A Vicksburg couple is facing charges in connection to a house fire that claimed the life of an elderly man. The State Fire Marshal’s Office reports that 50-year-old Carolyn Mansfield and 74-year-old Albert Thomas are locked up on first-degree murder and arson charges after 75-year-old Ernest Gleese was killed in.
VICKSBURG, Miss. (WJTV) - Vicksburg police arrested a woman after a 75-year-old man died during a house fire. Police said Carolyn Mansfield, 50, of Vicksburg, was arrested on Tuesday, February 6. She was charged with arson and murder. The fire happened on Friday, February 2 at a home in the 500 block of Speed Street. [.]