Homicide team investigates mobile home blaze that killed Mission senior

MISSION, B.C. – Homicide investigators are probing a fatal blaze in Mission.

Eighty-six-year-old William Philip Murphy was found dead after a fire tore through his mobile home.

Police say forensic investigators determined that the fire may have been deliberately set.

Officers are urging anyone with information about the incident to contact Mission RCMP.

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