Man sought in suspected fatal arson

Like many residents of Leslie’s Mobile Home Village in Roseville, Destiny Bennett routinely uses her cell phone to videotape the community’s activities.

Bennett usually trains her camera on motorists speeding or going the wrong way through the community’s narrow roads.

“We always are recording, just to catch people,” she said, adding many in the mobile home community know and look out for each other, especially the older residents.

On Monday morning, her camera was rolling after she saw smoke coming from one of the units down the street.

She then spotted the man who lives at the unit walking out.

“I’ve got the boyfriend or husband leaving the house with several white bags that looked like they contained clothes,” Bennett told The Macomb Daily, adding he left on foot with the bags.

Authorities are now looking for the man for questioning after a woman he apparently lived with was found dead inside of their home in what could be a case of arson.

The incident took place at the mobile home community, located off Gratiot Avenue, just north of 10 Mile Road.

Roseville Fire Chief Brian Kanigowski someone called 911 about 10 a.m. Monday to report light smoke was coming from the home.

As firefighters arrived, they found flames erupting from the home.

“We had reports of a missing female,” Kanigowski said. “When (firefighters) made entry, they found the female was deceased in the trailer.”

Fire crews were able to quickly extinguish the flames and prevented the blaze from spreading to another mobile home.

Roseville police were looking for the male who lived at the mobile home with the woman.

Neighbors said they believe there were children living there as well, although they were not at home when the fire broke out.

Neighbors said the man was involved in a shooting in the spring of 2020 when he was shot in the shoulder.