Search warrants shed new light on quadruple fatal Oxford fire

Investigators found gasoline and flammable liquid around the home, and on the underwear of Diane Green Robertson. The autopsy reports show that the victims died from "inhalation of products of combustion," and investigators have ruled that the deaths have been classified as a homicide..

Shortly after the blaze, Oxford Police told WRAL News that the fifth person who lived in the home, Stevie Robertson, was identified as a person of interest. He was arrested in the days after the fatal fire on unrelated charges of breaking and entering and taken to the Granville County Jail, authorities said.

The search warrants show that police were called to the Rectory Street home three other times that year, because of fights between Robertson and Green-Brodie. A neighbor told police that on the day of the fire the two were involved in a dispute in which Green-Brodie was pepper sprayed and cut on her arm. Before the fire, she ran to a neighbor's house, saying she had argued with her father, and she was apparently referring to Stevie Robertson.

Several hours later, neighbors heard a loud noise as the house exploded in flames.

Robertson bond for the breaking-and-entering charges stands at $106,000 and he has been in custody since last year, officials said.

People in the neighborhood are upset no one has been charged in the killings.

"They were nice people (and) didn't bother nobody," said Dennis Spencer, a friend of the family. "They didn't deserve to be burned up like that."

Police said Tuesday that Stevie Robertson is still a person of interest in the case. No charges, however, have been filed in the case.