The State - News from Aug. 30, 1989

State prison officials are investigating reports that Charles David Rothenberg, who poured kerosene over his 6-year-old son and set him on fire in Buena Park in 1983, has threatened to kill his ex-wife and her husband and to kidnap his son when he is released on parole in December. State Department of Corrections investigators received information that Rothenberg, who is serving a 13-year sentence for the attack on his son, made threatening statements in a letter to his former wife, said Deputy Dist. Atty. Tom Avdeef. Avdeef, who prosecuted Rothenberg, said he will determine whether new charges should be filed. If officials determine that Rothenberg made the threats, his scheduled release from the California Medical Facility at Vacaville could be delayed.