The first official news regarding Morgan Duke arrived via televised press conference that Monday evening. Sheriff Price stood on the steps of the town building that housed the courthouse and jail, Michael on his left and the state Fire Marshal on his right. The sheriff had never been particularly cherubic, but that night he positively glowered down at the gathered reporters and television cameras.
He waited for the smattering of unwelcome questions to die out before beginning.
“The fire of last Friday night has now been positively identified as an act of arson. The perpetrator, Joseph Duke of Miami, Florida, is in custody but refuses to cooperate in the ongoing investigation. Authorities are now seeking Morgan Duke as a material witness and possible accomplice.”
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