A decorated K-9 who helped investigators track down the area’s most dangerous arsonist has died.
Misty, a 13-year-old Labrador retriever, was instrumental in finding patterns at fire scenes, and as a result a task force was created to help capture Thomas A. Sweatt, an arsonist responsible for firebombing dozens of homes and killing two elderly women, Prince George’s County Fire and EMS Department spokesman Mark Brady said.
Misty appeared on an episode of Forensic Files titled “Hot on the Trail” about the 22-month investigation that led to Sweatt’s arrest in 2005. Misty worked for the Prince George’s County fire department with handler Scott Hoglander.
She retired in 2006 and continued to live with Hoglander.
