Mobile Home Fire Reveals Murder/Suicide

"SPOKANE, WA — Spokane police say a murder-suicide killed the couple in a mobile home fire Monday.

"The Spokane County medical examiner identified Keith M. Barber, 50, as the male victim in the mobile home fire at the Cascade Mobile Home Community. Neighbors said he lived with his fiancée, Amanda Blanchard, and that she died in the fire.

"The medical examiner hasn’t released a cause of death for either victim.

"The mobile home at 2311 W. 16th Ave. burned within minutes. The homicide suspect, who police have not identified, lit the fire using lighter fluid before committing suicide, police said.

"Police confiscated a gun at the home but have not identified it as the homicide weapon.

"The couple had planned to marry Thursday, neighbors said."

Source: The Spokesman-Review...