Jamel McGriff, who was arraigned late Thursday night, told the authorities that he had “molested” the septuagenarians before torching their home in the Bellerose neighborhood.
Once a house fire in Queens was extinguished, officials found the bodies of Frank and Maureen Olton. Jamel McGriff, the man accused of killing them, was arraigned on Thursday.
Rescuers who came to a burning house in Queens found Frank Olton, 76, bound in the basement and his wife, Maureen, 77, dead on the first floor. The police were seeking a man with a lengthy criminal record.
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