The mayor is walking around free even though previously he was being held without bail awaiting sentencing.
Jill Brock and Carter Pike, both medical doctors, concur that spontaneous human combustion (SHC) is a legitimate phenomenon. Contemporary mainstream science shows that historic occurrences of SHC have reasonable, non-supernatural explanations - typically that a person is near a flame or heat source, and that the "wick effect" is responsible for the high burning temperatures and unscathed surroundings.