The victim's daughter, who also lives in the apartment, told police that her boyfriend had threatened to burn up the apartment earlier in the evening.
PORTAGE , Ind. -- A suspect was in custody Tuesday night in an arson fire that left an 87-year-old woman dead in Portage , Indiana , police said.At 12:10 a.m. Tuesday, a ground-floor unit was on fire in a building in the Swanson Court Apartments development on Willowdale Court in Portage . The police and fire departments were called to the scene, and officers helped evacuate the building that was on fire—as well as the one next door.
She was rushed to a nearby hospital, but it was too late, and she died of injuries that it is believed she suffered in the fire, police said.The 87-year-old woman who was killed in the fire was identified as Maria Leal.The victim's daughter, who also lives in the apartment, told police that her boyfriend had threatened to burn up the apartment earlier in the evening during a quarrel elsewhere, police said.
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