One dead in suspicious Bowie house fire

A death in a house fire in Collington Station is considered suspicious, and is officially being investigated as a homicide, according to Prince George’s County Fire Department officials.

Neighbors called 911 around 4:45 a.m. Tuesday after seeing smoke and flames coming from the two-story house on Jenkins Ridge Road, said county fire department spokesman Mark Brady.

It started in a second-floor bedroom in the 15300 block of Jenkins Ridge Road, where a charred body was found, he said.

The body, burned beyond recognition, had not been identified at press time.Neighbors, however, believe it was the woman who lived there with...