Raymond Lee Oyler is led into a Riverside courtroom in 2006 during his murder and arson trial. The California Supreme Court on Monday declined to overturn his conviction and death penalty.

The “Esperanza Fire” set by Oyler just after 1 a.m. on Oct. 26, 2006, near the intersection of Esperanza Avenue and Almond Way amid a Santa Ana windstorm decimated the crew of U.S. Forest ...

Raymond Lee Oyler, 54, of Beaumont, was sentenced to death for starting the Esparanza Fire in October 2006. He was convicted of five counts of first-degree murder, 19 counts of arson and 16 counts ...

Raymond Lee Oyler set a fire that killed five firefighters in 2006. The California Supreme Court will decide if he remains on death row, writes Robin Epley of The Sacramento Bee.

Raymond Lee Oyler, who was given the death penalty for setting the 2006 Esperanza fire near Cabazon that killed five U.S. Forest Service firefighters, was not the “actual killer,” as defined ...