RIVERDALE, Ga., Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A 45-year-old woman is facing charges she set a fire at a motel in Georgia that killed five people last spring.
Authorities said Sheree "Queen" Dionne Murphy was arrested after contacting police about a publicized arrest warrant for her in relation to the fatal June 7 blaze in Riverdale, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Saturday.
Riverdale police had issued the arrest warrant Friday after officially charging Murphy for allegedly starting the Budget Inn blaze that killed five and injured nine others.
Riverdale Fire Chief Billy Hayes said that during authorities' six-month investigation, they had collected evidence allegedly linking Murphy to the fatal blaze. He declined to detail exactly how the motel fire had been started, the newspaper reported.
Murphy now faces five homicide counts in relation to the blaze, along with one count of arson, one count of simple battery and two counts of aggravated assault.
