Bond raised for suspect in fatal house fire
A Bladen County judge on Tuesday raised the bond for a woman charged in a fatal house fire to $10 million.
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Belinda Jacobs Brown, 49, of 1601 Peanut Plant Road in Elizabethtown, was charged Thursday with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths 49-year-old Marcia Wright and 12-year-old Yolanda Wright.
The Wrights, who were Brown's aunt and cousin, died of smoke inhalation.
Brown also is charged with first-degree arson in the case. Investigators said they found four places in the home where chemicals were used to help the fire spread more quickly.
Authorities haven't discussed a possible motive in the case.
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