By Michelle Durand at the San Mateo Daily Journal ( http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=72081 )
"San Mateo County Sheriff ‘s Lt. Lisa Williams announced the arrest of Charles Edward Schuttloffel at a press conference in Redwood City Monday. Schuttloffel is accused of setting his home on fire and killing his two toddler sons in 2004.
The San Gregorio house fire that killed two young brothers in 2004 was not the tragic accident it’s been considered for nearly three years but rather a deliberate act of arson by their father, according to a criminal grand jury which indicted him on two counts of felony murder and one count of arson.
Sheriff’s deputies arrested Charles Edward Schuttloffel Sr., 36, at his Half Moon Bay home at approximately 7:30 a.m. Monday, five days after the grand jury returned the indictment on the charges plus four special allegations of multiple murder and murder during an arson. The special circumstances make Schuttloffel eligible for life in prison without parole or the death penalty although the District Attorney’s Office appears unlikely to take the capital route.
Authorities are remaining fairly mum on motive and means in the May 4, 2004 fire which killed William Leonard “Billy” Schuttloffel, 2, and Charles Edward “Charlie” Schuttloffel Jr., 3. However, the grand jury indictment indicates its belief the fire was an intentional act rather than an accident due to negligence...
...At 12:24 p.m., Charles Schuttloffel called 911 to report the house fire on the 900 block of Seaside School Road in San Gregorio. By the time California Department of Forestry and La Honda fire crews arrived, the blaze had totally taken over the home. The fire took approximately five hours to burn out.
Schuttloffel reportedly told authorities he tried to save his children but was prevented by the raging flames. Their bodies were recovered after the house collapsed and the fire extinguished...
...The tragedy shook the small town south of Half Moon Bay and the community rallied around Schuttloffel and his wife, Lana. The Old Princeton Landing Bar in Princeton-by-the-Sea even launched a fundraiser a week later to help the couple. The couple stayed together, renting a Half Moon Bay home and even having a daughter the following March, but the Sheriff’s Office kept their property declared a crime scene and the case was never considered closed. Last summer, specialized arson investigators were called in and reportedly indicated the fire appeared intentionally set. The presence of a methamphetamine lab was ruled out and only faint traces of possible accelerant remained."
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