The death of a 74-year-old man found in Hastings after a house fire earlier this year has been ruled a homicide.
William Eickholt, 74, of Denmark Township, was reported missing after a Feb. 1 fire at his home. His body was found on the side of the road the next day on the 1300 block of Ravenna Trail.
Eickholt had been identified as missing on Feb. 1 after police responded to multiple fires on his property, sparking a missing persons appeal…