The police called it deliberate from the start in 2014. Vice mentioned some evidence of chemical activation in 2016, although there weren't docs, I think until Brazen got those. The podcast has interviews about all that plus the fact that latex chlorination is done by liquid, not powdered chlorine. It's kind of pointless to debunk a rumor that never had any source or factual grounding, because people just keep doing circular reference to itself - you can simply dismiss things without evidence and there's nothing to cite, so that rumor appears as it's told to the reporter by furries, very briefly while proceeding with deeper investigation.
The police called it deliberate from the start in 2014. Vice mentioned some evidence of chemical activation in 2016, although there weren't docs, I think until Brazen got those. The podcast has interviews about all that plus the fact that latex chlorination is done by liquid, not powdered chlorine. It's kind of pointless to debunk a rumor that never had any source or factual grounding, because people just keep doing circular reference to itself - you can simply dismiss things without evidence and there's nothing to cite, so that rumor appears as it's told to the reporter by furries, very briefly while proceeding with deeper investigation.