By Verna Slate, Williamson County Bureau
HERRIN — The deaths of two people found in a Herrin house fire have been ruled a murder-suicide, according to WPSD Local 6. Names and further details of the case were not included in the available reporting.
A fire that started as a call for crews to battle flames ended as a homicide investigation — one of the harder turns a small department can be asked to make in a single night. It's the kind of story this county has seen before and will see again, and it deserves to be marked, not just cleared.
The American Times will report further details as they become part of the public record.
— Compiled from reporting by WPSD Local 6.
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