Detroit man charged in apartment building fire that killed 5
DETROIT _ A man who lived in the Detroit apartment building that caught fire this week was charged Friday with killing five men who died in the blaze.
Henry Keith Jackson, 55, was arraigned on five counts of first-degree felony murder, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy's office announced. He also was arraigned on five counts of first-degree arson for the fire Wednesday at the eight-unit apartment building.
The property owner, Irvin Beauford, told the Detroit Free Press Jackson might have had a dispute with another tenant. "Him and one of the guys got into it. That's what I know," Beauford said when reached by phone after Worthy announced the charges.
The Wayne County Medical Examiner's office is still working to identify the victims due to the condition of the bodies, according to a spokesman for county executive Warren Evans.
The apartment building was not properly registered with the city as a rental property, officials said Friday.
The Detroit Fire Marshal last inspected the property in January 2013 and it was up to code.
_Detroit Free Press
