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Two Appear In Court After Allegedly Starting Deadly House Fire

Last updated on Wednesday, May 2, 2018

(BLOOMINGTON) - Two people charged in connection with starting a house fire that killed an 85-year-old woman have made their first court appearances.

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Forty-eight-year-old Noel Montes Cazares and 44-year-old Misty Lou Allen appeared before a Monroe County judge during Mondays' initial hearings.

They were returned to Indiana last week following their arrests in California.

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Cazares is being held without bond on murder, arson and other charges in Lerae Bush's February death in a Bloomington-area house fire.

Investigators say Cazares falsely claimed the wealthy woman was his mother and allegedly set the fire in hopes of inheriting her fortune.

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Allen is charged with assisting a criminal and obstruction of justice. She allegedly visited Bush's burned-out home to retrieve cash, jewelry and a gun. She's being held on $250,000 bond.

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