Suspect in Custody After 30 Horses Are Killed at Racetrack in New York
For the owners of 30 horses that were killed last week when an arsonist set fire to a stable at a New York state racetrack, there are only mysteries and grief.
Police have arrested Boyd H. Fenton, 32, of Athens, Pennsylvania, on charges of arson, burglary, criminal mischief, and assault, according to The New York Times.
But as Fenton lingers in the Tioga County Correctional Facility, a motive for the blaze that ripped through the stable early Thursday is not known.
“It’s soul-destroying,” Kayla Morris, who along with her husband Lee lost 12 horses in the blaze, said. “It’s taken everything from us.”
The fire at the track in Nichols,
