Aaron Jones, the lawyer and real estate developer who says he was bound by armed intruders in his Chenal Circle home early this morning and managed to escape the fire intruders set, said he can think of no one with a reason to do him harm. He also said, as a lawyer, he understood that investigators might consider whether he had a role, but commented, “I’d never take a chance at burning myself alive.”
 
He said there was nothing in the $1.8 million home of extraordinary value to robbers, if that was the intruders’ goal. The interior of the home was destroyed by fire and Jones has been unable to re-enter until inspectors tell him it is safe, but he said it likely would be difficult to tell if anything was taken, the destruction was so complete. The most expensive item in the home was a grand piano. More on the jump.

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