Opinions about a fire investigation
In an opinion regarding a fire investigation dated March 7, 2018, conducted by Reshef Dahorani Shoham (P/85), it was noted that on February 27, 2018, at 3:40 P.M., the Sderot Police Investigation Center received a notification regarding the incident, and the first firefighters arrived at the forest at 4:03 P.M. It was noted that the vehicle owned by the deceased was found at the scene completely burned with a charred body inside, after the police received a notice of the deceased's absence; The vehicle is with the front facing west, in the direction of the forest; The deceased's weapons and cartridges were not found inside and around the vehicle; No container of flammable material was found, even though it was an arson; The driver's door was open at the time of the fire, the passenger door was not locked, and the two rear passenger doors were locked; shards of soot-clean glass were found near the driver's door; The night of the incident was winter and 4.80 mm of rain fell, but despite this, the vehicle was completely burned and extinguished only after all the combustible material had been consumed.
Based on the findings found in the vehicle and at the scene and their analysis, the expert's conclusion is that the vehicle was set on fire after the deceased was placed in it, and the possibility of suicide was ruled out. The opinion determined, inter alia, that the fire began in the passenger compartment of the vehicle and spread to the entire vehicle and to the outside, with the signs of melting decreasing as one moves away from the driver's door hinges towards the front of the vehicle; The gasoline from the vehicle's fuel tank spilled and helped the combustion continue; No remnants of flammable material were found, since due to the intensity of the fire and the high heat, all the fuel was burned and evaporated, and despite the rain that fell, the vehicle was completely burned and extinguished only after all the combustible material had been consumed; The findings found outside the vehicle indicate that the driver's window was broken before the fire broke out and that the driver's door was open at the time of the fire; The deceased was in an unnatural position in the car, lying on his stomach on the driver's seat, his right leg next to the driver's seat backrest, his left leg facing the pedals, and his head between the driver's backrest and the passenger's backrest, which could indicate that he was placed inside the vehicle before the fire broke out.