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Man Suspected Of Setting Fatal House Fire Likely Set Himself Ablaze

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The Franklin County coroner's office says autopsy results show the man who died in a southeast side house fire in January that killed his 2-year-old daughter and his wife probably set himself ablaze first. 

42-year-old Gary Morris, 33-year-old wife Nerissa Distin, and 2-year-old daughter Serena Morris were killed in the blaze at a Retriever Road home. The case is being investigated as a double-murder and suicide.

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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