CHESTERFIELD, Va. (WWBT) - A house fire over the weekend left two elderly women dead and a family member behind bars.

Police arrested Alicia Newman, 25, the granddaughter of one of the victims, in connection with the fatal fire that killed sisters Evelyn Newman, 75, and Hazel Johnson, 78.

“This doesn’t happen very often. We are not used to arson-homicides,” said Lt. James R. Lamb of Chesterfield Police. “It’s kind of a really horrendous way for someone to kill someone else.”

According to a criminal complaint, Alicia was reportedly upset the house was not being left to her in grandmother Evelyn’s will. Neighbors told police that Alicia and her four children would stay at the house sometimes.

Court documents said neighbors saw Newman at the home around 1:45 a.m. early on Saturday morni

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