{"id":39787,"date":"2025-09-30T20:53:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T20:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=39787"},"modified":"2025-09-30T20:53:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T20:53:30","slug":"scorned-husband-said-he-set-virginia-lawmaker-on-fire-over-affair-with-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=39787","title":{"rendered":"Scorned Husband Said He Set Virginia Lawmaker on Fire Over Affair With Wife"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A scorned husband isn\u2019t denying a thing — admitting he set fire to a Virginia lawmaker, accusing him of an affair with his wife, Mary Alice <\/strong>… even though she\u2019d already filed for divorce weeks before the attack.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Yup, we finally got the why behind Shotsie Michael Buck-Hayes<\/strong>‘ alleged actions<\/strong><\/a> — laid out by a Danville PD investigator during Tuesday\u2019s prelim hearing, months after his July arrest.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Shotsie flat-out told cops he bought gas to kill Danville City Council member Lee Vogler<\/strong> — then used a lighter to spark the blaze.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Three witnesses took the stand — including a Showcase Magazine employee, who said Buck-Hayes stormed in with a bucket, chased Vogler, and doused him with gasoline while he was working his day job as a sales director.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Vogler\u2019s wife, Blair<\/strong>, told the court he suffered second and third-degree burns over 60% of his body — plus burn shock, septic shock, and lung damage from the smoke.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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He\u2019s been hospitalized ever since, still fighting through recovery.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Buck-Hayes is facing charges of attempted first-degree murder and aggravated malicious wounding.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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