Police also considered Padgett's 2010 conviction for lighting a sleeping homeless man on fire in National City, a San Diego suburb. In 2010, a jury convicted Padgett of lighting a sleeping homeless man on fire in a supermarket parking lot. A few hours later, police discovered the body of Shawn Longley, 41, who bled from the upper torso and died. The next day, officers responding to a 911 call found Manuel Mason, 61, who remained in critical condition Monday with injuries to his upper torso. All four victims in last week's crime spree suffered major trauma to the upper torso, setting the city's homeless population on edge.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 12, 2016 00:45 UTC