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BRFD: Man in jail on homicide charges allegedly set fire to car in October, charged with arson
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BATON ROUGE — Baton Rouge Fire Department officials said Monday an alleged murder suspect is being charged after he arson investigators said he set fire to a car connected to a killing in October 2025.
Jemile Causey, 19, was booked with simple arson connected to the Oct. 8 vehicle fire.
According to investigators, the fire was set inside the car's passenger seat around 4:48 p.m. in the 5700 block of Robertson Avenue. Fire officials say that security footage shows three males, including Causey, exiting the car and one of them throwing a rag into the passenger seat before the trio ran from the scene.
The car is believed to have been used earlier that day in the killing of 25-year-old Kyron Carter along Tennessee Street, which Causey is accused of.
Causey was already in the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison this week when he was rebooked on arson charges. WBRZ previously reported that Causey was one of four people arrested in connection with the Jan. 10 shooting death of a 17-year-old along Wood Street.
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