A Sterling, Virginia, man has been arrested in connection to a house fire last week that led to the death of a woman.

In a news release on Wednesday, the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office said Jacob Bogatin, 78, was arrested and charged with felony murder and burning an occupied dwelling after investigators determined he set a townhome on fire Friday.

When officers arrived to the townhome in the 20000 block of Riptide Square just after 1 a.m. Friday, the fire had spread to a second home and damaged a third.

During their investigation, officials found the remains of one of the residents of the townhomes, 36-year-old Madelaine Samantha Akers.

Eight residents were displaced by the fire and several received assistance from the American Red Cross. Akers was the only person unaccounted for

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