The Harris County Sheriff’s Office preliminarily identified the three people whose bodies were found inside a burning Cypress home on Sunday as a woman, her adult son, and his live-in girlfriend.
On Monday, HCSO released the names of three people who died inside a home in the 14600 block of Plains River Drive: Kelly Masciarelli, Kolin Foster, and Cameryn Richard.
Investigators believe Masciarelli and Foster were mother and son, and all three people lived at the home. Their ages were not released.
The sheriff’s office also disclosed that arson investigators said the fire may have been deliberate, started by an accelerant, and the victims died before the flames broke out.
Investigators are trying to find a suspect but haven’t disclosed who it may be. It was also unclear whether anyone else lived in the home.
HCSO is already treating the case as a homicide.
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“Unfortunately, we have seen this before where an individual will commit murder and then start a fire to cover their tracks,” Sgt. Michael Ritchie with HCSO said on Sunday.