ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- A bundle of old text messages, phone call records and photographs resurfaced in the Albany Federal Courthouse Wednesday, during a detention hearing for Edward Leon -- the man charged with starting the 2013 fatal house fire in Schenectady that killed a father and three of his children.

Leon was indicted by a federal grand jury on July 31, facing one charge of malicious use of fire to destroy property resulting in death. Paul DerOhannesian, a criminal defense attorney, said there are many aspects of this case that make it complicated.

“Well certainly the heart of this case and why this case is different is that a whole charge and indictment has been brought against another individual," said DerOhannesian. “That's what makes it more of an unusual case and why this h

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