The Columbia firefighter who was originally sought for questioning as a person of interest in a deadly arson investigation has completed his voluntary interview with Columbia Police investigators and South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) agents and has been cleared of any criminal wrongdoing. Therefore, he is not considered a person of interest or suspect in the case.
During a lengthy interview process over the past two days, he has been fully cooperative with law enforcement and answered all questions related to the investigation.
CPD and SLED continue to aggressively investigate a number of leads in the case to determine who started the fire that killed 80-year-old True Dent Henderson.
Multiple investigators are assigned to the case and continue to conduct interviews and gather evidence.
If citizens have information about the crime, they are encouraged to call, text or submit online, their anonymous tip to Crimestoppers:
- CALL toll-free, 1-888-CRIME-SC
- TEXT to CRIMES (274637), and mark the beginning of the message with “TIPSC,” followed by the tip information
- LOG onto midlandscrimestoppers.com, and click the red “Submit a tip” tab