Battle Creek Police, Fire investigate string of arsons including location of 2020 double homicide
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Battle Creek Police Department said Joseph Soule and Jaclyn Lepird were killed by their landlord last October at 203 Post Avenue. Since then, it s been damaged by fire three times.
and last updated 2021-04-07 17:47:46-04
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. â The site of a double homicide in Battle Creek has caught fire for a third time.
It s one of the locations throughout the city police and fire are
Battle Creek Police Department (BCPD) said
While there are other arsons being investigated throughout the city, the fire chief believes the 203 Post Avenue location is being targeted.
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Published: April 5, 2021
The aftermath of a March 3, 2021, fire on the first block of Oaklawn Avenue in Battle Creek. (Photo - Nathan Adams)
64 Oaklawn Avenue
398 Hamblin Avenue
Three fires have been set at 64 Oaklawn Avenue, pictured here at Realtor dot com. The house was part of a 4-call night in a 2 ½ hour span for firemen back in September of 2019. Each of the houses were vacant. Officials said they were not sure if those fires were related at the time.
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For the second time in less than a year, a Battle Creek home located at 203 Post Avenue, which was the scene of a grizzly double murder was found on fire and is under investigation. Chad Allen Reed, the landlord accused of killing a missing Battle Creek couple is behind bars awaiting trial after waiving his preliminary hearing in February. The home where the murders took place was the scene of a fire on October 18, 2020. At 4:30 a.m. Tu
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th where the garage was detached from other buildings. Flames and smoke were seen coming from the center of the roof by the first responding unit. Firefighters had to cut two metal garage doors to get inside as other members attacked the fire from outside and above as the roof collapsed. The fire was then contained to the middle of the garage with no outside structural damage.
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