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Marshall Doran
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/news/2-killed-carolina-beach-condo-fire-arrest-made/njNKT/Authorities
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have arrested a man suspected of involvement in suspicious fires that left two people dead.
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Police Chief Keith Hinkle said Sunday that officers had arrested Marshall Doran of Kure Beach on a charge of attempted first-degree burglary. Hinkle said the 22-year-old Doran is a "person of interest" in three separate fires which heavily damaged two condominium buildings and a car early Saturday.
Fire Chief Alan Griffin said firefighters had recovered two bodies from the rubble of the condos. The names of those killed have not yet been released.
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firefighter and several people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
"To be clear, this is not just a tragedy. It's a murder, and nothing less," New Hanover County District Attorney Ben David said Sunday
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Doran is being held on a $2.5 million secured bond at the New Hanover County jail, where staff said he has not been assigned an attorney.
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media outlets reported Sunday that Doran already faced charges in Wake County of felony death by motor vehicle, impaired-driving and drug offenses in connection with a Feb. 13 hit-and-run killing.
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say Doran was traveling 60 miles per hour in a Volvo station wagon through snow and ice along Interstate 40 when he struck two Good Samaritans who had stopped to help a stranded trucker. Nathaniel Williams, 34, of Hope Mills and Larry Kepley, 39, of Winston-Salem, were both killed.
After hitting the two men
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Doran kept traveling east, taking out a traffic sign. He was later found and apprehended in a wooded area near the interstate. Authorities in the hit-and-run case originally set Doran's bail at $5 million, but a judge later reduced his bond to $500,000 and he was released.
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American Red Cross is providing temporary housing for 18 people as a result of the fires.