COLUMBUS, Ind. — The son of a woman who was murdered — along with three other people — five years ago in a small southwestern Bartholomew County community is in jail on an arson charge after admitting he set fire to the home where the killings occurred and one other nearby home.
Daniel Burton, 33, of 2743 E. Main Cross St. in Waynesville is being held in the Bartholomew County Jail without bond on one charge of arson, according to the Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department. Burton is being detained without bond on a 48-hour hold, Sheriff Matt Myers said.
Burton is the son of Katheryn M. Burton, 53, who along with her companion, Thomas W. Smith, 39, and friends Aaron T. Cross, 41, and Shawn L. Burton, 40, both of Columbus, were killed May 11, 2013 at 2634 E. Main Cross St. in Waynesville, the home where Katheryn Burton, Smith and Daniel Burton lived in 2013.
The Wayne Township Volunteer Fire Department and sheriff’s deputies responded to a residence on fire at 2743 E. Main Cross St. after receiving notification by phone at 6:58 a.m. today.
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