5 arrests in connection with Wis. slayings, fire

[March 02, 2010]  MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Police say five people have been arrested in connection with the slayings of a mother and two children whose bodies were found after an intentional fire at their Milwaukee duplex.

Police say another woman found shot to death hours after the fire also may have been involved in the family's deaths.

The bodies of 23-year-old Rachel Thompson and her 3- and 4-year-old sons were found Friday. Police haven't said how the family died. Thompson's 6-week-old son was taken but found unharmed.

Police later discovered the body of 19-year-old Brittney Robertson, who'd been living with the family.

Police Chief Ed Flynn said Monday that the five people being questioned are connected to Robertson. Police spokeswoman Anne E. Schwartz says she doesn't know when formal charges might be filed.

[Associated Press]

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