FITCHBURG, MASS. (WHDH) - Officials have identified the man who died in a fire in Fitchburg that police say was set intentionally.
The Worcester County District Attorney announced that the victim has been identified as Kevin Cabrera, 24 of Fitchburg.
Fitchburg Police and Fitchburg Fire responded just after 10:30 p.m. on Saturday to an apartment on Laurel Street.
“Fitchburg firefighters entered the apartment and extinguished the flames, and discovered a badly burned deceased man. It appeared that the victim’s hands had been tied behind his back,” said the Worcester County District Attorney in a press conference on Sunday.
Officials said they believe the incident was a robbery gone wrong.
According to the DA, investigation suggested that the victim and two other people arrived home around 9:30 p.m. on Saturday and were confronted by two masked assailants.
The DA says they believe the three victims were separated and the suspected concentrated their assault on one victim. Once the fire started, the other two victims were able to escape.
Investigators do not believe it was a random act, and that the victim was target by the assailants.
The investigation led to Bridgeport, Connecticut, where two suspects were arrested without incident.
The suspects, Ramon Millan, 37, and Jose Crespo, 32, both of Bridgeport, Conn., are held on fugitive from justice charges in Bridgeport. They were arraigned Monday.
The two declined to be returned to Massachusetts, so the Worcester County DA’s office will prepare Governor’s Warrants to return them to the state.
They will face charges in Massachusetts of assault with a deadly weapon, arson of a building and armed home invasion.
“We are still early in the investigation and it is possible that the charges will be upgraded,” the DA said in a press release Sunday.
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