A man suspected of torching of a historic Tennessee church is also charged with murdering a woman whose body was found inside the charred remains.
According to The Chattanoogan, 36-year-old Kyle Hickox is suspected of killing Linda Buchanan, 69, in St. Mark AME Zion Church in Athens before setting the building ablaze.
He was charged Friday with second-degree murder.
According to WZTV in Nashville, the murder and fire occurred Aug. 15.
Hickox was first confronted by a maintenance man who found him trespassing on the grounds of Tennessee Wesleyan University, the station reported.
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The maintenance man told authorities he saw Hickox run to the church and go inside.
Hickox was
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