COLUMBUS (AP) — The Franklin County coroner’s office says it appears likely that a deadly blaze that killed three people was started by a man who set himself on fire.
The Columbus Dispatch reports Columbus police are investigating the fire as a double homicide and a suicide.
Forty-two-year-old Gary Morris, his 33-year-old wife, Nerissa Distin, and their 2-year-old daughter, Serena Morris were found dead in their home Jan. 1.
An autopsy shows Morris died of thermal injuries and was alive when the fire started.
His wife was stabbed to death.
Police have said the fire caused the toddler’s death.