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William Ahle was praised as a hero when he tried to save his longtime neighbor Virginia Cranwell during a house fire

Ahle, 70, is now being accused of murdering Cranwell. She was 82

"He originally helped her. He tried to save her. So it doesn't make any sense, I just don't understand," a neighbor said of the accusations against Ahle

A New Jersey man once praised by his community as a hero who tried to save his neighbor from a burning home has now been charged with her murder.

William Ahle, 70, has officially been charged with the murder of Virginia Cranwell, 82, Union County Prosecutor William A. Daniel and Fanwood Chief Law Enforcement Officer Lieutenant Daniel Kranz announced in a press release Wednesday, Dec. 10.

Ahle was charged with first-degree murder, first-degr

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