Officials initially thought Candace Walton perished in a deadly house fire
A 16-year-old Georgia girl authorities initially thought died in a house fire is now accused of setting the blaze that police believe killed her brother and mother.
On Thursday, Candace Walton, 16, of Monroe County, was arrested in Kentucky after she allegedly stole her mother’s car and fled her home after the fire, Monroe County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Anna Lewis tells PEOPLE. The teen is awaiting extradition back to Georgia. She is charged with two counts of felony murder, arson and multiple counts of theft by taking. Lewis says authorities plan to charge her as an adult.On Thursday at about 3:30 a.m., sheriff’s deputies and EMTs raced to a home on Old Zebulon Road where a raging fire had fully engulfed the house, which firefighters fought to extinguish, the sheriff’s department says in a statement.
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