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I don't usually report this kind of story, but this is an exception, due to the nature of the crime. If he is indeed guilty, then he deserves to be in prison until he dies. Right now, it's only allegations, but time will tell. I just hope they did not find the first sex offender around, and use them as a scapegoat for this horrific crime.
12/24/2008
By Carla Jones
GREEN COVE SPRINGS - A man is facing charges after police say he killed a woman, then burned her house down to cover it up.
25-year-old Leo Kaczmar III was arrested in Jacksonville Wednesday.
Kaczmar is a registered sex offender. He was booked into the Duval County jail for Failure of a Sex Offender to Update Address.
- So is he not being booked on arson and murder as well?
And now Clay County Sheriff's Detectives say they've connected Kaczmar to an arson at a home on Dothan Road in Green Cove Springs last week.
- I wonder why they are not saying what evidence they found to link him to the arson?
Investigators say Kaczmar killed 49-year-old Maria Ruiz and set her home on fire December 13th.
Ruiz had been staying with family at the home for several months.
Kaczmar is being held on Clay County warrants for Homicide and Arson.
- What about the warrants for not registering? Something sounds fishy with this story, IMO.
Kaczmar has a criminal history in Clay County that also includes arrests for Attempted Burglary, Felony Theft and Dealing in Stolen Property.



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