10.Jamie and his new partner, Samson Nguyen—SFPD’s most junior homicide detective—were the first two investigators to arrive at the latest fire scene on Fourth and Brannon, near China Basin. The forensic team arrived a few minutes later.
The building had been newer and bigger than the three previous warehouses, the electricity and gas not yet turned off. But it was vacant and had been for some time, scheduled to be remodeled and converted into office spaces. About all that was left after the fire was the concrete foundation and part of the back loading dock wall and the concrete dock itself. Jamie and his partner, Sam, worked alongside the forensic guys steadily for two hours, sifting through the burnt debris for clues, but they found nothing of significance, including no remains of an ob
