Kaelyn Moore
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These revelations are clue number two for us today.
The Rennicks actually made local headlines back in September of 1992 when their home exploded.
The blast was so violent, it actually sent their washer and dryer flying before it crashed into a neighbor's property.
Nothing was left of the home but basically the bare foundation.
and insulation, which kept raining down from the sky for over an hour.
Thankfully, the family of four, five-year-old Ben, his older brother Sam, their parents, Frank and Charlene, were in St.
Louis, Missouri that night, 75 miles away, which was lucky.
But maybe a little bit too lucky, investigators thought.
When the fire marshals dug into the cause, they found that plugs had been removed from the family's gas line, which basically allowed all this petroleum to just seep out and ignite.
The insurance company actually denied Frank, the dad's claim, saying that, hey, insurance fraud, buddy.
Not not real.
Whoa.
No criminal charges were filed, but 20 years later in 2012, Frank was accused of fraud again.
On May 30th, a grand jury indicted him on three counts of felony mail fraud for swindling investors out of more than $7 million.
That's a lot.
That's a huge amount of money.
According to the Department of Justice, between 2006 and 2011, Frank tricked more than 250 people into investing in his company, Spectrum Pet Foods.
Frank had allegedly told people that the company was poised to go public, meaning its value would double and investors were guaranteed to profit.
Prosecutors said that Frank had spent about $800,000 of his investors' money on luxuries for himself, like a
Red flag.