HOMICIDE SUSPECTED IN TWO WOOD COUNTY FIRES

(02/05/2005)
Three deaths in two seperate Parkersburg area fires are of a suspicious nature, and authorities indicate there is some evidence of homicide.

Authories are even looking into a connection between the two fires, one in Parkersburg and the other near Mineral Wells.

Two bodies were found inside a burned duplex apartment on 19th Street in Parkersburg, with evidence indicating they were killed before the fire.

Autopsies are scheduled for the victims.

A citizen reported finding a third charred body about 15 miles away near the Wood County Fairgrounds in Mineral Wells.

Wood County Prosecutor Ginny Conley says her office is looking into the possibility of whether or not there's a connection between the two crime scenes.