It’s been 10 months since a Westwood man was fatally burned in a fire. Last week police arrested a suspect who is now charged with murder and arson.
“Now my life is a living hell. I’m going through it,” Renay Jackson said as she described the past 10 months without her father, Charles Eason.
The 64-year-old Eason was severely burned when police say a fire was intentionally set outside of his apartment door. He died six days later from his injuries.
Jackson says it was the second fire that had been set days apart in her father’s hallway.
“When I got the phone call I was in disbelief, you know what I’m saying? I was in disbelief because I had just been up there two days ago from a fire, so I’m like, okay, someone is setting these fires," she recalled.
According to police, that person is 35-year-old Jamal Rashid. He was indicted Thursday on charges of aggravated arson and murder.