article_snippet: A brain-damaged man accused of starting a 1996 fire at an Ohio fireworks store that killed nine people died earlier this month at a mental health facility.
article_snippet: Todd Hall died March 8 in Athens where A brain-damaged man accused of starting a 1996 fire at an Ohio fireworks store that killed nine people had been getting treatment for the last several years, according to the Lawrence County Prosecutor's Office.
article_snippet: Todd Hall was accused of starting a 1996 fire at an Ohio fireworks store that killed nine people .
article_snippet: Hall, of Proctorville, was 24 when prosecutors say that, as a prank, A brain-damaged man accused of starting a 1996 fire at an Ohio fireworks store that killed nine people threw a lighted cigarette on a shelf crammed with fireworks at the Ohio River Fireworks store in Scottown, about 100 miles southeast of Cincinnati.
article_snippet: According to court testimony, Todd Hall had part of A brain-damaged man accused of starting a 1996 fire at an Ohio fireworks store that killed nine people brain removed after suffering a serious injury in a 1987 skateboard accident and had the mental capacity of a 10-year-old .
article_snippet: According to court testimony, Todd Hall had part of his brain removed after suffering a serious injury in a 1987 skateboard accident and had the mental capacity of a 10-year-old.
article_snippet: Charged with aggravated arson and nine counts of involuntary manslaughter, Todd Hall repeatedly was ruled incompetent to stand trial in the years since then.
article_snippet: Authorities initially thought three friends challenged Todd Hall to set the fire, but three friends passed polygraph tests and were never charged.
highlights_snippet: Todd Hall was 24 when prosecutors say that, as a prank, Todd Hall threw a lit cigarette on a shelf crammed with fireworks at the Ohio River Fireworks store .
  