 Her defense team undertook its own investigation , hoping to disprove state witnesses ' testimony identifying the fire as arson . They found that accelerant had , indeed , been used to stoke the fire and that a robe belonging to Green had been on the floor of the master bathroom , burned in a manner that indicated it had been worn while one of the unconnected fires was set . According to Ellen Ryan , when confronted with this evidence , Green acknowledged having set the fire that destroyed her home , but denied any clear memory of the event . She continued to claim that Tim Farrar had been the one who poisoned his father . Green agreed to place an Alford plea of " no contest " . 
