ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – A second person has died after a tent was set on fire last year at a homeless camp in Orange County, deputies said.
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office on Monday said Grace Ann Strickland, 26, died on March 20.
According to deputies, Malik Shaquan Corbitt, 25, also died after the fire.
Around 3 a.m. on Nov. 11, Orange County deputies responded to a wooded area near Michigan Court and John Young Parkway for a fire and found Corbitt and Strickland suffering from serious injuries.
Daniel Clair Marriott, 48, was initially arrested on attempted murder charges. Deputies said they anticipate that he will face additional charges.
Authorities later determined the tent was intentionally set on fire.
Marriott is being held in the Orange County jail.
No other details have been released.
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