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Fire chief describes murder scene at trial

Investigators in August 2009 comb a Central Islip

Photo credit: James Carbone | Investigators in August 2009 comb a Central Islip house where three bodies were found by crew responding to a fire at the home. (Aug. 11, 2009)

A Central Islip assistant fire chief went into a roaring house fire looking "for life," he testified Monday in Suffolk County Court, but instead found only death.

Edward Freudenberg was the first firefighter to arrive at 47 Hickory St. just before the sun came up on Aug. 11, 2009. As a video shot by another member of the fire department showed, the blaze was tremendous, with flames and smoke...

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