Murder/Suicide Suspected in Apartment Fire

"Burnsville, MN - Brittany Givens-Copeland had planned to break off her relationship with Adam Williams on Sunday night, her friends say. Within hours, firefighters found both their bodies after fire gutted his Burnsville apartment.

"Givens-Copeland, 24, and Williams, 23, were found dead late Sunday after crews extinguished the blaze at the Woods complex at 14745 Portland Av. S. Autopsies were underway Monday evening in Hastings, and police were not yet saying how they died.

"But detectives are investigating the case as a possible murder-suicide, with the fire being set after Givens-Copeland was killed, according to police and friends of the Givens family, which is one of Minnesota's most prominent and philanthropic families.

"Monday morning, a police officer notified the family that Givens-Copeland was dead, and an officer told her younger sister of the suspicion that Williams had killed her, close family friends said..."

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