning, all of them were near the U.S. 82 and 139 Highways. Five out of the six fires are suspected to have been set on purpose by arsonists, three were destroyed and two were badly damaged, all of the Churches were in a 15 to 20 mile radius of each other. It is still uncertain how many were involved in these burnings, no arrest were made.

The fires were said to have been lit one after the other, it is still unclear why anyone wanted to set the Churches on fire, no motive could be found, even though in 1996 racial factors were a big part in arsonists attacks, but despite this background, racism is said not to be the factor in this case because both white and black Churches were burned. On Friday, Govenor Bob Riley spoke infront of Ashby Baptist Church, he said the Churches plan to rebuild and repair the damages, he also stated that a $10,000 total reward was being offered in the investigation of the burnings, he aslo stated that even though it may seem bad that the Churches were burned it may turn out to be a blessing from God, because now they can rebuild the Churches better than ever.

Frozen WWII airman

In October, two climbers found a body encased in ice in the bottom of a glacier in the Sierra Nevada, according to specialist the man was believed to be an airman whose plane crashed in 1942. The airman was believed to be a WWII airman that was on a Navagational training plane before it crashed. The body was taken to Honolulu, Hawaii, to be studied at the POW/MIA Accounting Command, which is the largest foerensic crime lab in the world, two weeks ago the investigation began, they said that he died immediately upon impact, they tried to find out who he was by examining what he had on him and by DNA. The man was wearing a WWII Air Force uniform, a nameplate which had been corroded, a black broken comb, some dimes, and some address books that were to decomposed to provide useful information. Finnaly the specialists took DNA samples of the family members of the soldiers who were in the plane through elimination, the soldier was identified as Air Corps cadet Leo Mustonen, a 22 year old that went missing in November 18, 1942, Mustonen's niece, Leane Mustonen was relieved to hear the news that they had found her uncle, and so they will bury the body next to his parents in Brainerd.