3-1-2011 Georgia:LAWRENCEVILLE, GA -- A man who was killed in a deadly duplex fire over the weekend apparently took his own life.
"Investigators found evidence to indicate that the man used gasoline to ignite the blaze which claimed his life," Gwinnett County Fire Department spokesman Tommy Rutledge said in a statement on Tuesday.
Earlier in the week, the Gwinnett County Medical Examiner identified the man as Kevin Haynes. On Tuesday, Gwinnett County Police confirmed he was a registered sex offender.
A passerby first noticed the duplex fire on Curtis Road at about 6 p.m. Sunday. When firefighters arrived, they found Hayne's body on a couch in the living room.
"[He] did not appear to have been trying to escape from the home," Rutledge said.
The medical examiner determined Haynes died of smoke and soot inhilation.
No one else was hurt in the fire. ..Source.. by Ron Nakfoor
Fatal duplex fire victim ID’d
LAWRENCEVILLE — Officials on Monday identified the man found dead in a Lawrenceville duplex fire Sunday evening as Kevin Haynes, 26.
Firefighters found Haynes’ body when they responded about 6 p.m. to a one-story duplex in the 50 block of Curtis Road, off Hurricane Shoals Road near downtown Lawrenceville.
A cause of death had not been determined early Monday, said Ted Bailey, chief forensic investigator with the Gwinnett Medical Examiner’s Office.
A passerby reported the fire, and responding fire crews found Haynes’ body inside among heavy smoke and heat. Haynes is believed to have lived at the residence, where damages were mostly contained to contents inside the unit. Nobody else was home, officials said.
The fire was brought under control at 6:28 p.m. No other injuries were reported, and the adjoining unit was spared from damages, said Fire Department spokesman Capt. Thomas Rutledge.
Circumstances surrounding the fire are under investigation, Rutledge said. ..Source.. by Josh Green, Staff Writer
Man took his own life in deadly duplex fire
LAWRENCEVILLE, GA -- A man who was killed in a deadly duplex fire over the weekend apparently took his own life.
"Investigators found evidence to indicate that the man used gasoline to ignite the blaze which claimed his life," Gwinnett County Fire Department spokesman Tommy Rutledge said in a statement on Tuesday.
Earlier in the week, the Gwinnett County Medical Examiner identified the man as Kevin Haynes. On Tuesday, Gwinnett County Police confirmed he was a registered sex offender.
A passerby first noticed the duplex fire on Curtis Road at about 6 p.m. Sunday. When firefighters arrived, they found Hayne's body on a couch in the living room.
"[He] did not appear to have been trying to escape from the home," Rutledge said.
The medical examiner determined Haynes died of smoke and soot inhilation.
No one else was hurt in the fire. ..Source.. by 11Alive.com
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