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Shoe prints lead FBI to suspect couple involved in multiple New Mexico wildfires

Investigators identified 16 human-caused fires on the Mescalero Apache Reservation near Ruidoso. They linked six of the fires to a couple, including the destructive Salt Fire.

A federal search for a pair of Vans sneakers revealed a man and his girlfriend's may have been involved in at least six New Mexico wildfires, including the Salt Fire that burned nearly 8,000 acres of land, according to a court document. Less than a mile from where the Salt Fire started, an agent from the Bureau of Indian Affairs' Office of Justice Services conducted a traffic stop of the suspected Jeep, with a man and his girlfriend inside. A foam shoe print capture of the Vans branded shoe.United States District CourtThe man in the Jeep had reported the first fire that occurred on May 3, claiming to be a wildland firefighter who tried to put it out, authorities said.

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