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Suspect in double homicide fire arrested
Suspect in double homicide fire arrested
By Chris Lawrence
December 20, 2024 - 11:32 am
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The home on Spring Valley Road where the bodies of Erma and Britney Brown were found stabbed after a fire. PHOTO: WCHS TV
Joshua Morrow
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A man sought for the deaths of a woman and her daughter last weekend in Wayne County is now in custody. … State Police arrested Joshua Morrow, 42, at a home in Huntington around 2 a.m. Friday. The State Police Special Response Team took Morrow into custody without incident a day after obtaining warrants in Wayne County for two counts of first degree murder and a count of first degree arson.
Morrow is accused of setting the fire on Spring Valley Road near Ceredo back on Sunday which left the two women dead. Troopers identified the victims as Erma Brown, 57, and her daughter Britney Brown, 34.
The criminal complaint filed by investigators in Wayne County Circuit Court indicated the remains of the two women were discovered after the fire was under control. Authorities said both women appeared to have stab wounds and blood stains as their remains were removed from the burned home. The state Medical Examiner confirmed both women were stabbed multiple times.
Neighbors said they saw Joshua Morrow leave the home Sunday evening. The criminal complaint also indicated nobody was able to determine the location of a 15-month old baby which also resided at the home. Britney Brown was the mother of the child and Erma Brown her grandmother. Authorities also confirmed Morrow was the child’s biological father.
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By Chris Lawrence
December 20, 2024 - 11:32 am
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The home on Spring Valley Road where the bodies of Erma and Britney Brown were found stabbed after a fire. PHOTO: WCHS TV
Joshua Morrow
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A man sought for the deaths of a woman and her daughter last weekend in Wayne County is now in custody. … State Police arrested Joshua Morrow, 42, at a home in Huntington around 2 a.m. Friday. The State Police Special Response Team took Morrow into custody without incident a day after obtaining warrants in Wayne County for two counts of first degree murder and a count of first degree arson.
Morrow is accused of setting the fire on Spring Valley Road near Ceredo back on Sunday which left the two women dead. Troopers identified the victims as Erma Brown, 57, and her daughter Britney Brown, 34.
The criminal complaint filed by investigators in Wayne County Circuit Court indicated the remains of the two women were discovered after the fire was under control. Authorities said both women appeared to have stab wounds and blood stains as their remains were removed from the burned home. The state Medical Examiner confirmed both women were stabbed multiple times.
Neighbors said they saw Joshua Morrow leave the home Sunday evening. The criminal complaint also indicated nobody was able to determine the location of a 15-month old baby which also resided at the home. Britney Brown was the mother of the child and Erma Brown her grandmother. Authorities also confirmed Morrow was the child’s biological father.
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