Alleged arsonist 'burned his 74-year-old gran and carer alive'

Alleged arsonist 'burned his 74-year-old gran and carer alive'Brayden Blake has been charged after a fire in Indiana, the US, consumed his own home and killed several occupants, including a woman who suffered from cerebral palsyNewsLiam Doyle15:37, 14 Apr 2026View 2 ImagesBrayden Blake has been accused of murder and arson(Image: Monroe County Sheriff's Office)A man has been arrested on suspicion of igniting a fire in his own home that killed his 74-year-old grandmother, her caregiver, and a woman who was bedridden with cerebral palsy.Brayden Blake has been accused of murder and arson by Indiana police at the Monroe County Sheriff's office after officers were called to a fire in the 3800 block of East Anderson Road near Bloomington. Police arrived at the scene following multiple 911 calls to find the home on fire, and a car crashed into its garage.They then discovered multiple burn victims, and an 18-year-old woman who had escaped the home, before finding dead bodies inside the property.View 2 ImagesThe home was set alight with a car crashed into the garage(Image: WXIN)The sheriff's office said in a statement that the teen was one of two people who escaped the home, including a 53-year-old identified as Paula Anderson, whose daughter Kristine Rowan, a cerebral palsy sufferer, was discovered dead inside the property. Mary Blake, 74, was also found dead inside.Police then launched a major search for Blake, according to AOL.com, with deputies deploying both drones and tracker dogs to locate him, and he was later discovered with "significant burn injuries" in a wooded area nearby the property.The site reported that an investigator from Monroe Fire District discovered a plastic petrol can near the dining room, and that a chair in the living room had smelled of the flammable liquid. Blake was rushed to hospital but discharged without police being previously informed, forcing State Police and US Marshals to track him down to Avon, Indiana....