{"id":14654,"date":"2026-01-31T01:05:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T01:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/man-allegedly-shot-girlfriend-her-daughter-before-he-set-home-on-fire\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T01:05:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T01:05:50","slug":"man-allegedly-shot-girlfriend-her-daughter-before-he-set-home-on-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/man-allegedly-shot-girlfriend-her-daughter-before-he-set-home-on-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Allegedly Shot Girlfriend, Her Daughter Before He Set Home on Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"


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A man in North City, Missouri, has been arrested after he was accused of fatally shooting his girlfriend and her daughter before he set their home on fire.<\/p>\n

Michael McNair<\/strong> has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of armed criminal action, one count of unlawful possession of a firearm and one count of first-degree arson.<\/p>\n

McNair, 40, was arrested after he allegedly killed his girlfriend, Latasha Brown, and her 9-year-old daughter.<\/p>\n

Both victims were found inside of their home on December 21, 2025, with gunshot wounds to the head, according to court documents viewed by Us Weekly<\/em>. Brown, 45, and her daughter were taken to a hospital to receive treatment, where they later died.<\/p>\n

In addition to shooting his girlfriend and her daughter, police said that McNair also set the home the three of them lived in on fire. Authorities said that McNair disabled the smoke detectors inside before the home was set ablaze.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tA woman in Wisconsin who was pregnant with her second child was found dead this week after her estranged boyfriend allegedly set her family\u2019s house on fire with the 3-year-old child they share still inside, police said. Milwaukee police arrested a 21-year-old man in connection with the death of Gladys Johnson who was found dead [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Court documents said the fire was caused by arson, according to the outlet. Police officers looked at the smoke detectors that had been removed and found that the fingerprints on the devices matched McNair.<\/p>\n

Police said that McNair and Brown had been dating for several months prior to the incident, though not much else is known about their relationship.<\/p>\n

After police found Brown and her daughter, police tracked McNair and Brown\u2019s phones and found they were traveling to the same locations. Police also found a device installed in Brown\u2019s missing car, which they were able to track to an abandoned house in Poplar Bluff.<\/p>\n

Once police located McNair, he reportedly admitted that he was in a relationship with Brown and that they lived together in the home. He said that they got into a fight on the night that Brown and her daughter were killed, and he also admitted to driving Brown\u2019s car to Poplar Bluff that same night. McNair said he traveled to the location because he has family and associates that live there.<\/p>\n

Before McNair was located, the U.S. Marshals Office got involved in an attempt to track him down.<\/p>\n

U.S. Marshals Assistant Chief James Tapp<\/strong> said that multiple people helped McNair while he was on the run.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe was bouncing around addresses all over Poplar Bluff. We did have information and then the snowstorm kind of hit and that led to a couple of days as well to safely get down there since it\u2019s not in the St. Louis metro area,\u201d Tapp told reporters, per KSDK.<\/p>\n

Tapp added that officials made multiple attempts in early January to take McNair into custody, though they had all been unsuccessful.<\/p>\n

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