In the quiet aftermath of a November fire that claimed the life of 80-year-old Judith Henriques inside her Attleboro home, the law has reached further than its first grasp. What began as charges of robbery and assault against Adam Rollins, 42, has deepened into accusations of murder and arson — a reminder that violence against the vulnerable rarely reveals its full shape all at once. The Bristol County District Attorney's office, after a month of investigation, now alleges that Rollins did not merely harm an elderly woman in her home, but took her life and the home with her.
Attleboro man charged with murder, arson in elderly woman's fatal fire
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