Overview

• At a preliminary hearing, a Danville police investigator testified the suspect said he set Lee Vogler on fire because of a claimed affair and admitted buying gasoline intending to kill him.
• An employee witness recounted the suspect chasing Vogler at the Showcase Magazine office, dousing him with gasoline, and igniting him with a lighter.
• The judge found probable cause and certified attempted first-degree murder and aggravated malicious wounding charges, sending the case toward grand jury consideration on October 27.
• Vogler suffered second- and third-degree burns to about 60% of his body, endured burn and septic shock and lung damage, and remains hospitalized after multiple surgeries and skin grafts.
• Police said the attack stemmed from a personal matter rather than politics, the suspect was arrested a few blocks away, and a GoFundMe for Vogler’s recovery has raised more than $160,000.