Home of Murder Suspect Burns…Again

Fire in Shelter Cove

As the sun set last night, the home of a man in jail for murder, caught fire …a second time. [Photo by Kelsy Corrine Silvis]

A little before 7:30 last night, the Shelter Cove home of Eric Lively caught fire. Lively is in the Humboldt County Jail awaiting trial on charges of murdering Jesse Simpson, a much-loved member of the community on May 4.

Eric Lively reportedly admitted to driving the vehicle that struck and killed Jesse Simpson but said that the collision had happened by accident.

He has been previously been arrested at least twice. In 2010, he was arrested for a home invasion robbery in Placer County.  In 2013, Lively was arrested for allegedly striking a man with a vehicle over a drug debt.

On May 18 of this year about two weeks after he was arrested, Lively’s house caught fire about 4 a.m. Cheryl Antony spokesperson for Shelter Cove Fire explained, “Lively’s house was set on fire…after the murder.  The investigators said it was arson then.”

Firefighter spraying water on a burned residence.

Eric Lively’s home after the first fire. [Photo from Cheryl Antony]

Anthony said there wasn’t much left of the home after the blaze. “It was a burned out shell,” she explained. “Can’t believe it burned again.”

What worries Anthony and her neighbors is that the flames could have spread. She pointed out in an email early this morning, “It was especially dangerous because we are under a red flag warning. [There were] dangerous fire conditions due to high temps.  Low humidity.   And wind.”

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Scooter
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Scooter
6 years ago

Who set this fire? You could have killed more people than Mr Lively did! Who in the cove hates this guy enough to do something this stupid?

The Citizen
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The Citizen
6 years ago
Reply to  Scooter

Everyone!
Thanks for your input.

Neighborhood watch
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6 years ago
Reply to  Scooter

Probably the tweekers down the street . Morons , could have started a huge fire that spread to other homes . The cove hates you tweekers just as much as we hate lively.

Notbuyinit
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Notbuyinit
6 years ago
Reply to  Scooter

You kidding? If I was a betting man I’d put my money on everyone hates him

Flee
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Flee
6 years ago
Reply to  Scooter

Everybody!

fuckwalterwhite.com
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fuckwalterwhite.com
6 years ago

“He has been previously been arrested at least twice. In 2010, he was arrested for a home invasion robbery in Placer County. In 2013, Lively was arrested for allegedly striking a man with a vehicle over a drug debt.”

Truthy
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6 years ago

Hope they catch the creep that did this on a red flag day!

Dan Fuller
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Dan Fuller
6 years ago
Reply to  Truthy

The sooner the better for ALL concerned!!!

Dog Leg
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Dog Leg
6 years ago

Don’t get your hopes up for a trial & conviction, remember its California.

hmm
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hmm
6 years ago

Disgusting vigilantes with no respect for our nations or our laws.

Veterans Friend
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Veterans Friend
6 years ago

Y’all should have torn the eyesore down. This was bound to happen.

Buzzardsnest
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Buzzardsnest
6 years ago

Insurance company loop holes. Blam it on them, or the county. It was there responsibility

Mogtx
Guest
6 years ago

Dan fuller were is the chump ? He might be one of the ones that got busted that we know nothing about.the last fish and game bust.because Mr anti pot everything .might be in jail .our very biz harvesting his weed to comment on the black belt .

SATAN
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SATAN
6 years ago

Fire. It’s always been a favorite of mine.

Rusty Cage
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Rusty Cage
6 years ago

Just like Daddy said to me as a young boy:
“There’s a whole lot of ugly comin’ at you by a never-ending parade of stupid.”

shawn the fisherman
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shawn the fisherman
6 years ago

Arson is a terrible crime.. If it was? Some first responder might have been hurt or killed!

G-MAS
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G-MAS
6 years ago

Sad,sad,sad

Stoopid dummy head
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Stoopid dummy head
6 years ago

It use to be the land of milk and honey now it has turned into the land of stoopid dummies.

