2 more fires burn home where couple was killed in Battle Creek
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The home in the 200 block of Post Avenue that was heavily damaged by fire on Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020 in Battle Creek, Michigan. The house is owned by Chad Reed, who is in the Calhoun County jail awaiting arraignment on Monday in the double homicide of Joseph Soule, 34, and his girlfriend, Jaclyn Lepird, 31. Battle Creek believe that the couple was killed here.Joel Bissell | MLive.com
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BATTLE CREEK, MI – Two fires burned Tuesday morning at a house where two people were killed in October 2020.
Firefighters responded twice in the early morning hours of April 20 for suspicious fires that started on the exterior of the vacant house at 203 Post Ave., the Battle Creek Fire Department said.
Battle Creek Home Tied To Double Murder Found On Fire Again
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UPDATE: Vacant Battle Creek home, site of double murder and arsons, set for demolition By Will Kriss
Apr 20, 2021 5:00 PM
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) A Battle Creek home, which has been the site of a double murder and multiple arsons, is set for demolition, according to a report from WWMT Tuesday.
Previously, the house located at 203 Post Avenue was the setting of a double homicide that took place last fall. 34-year-old Joseph Soule and 31-year-old Jaclyn Lepird were identified as the victims.
Their landlord, 53-year-old Chad Reed, later confessed to the murders and will go to trial.
Since that incident, the home has been the site of multiple arsons, with two of the most recent taking place early Tuesday morning. Some neighbors had said they wanted the house to be torn down because of the fires and ties to the murder case.
Firefighters return to fight another blaze at Battle Creek home related to murder case By Brandon James
Apr 20, 2021 7:42 AM
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) Battle Creek firefighters returned to a scene they have been to several times in recent months to put out a fire.
Early Tuesday, WWMT reports that crews responded to the home at 203 Post Avenue, which is also connected to a local double murder case. This was the third fire reported at the home since October of 2020. That month, Calhoun County Sheriff’s deputies located the bodies of Jaclyn Lepird and Joseph Soule, who were believed to be murdered by their landlord Chad Reed who is awaiting trial.
Demolition set to begin on Battle Creek home where landlord confessed to killing tenants
This after the home had two fires early Tuesday morning.
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A Battle Creek home caught fire once again early Tuesday morning. It marks the fourth and fifth fires at the same house where a landlord confessed to killing his two tenants back in October.
and last updated 2021-04-20 15:52:50-04
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. â A Battle Creek home caught fire once again early Tuesday morning. It marks the fourth and fifth fires at the same house where a
The home at 203 Post Avenue was the site of two fires early Tuesday morning. Both times firefighters quickly put out the flames, but the damage from the five fires in just six months is leading the city and county to tear it down.
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