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Fire Investigation Turns Into Murder Case
By Rich Petschke
According to a news release from the Chenango County Sheriff's Office, the case of a 16 year old who appeared to have died in a Chenango County house fire earlier this month is now a murder investigation with the boy’s parents as the suspects.
According to investigators the Guilford teenager’s autopsy results showed he did not die as a result of the fire. Ernest Franklin II and Heather Franklin were arrested for second-degree murder, third-degree arson, and tampering with physical evidence.
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