Hick
Guest
6 years ago

Fine old Scottish tradition. “YOU’RE FIRED”

Scotsman
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Scotsman
6 years ago
Reply to  Hick

Hick your right, it use to be when you were fired you were fired, they burned your house and anything that was left with it.

Boudreaux
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Boudreaux
6 years ago

How much money and manpower was wasted for this? I feel sorry for the volunteer firefighters who were subjected to deal with this act of stupidity. Thank you firefighters.

Drews
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Drews
6 years ago

Well someone is loyal to the deceased…if he owned the house he sure as hell can’t use any equity out of it for lawyer fees etc…I kinda like it..but I don’t know the whole story ,LA da da…I love shelter cove…anyway,someone’s sending a message…so hums wild like that tho..yee has..

Flee
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Flee
6 years ago
Reply to  Drews

High five to you…at least someone gets it!

Neighborhood watch
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6 years ago
Reply to  Flee

The house was already completely destroyed . Al these idiots did was threaten innocent people’s property in the neighborhood. Totally irresponsible and stupid .

Flee
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Flee
6 years ago

It’s just hell reaching up to grab anything that is left of Eric Lively and his pathetic existance on this earth! Our VFD didn’t even put any water on it, they protected surrounding properties…as they should. I think one of the neighbors pee’d on it…even that was a waste!

Flee
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Flee
6 years ago
Reply to  Flee

And the nearest neighbors are all glad to see it leveled! It was an eye sore and a danger to neighborhood children who might happen to venture, out of curiosity, into the building. Mind your own community! Ours does!

Bombshell
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Bombshell
3 years ago
Reply to  Flee

Love this comment!!!
^^^^^^^^^^

Fro
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Fro
6 years ago

Just a reminder to Eric Lively as to how much he is despised by this community as a whole. Time has not healed the loss of Jesse Simpson, nor will it ever! It’s too bad there was no advance notice of the fire, we could have roasted hotdogs and marshmallows, had a party!

Taurus Ballzhoff
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Taurus Ballzhoff
6 years ago

Sick, sick, sick… Shelter Cove is one scary place…

G-MAS
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G-MAS
6 years ago

We are in a red flag warning,mindless people.I guess you can’t fix stupid

Silverlining
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Silverlining
6 years ago

Please, just a tunnel going from the BLM office area to the airport area and maybe I’d go there more often and not use up my brakes.

Silverlining
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Silverlining
6 years ago

It would only cross like what,..ten thousand fault lines?

Silverlining
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Silverlining
6 years ago

I may not have been here my entire life but isn’t there some story of an Indian curse out there?
Other than the criminal act that created the subdivision to begin with.

Buzzardsnest
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Buzzardsnest
6 years ago
Reply to  Silverlining

Yes there is a curse. Tread lightly, that curse is directed towards the white man and it kills in mysterious ways…..

Silverlining
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Silverlining
6 years ago

It was really weird when I first went there and there was all these paved roads with no houses, kind of spooky.

FreshFish
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FreshFish
6 years ago

Since its not really habitable, you might want to ask the firedepartment to have a contolled burn to completely eliminate the risks of a fire spreading from arsen.
As soon as its dry enough someones going to burn it again, now that we know this, its safer to have the firedepartment finish it.
This is a great example of a functioning neighborhood!

Hope
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Hope
6 years ago

As a friend of the family and one who has watched Jesse’s death affect his loved ones in such an emotionally hurtfull way, I was glad to see it burn to the ground! No more looking at the reminder of an already unbearable memory. Thank you to the fire department for doing their best to keep areas around the house safe and fire free.

Guest
Guest
Guest
6 years ago

Burn that motherfucker DOWN!!!!

LabledANazi
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LabledANazi
6 years ago
Reply to  Guest

We don’t need no water so just let the fucker burn, burn motherfucker burn! The roof,the roof,the roof is on fire!

Alexander
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Alexander
6 years ago

He should have still been in jail for the home invasion