The charges against a suspect believed to have set fire to a home in northwest Atlanta in 2018, killing an elderly couple, were dropped by Fulton County prosecutors.
Cornelius Muckle, whom authorities said pawned several items belonging to Deborah Hubbard, 65, and her husband Harry Hubbard, 67, two days after their deaths in June 2018, was released from the Fulton County Jail last week after prosecutors dropped murder and arson charges against him.
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In a statement, the Fulton County DA’s office said they only bring indictments to trial “when there is sufficient evidence to prove charges beyond a reasonable doubt.”
“The evidence did not meet that standard in this case and adhering to the fundamental principle that the state bears the burden of proof, and every indicted person is presumed innocent until proven guilty, the office made the decision to not prosecute Mr. Muckle,” the statement reads.