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Whitfield County fire that killed two ruled homicide, suspect arrested

photo Dixon said investigators were called to the home at 113 Honey Bee Way in west Whitfield County after 11:30 a.m. Saturday when firefighters found two bodies inside a burning home.
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113 Honey Bee Way

113 Honey Bee Way

A man and a teenage girl whose bodies were found Saturday in a burning house in Rocky Face, Ga., were victims of homicide, said Maj. John Gibson with the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office.

Daniel Densmore, 32, is charged with 2 counts of felony murder, 1 count of arson and 1 count of armed robbery.

Whitfield County coroner Bobbie Dixon said investigators were called to the home at 113 Honey Bee Way in west Whitfield County after 11:30 a.m. Saturday when firefighters found two bodies inside the burning home.

Dixon declined to release details about how the two died.

The man has been identified as Julius Wayne Smith, 61, who lived at the home, Dixon said.