Albemarle County police arrested three suspects late Friday night and early Saturday morning accused of murdering their neighbor and setting fire to her Cling Lane home in Crozet Wednesday, killing a 3-year-old boy believed to be her son.
Staunton police arrested one other suspect, according to count Police Chief John Miller.
The suspects, two men and two juveniles, were charged with several felonies resulting from the fire.
Police charged William Rockland Fugett Jr., 19, Robert Paul Davis, 18, a 15-year-old girl and a 17-year-old boy with two counts of first degree murder, two counts of attempted first degree murder, arson, robbery and breaking and entering, according to police officials.
The two victims have not yet been identified, although police suspect the victims are Nola Annette Charles, 41, and her 3-year-old son.
Both Fugett and Davis, along with one of the juveniles, lived on Cling Lane. The other juvenile lived on a neighboring street and all four suspects knew Charles and her three children, authorities said.
Police officials declined to discuss a motive for the slayings.
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