Aberdeen Police say a man has been arrested after a triple homicide and suspected arson at the Highland Commons apartment complex earlier this month.

On April 15, firefighters responded to an apartment complex at the unit block of Roosevelt Avenue, where smoke was found on the second floor. There, they found a man and two women dead inside an apartment.

Police say they arrested 35-year-old Michael Anthony Swann and that DNA evidence collected at the scene linked him to all three deaths.

Swann was also wanted on a warrant charging him with attempted murder in a February shooting that occurred in Prince George’s County.

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Aberdeen Police on April 30 announced the arrest of a man in the deaths of John Claytor, Melissa L. Williams and Talaya Wiley, who were found dead in an apartment 15 days earlier.

Police identified the victims as John Claytor, 54, Melissa L. Williams, 45, and Talaya Wiley, 48, who were found dead in an apartment.

Charging documents obtained by WJZ reveal police found the victims shot in the head inside the home and gasoline was believed to have been used to start the fire.

Charging documents obtained by WJZ reveal police found the victims shot in the head inside the home and gasoline was believed to have been used to start the fire.

“From the moment that this event occurred, we had detectives working tirelessly around the clock,” Aberdeen Police Capt. Will Reiber said.

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Detectives wrote that surveillance video allegedly showed a suspect outside the apartment before and after the fire and that a backpack was found near the scene that contained items linking Swann to the crime.

Swann faces multiple counts of first- and second-degree murder, arson, reckless endangerment, and other related charges. It was not immediately clear Tuesday afternoon if Swann had an attorney.

Swann was sentenced in 2015 to six years in federal prison after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. He was released from prison in February 2020.

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